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ATC – Aircraft Compatibility Testing begins aboard USS Gerald R. Ford CVN78

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed its homeport of Norfolk, Jan. 16 to begin Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) off the East Coast as the first aircraft, an E-2D landed, on board. ACT c... Read More...

18th Aggressor Squadron leaves Hawaii for Guam to partecipate at exercise Cope North 2020

The 18th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) are leaving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, after participating in Sentry Aloha 20-1 Jan. 8-22, 2020. The 18th AGRS sent a mobile training team (MTT) to the island to ... Read More...

Exercise Sentry Aloha 20-1 comes to an end

More than 1000 personnel from the U.S. Air Force’s active, national guard and reserve components participated in the decade’s first Sentry Aloha exercise Jan. 8-22, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The air-to... Read More...

Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey successfully completes first flight

U.S. Navy will use the CMV-22B to replace the C-2A Greyhound for the COD - Carrier Onboard Delivery missions

The first CMV-22B Osprey, built by Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., completed first flight operations at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center. The CMV-22B is the latest variant of the tiltrotor fleet, joining the MV-22... Read More...

USAF F-16 aggressors from 18th AGRS fly south for mobile training

From snow to palms no big deal for US Airmen

The 18th Aggressor Squadron departed Eielson this week to participate in exercise Sentry Aloha 20-1, which is scheduled to take place Jan. 8-22 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai, hosted by Hawaii Air Nat... Read More...

Hill’s AFB F-35As conduct massive combat power exercise with 52 aircraft Elephant Walk

The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing conducted a combat power exercise with a massive Elephant Walk on Jan. 6, launching 52 F-35A Lightning IIs in rapid succession. Hill AFB hosts, ... 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...

About one dozen of US Marines F-35B embarked on USS America LHA-6

Approximately one dozen, fully-operational F-35B Lightning IIs embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) Oct. 8 during routine training in the eastern Pacific. The F-35Bs are assigned to M... Read More...

2.600 C-130 Hercules airlifters delivered

Lockheed Martin delivered the 2,600th C-130 Hercules tactical airlifter to U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command on Oct. 21. This milestone Hercules is an MC-130J Commando II Special Operations airlifter as... 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...

Final United States Navy F/A-18C operational Hornet flight

The last Navy F/A-18C Hornet, aircraft number 300, made its official final active-duty flight at Naval Air Station Oceana, Oct. 2. Assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 at Cecil Field, Florida, aircraft... 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...

First two F-35s for the US Air National Guard arrive in Vermont

The United States Air National Guard ushered in a new era of air power capability as its first to stealth jets F-35s, AF17-5265 and AF17-5266, arrived at the Vermont Air National Guard Base in Burlington. “T... Read More...

Boeing MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Refueling Aircraft passes first test flight

The world’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft designed to provide an aerial refueling capability

The Navy and Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of the MQ-25, the first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft, Sept. 19 from MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. The Boein... Read More...

Aircrew from the Royal Norwegian Air Force complete P-8A Poseidon training

Aircrew from the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) graduated from Patrol Squadron (VP) Thirty’s Category 2 school Sept. 11, becoming the first crew to transition from the P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon. VP-30’... Read More...

The first E-2D Hawkeye with aerial refueling capability to join the US Navy fleet

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye capable of aerial refueling landed at Naval Station Norfolk Sept. 9, officially marking the arrival of this upgraded aircraft to the fleet. The aerial-refueling-capable E-2D joined the ... Read More...

US Navy Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 return to USS Eisenhower for carrier qualifications

Squadrons assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 flew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Sept. 9, for carrier qualifications as part of Tailored Ship’s Training Availability/Final Evalu... Read More...

UK F-35B Lightning jets train with USAF B-2A stealth bombers

A Bomber Task Force deployment of B-2A Spirit stealth bomber aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, have arrived in the U.S. European Command area of... Read More...

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