U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron integrated with NATO Allies in executing Bomber Task Force 25-1, exercise Vanguard Merlin at Cudgel Range, Lithuania, Nov. 14-15, 2024. Multilateral exercises serve as visible symbols in support of…

On September 11, two USAF B-52 bombers completed a double transatlantic training mission over Poland, demonstrating the U.S. Air Force's ability to integrate with six allied air forces while maintaining global strike capabilities anytime, anywhere. During the mission, the two…

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has announced the second and third air bases that will host the new B-21 Raider bombers, the latest long-range strike bomber in the U.S. Air Force fleet. These bases are Whiteman Air Force Base…

On August 23rd, the Air Combat Command of the US Air Force officially received its first EA-37B Compass Call aircraft, serial number 19-5591, for pilot training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. A second aircraft is expected to be…

For the first time, US F-35s landed on a highway during the Finnish highway exercise BAANA 2024. On September 4, 2024, two F-35s Lightning II aircraft from the 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at the Royal Air Force base in Lakenheath,…

The United States Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force recently demonstrated their commitment to a strong partnership through the Enlisted Professional Military Education, or EPME, exchange initiative. The United States Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force…

US Air Force B-2 Spirits assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, conducted a flight from their home station to a training area over the North Sea, linking with United Kingdom F-35 Lightning II’s during a long-planned Bomber Task Force…

US Air Force Special Operations Command’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft enterprise participated in an Emerald Flag exercise in Oct. 17-20, using the large-force event to demonstrate the Agile Combat Employment of MQ-9 Reaper aircraft anywhere in the world. Emerald Flag is a multi-domain…

The US Air Force confirmed Oct. 20 it plans to reveal the B-21 Raider Dec. 2 during an unveiling ceremony hosted and sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at its production facilities in Palmdale, California. The B-21 is a long-range,…

The 388th Maintenance Group recently hosted a first of its kind, F-35 crash recovery course here, using a newly-retired, now reassembled F-35A Lightning II. The F-35 Joint Program Office’s five-day Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery course included 29 maintainers…

The Air Force released a new B-21 Raider artist rendering graphic with an accompanying fact sheet. As with past renderings, this rendering is an artist’s interpretation of the B-21 design. The new rendering highlights the future stealth bomber with Edwards Air Force…

The Skyborg leadership team conducted a two-hours and ten minute flight test April 29 of the Skyborg ACS - Autonomy Core System aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall AFB, Florida. Termed Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable…

U.S. Air Force Airmen and F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, arrived at Andravida Air Base, Greece, to support international exercise INIOCHOS 21. The exercise is a Hellenic air force-sponsored operational and…

Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, 380th AEW, 332nd AEW, Qatar Emiri Air Force and French Air Force participated in Exercise Sky Shield II at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 1-3, 2021. The exercise allowed members from all…

Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance platforms assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing conducted rapid airpower movements in support of a U.S. Air Forces Central Agile Combat Employment capstone event from Feb. 28 to March 4. Aircrews and maintainers supporting the…

U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit aircraft from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, arrived at Lajes Field, Portugal, in support of upcoming Bomber Task Force missions, March 16, 2021. Airmen from the 509th Bomb Wing will conduct…

The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. March 10 at the company’s St. Louis facility. The new fighter is a two-seat aircraft—though operable by a single pilot—with fly-by-wire flight controls, digital cockpit displays, and…

A U.S. B-1B Lancer from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, conducted a Bomber Task Force mission in Norway and Sweden, March 8, 2021. During the flight, the B-1, alongside U.S. Special Operations Forces members, provided critical…

Exercise Red Flag 21-2 underway at Nellis AFB, one of the U.S. Air Force’s largest combat training exercises. The 57th Wing’s 414th Combat Training Squadron (CTS) conducts Red Flag exercises to provide mission commanders, maintenance personnel, ground controllers, and air,…

The US Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program successfully completed a second flight test of its collaborative weapon technologies using four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs Feb. 19. A CSDB is a Small Diameter Bomb modified with NCA - Networked Collaborative…