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In the Air Force, a “Field Training Exercise” happens in a bare-base environment and is designed to provide Airmen the opportunity to experience what it is like in a deployed location. A lot of planning must take place before the actual event. In the case,

February 7, 2021 We asked a former RC-135 pilot to choose the Top 10 ‘Spy-Planes’ (though don’t call them that!) When we asked former Blackbird, B-57 and U-2 pilot BC Thomas for his thoughts on the Top 10 spy planes he wasn’t comfortable with the term , noting “The SR-71 was a Strategic Reconnaissance Aircraft, not a ‘spy plane.’  The practice of calling the SR-71 a ‘spy plane’ is so prevalent that I have stopped trying to correct the error, and it is no longer important sin...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Female Airmen have new hairstyle options as of Feb. 10, and Basic Military Training instructors are ready to teach, demonstrate, and enforce the new hair standards.,

The 157th Air Refueling Wing has its full complement of planes, following the delivery of a KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueler directly from the factory to Pease Air National Guard Base, Newington, New Hampshire, Feb. 5.The arrival brings the base’s fleet to,

NMFA WELCOMES TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ITS BOARD OF GOVERNORS NMFA WELCOMES TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ITS BOARD OF GOVERNORS The National Military Family Association announces the appointment of General Hawk Carlisle, USAF (Ret) and Jack White to its Board of Governors. With five decades of military service between them and extensive professional expertise, Carlisle and White have demonstrated clear leadership and commitment to the military family community. General Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle is a 39-yea...

Tasked with refueling these aircraft is an integrated team from the 906th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and the 91st ARS, MacDill AFB, Florida, and their KC-135 Stratotankers.,

These planes are realiable and now come packed with better technology and lots more missiles. A late derivative of a mid-1970s platform, Boeing’s F-15EX fighter jet isn’t a particularly innovative product. Why then, is the Air Force buying as many as 144 of these fighters? For one, they can carry loads of missiles. In a move that reportedly surprised even the Air Force, the Defense Department has procured 144 units of the F-15EX, an advanced F-15 variant. The decision was partly spurred by ...

By THOMAS GNAU | Dayton Daily News | Published: February 3, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — The new Boeing F-15EX fighter jet completed its first flight Tuesday, and the Air Force expects the first two of the planes in weeks. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel and local contractors are part of the team overseeing and developing the new jet, which took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, completing a 90-minute test flight, Boeing reported. "A test team ...

The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year The New F-15EX Flies For The First Time Ahead Of The First Deliveries Later This Year The F-15EX AF 20-0001 photographed immediately after the  landing gear retraction during the takeoff. (Photo: @vikingaeroimages) The new advanced F-15EX Eagles will replace the older F-15Cs that have long surpassed their expected service-life estimates. The first new F-15EX built for the U.S. Air Force took the skies for the...

The U.S. Air Force Is Considering Buying New F-16 Aircraft The U.S. Air Force Is Considering Buying New F-16 Aircraft Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons based in the Central Command area of operations conduct armed aerial patrols in Somalia in support of Operation Octave Quartz, Jan. 9, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Harrison) More F-16 Vipers could be ordered together with F-15EXs, attritable aircraft and NGAD to replace older aircraft until enough F-35s are available. ...