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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...

USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 and its Carrier Strike Group enters european theater

The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) commenced operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations April 8, continuing support to coalition theater security cooperation efforts in the region. The s... Read More...

USS Wasp with a big load of F-35B arrive in the Philippines for exercise Balikatan 2019

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), with embarked Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) 4, led by 4th Marine Regiment, arrived in Subic Bay on March 30, 2019, in preparat... 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...

Exercise Cope North 2019

The exercise scenario for the final week of COPE North 2019 evolved from a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation to combat air operations after an aggressive nation downed a friendly aircraft. T... 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...

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...

US Navy F-35C achieved the Initial Operational Capability

The Commander, Naval Air Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation jointly announced that the aircraft carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C Lightning II, met all requirem... Read More...

US Air Force CENTCOM: JADEX Joint Air Defense Exercise 19-01

Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of U.S. Central Command worked together with regional partners to conduct Joint Air Defense Exercise 19-01, a regularly scheduled three day-long training event focused on increasin... Read More...

[Video] 48th Fighter Wing F-15 jets painted in Second World War colours

The US Air Force 48th Fighter Wing revealed the first of three heritage F-15s during an unveiling ceremony. The aircraft, a Strike Eagle version, belonging to the 492nd Fighter Squadron was painted in the skin ... Read More...

F-35 Demo Team pilot practices new maneuvers

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team commander and pilot has spent the last three months, designing, developing, and practicing the maneuvers of the all new demo profile. A total of ... Read More...

U.S. Air Force Accepts First Boeing KC-46A Pegasus Tanker Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force has accepted the first Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft, setting the stage for the aircraft’s delivery to McConnell Air Force Base, in Wichita, Kan., in the coming weeks. “The KC-46A ... Read More...

U.S. Air Force has selected the Boeing T-X advanced pilot training system

U.S. Air Force pilots will soon train for combat with T-X jets and simulators from Boeing. The U.S. Air Force has selected the Boeing T-X advanced pilot training system which features an all-new aircraft design... Read More...

USA – Poland: exercise One Sky

The 493rd Fighter Squadron Grim Reapers assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England recently completed exercise One Sky over the sovereign skies of Poland Sept. 18 – 20. The bila... Read More...

US Navy in Mediterranean Sea Harry Truma

USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations

The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has commenced operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to continue support to NATO allies, European and African partner nations, coalition partners, and... Read More...

USAF B-52s arrive in Europe at RAF Fairford air base

A US Air Force Bomber Task Force deployment of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 307th Bomb Wing and 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, has arrived at RAF Fair... Read More...

Two big US aircraft carriers Truman and Lincoln conduct dual-carrier ops

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) with the respective Strike Groups began dual-carrier sustainment and qualification operations on August 29, 2018 in the western Atlantic Ocean. B... Read More...

Boeing wins the contract for the MQ-25A Stingray

MQ-25A Stingray will be the first unmanned aerial refueler on carrier decks around the world

US Navy awarded a contract to Boeing on August 30, 2018 for the MQ-25A Stingray, the first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft. MQ-25A Stingray is an unmanned aircraft system designed for t... Read More...

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