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US, UK and Holland in Exercise Point Black 2020-4 a large force exercise over North Sea

Airmen and F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing participated in Exercise Point Blank 20-4, Sep. 10, with other U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa units, as well as the Royal Air Force, Royal Netherland... Read More...

HH-60W Jolly Green II completed a month-long trial of extremes

An HH-60W Jolly Green II, the US Air Force’s new combat search and rescue helicopter, completed a month-long trial of extremes inside the McKinley Climatic Lab April 2. The Sikorsky test aircraft endured real t... Read More...

US Eisenhower and Truman aircraft carriers

USA Ike and Truman aircraft carriers conduct dual carrier and joint air wing operations with B-52 in the Arabian Sea

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) began dual carrier strike group and joint air wing operations with a B-52 Bomber from U.S. Air Forces Central Command in the Arabian Sea March ... Read More...

New HH-60W combat rescue helicopter enters anechoic chamber for defense systems testing at J-PRIMES facility Eglin AFB

The US Air Force’s newest combat rescue helicopter hung suspended in a soundproof anechoic chamber for defense system testing here last month. The 413th Flight Test Squadron’s HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter we... Read More...

U.S. Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron

RC-135 R/V Rivet Joint on 29 years of service in USAF Central Command’s AOR

From Desert Storm to now 10,699 days, 12,741 missions and more than 140,000 flying hours

Airmen assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron recognized 29 years of continuous service in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s area of responsibility during a ceremony at Al Udeid Air Bas... Read More...

US Air Force final requests for proposals for light attack aircraft

The US Air Force released final requests for proposal Oct. 24 for a limited number of Textron Aviation AT-6 and Sierra Nevada Corporation/Embraer Defense & Security A-29 aircraft. The Air Force plans to pur... Read More...

Exercise Combat Archer 2019: the first operational testing of the AIM-9X Sidewinder missile

F-15C Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle and F-22 Raptor fighter jets and pilots assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and 433rd Weapons School took to the skies to participate in Combat Archer 19-12, Sept.... Read More...

USAF 33rd Fighter Wing fires live AIM-9X missiles for the first time

For the first time, Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing fired AIM-9X missiles from F-35A Lightning II Sept. 17-19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, during exercise Combat Archer. The 33rd Fighter Wing is crossing... Read More...

UK international exercise Cobra Warrior come to an end

This week saw the conclusion of Exercise Cobra Warrior at RAF Waddington. A multi-national tactical training event, Exercise Cobra Warrior saw affiliated forces aiming to develop the tactical skills of their ai... Read More...

Exercise Cobra Warrior 2019 Eurofighter Luftwaffe

Exercise Cobra Warrior starts in UK

Aircraft from the German, Italian and Israeli Air Forces have arrived at RAF Waddington to participate in Exercise Cobra Warrior. They will join aircraft from the Royal Air Force and United States Air Force in... Read More...

XQ-58A Valkyrie UAV demonstrator completes second successful flight

After the inaugural flight on March 5, 2019 the XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a low-cost unmanned air vehicle, successfully completed all test objectives, during a 71-minute second successful flight on June 11,... Read More...

Misawa AFB Block-50 F-16 Fightning Falcon hits 10000 flight hours

One of Misawa Air Base’s most famous flightline assets hit a historic milestone June 10. A 29-year-old Block-50 F-16 Fighting Falcon, tail number 808 and affectionately known as “BOB,” reached 10,000 ... Read More...

US Air Force exercise Northern Edge 2019

Alaska: exercise Northern Edge 2019

Approximately 10,000 U.S. military personnel will participate in exercise Northern Edge 2019, a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces, scheduled for May 13-24, 2019 on and above central Alas... Read More...

US Air Force is reactivating 65th Aggressor Squadron with F-35A

The Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron and moving 11 F-35A Lightning IIs to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as part of a larger initiative to improve training for fifth generation fighter airc... Read More...

Hill AFB fighter wings conduct combat exercise with more than 40 aircraft

The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW conducted an integrated combat capability exercise April 30-May 2 at the Utah Test and Training Range. The friendly and enemy forces were made up of F-35 ... Read More...

B-52H Stratofortress returned home after deployment to RAF Fairford, England

More than 450 personnel and six B-52 Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, returned home following a short-term deployment to RAF Fairford, England, in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s B... Read More...

USAF MQ-1B and MQ-9 flight hours hit 4 million

The US Air Force MQ-1B Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft reached a historic flight hour milestone March 1. The Predator and Reaper have now been flown more than 4 million hours in support of a ... Read More...

First flight for the XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator

The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. The Air Force Research Laboratory partnered with... Read More...

Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters ready for flight test

Two fully assembled HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH), built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, are preparing for their maiden flights, which will occur before mid-year at the Sikorsky West Palm Beach... Read More...

USAF new block 50 Ground Control Station flies MQ-9 Reaper

The U.S. Air Force’s new Block 50 Ground Control Station (GCS) – developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) – for the first time controlled an MQ-9 Reaper® on January 8th from the GA-ASI G... Read More...

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