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By   Theresa Hitchens on April 28, 2021 at 4:27 PM Boeing’s F-15EX made its first flight on Feb. 11, 2021. WASHINGTON: The Air Force’s newest fighter, Boeing’s F-15EX, will participate in the bi-annual Northern Edge exercise in the far North — which will have a heavy focus on Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), says Lt. Gen. David Krumm, head of the service’s Alaska Command. “We have about 4,000 participants this year: 50 units, over 200 aircraft from all of the joint s...

A Decade Later, the Families of 9 Advisers Killed in Afghanistan Are Still Waiting for the Truth Members of the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing pay their final respects during a memorial service for eight Airmen and one retired Army civilian contractor killed April 27, 2011, when a gunman opened fire during a meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Brian Christiansen/U.S. Air Force) 27 Apr 2021 Military.com | By Sally Stenton with For...

Monday, April 26, 2021 will mark the 36th Anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, which remains the worst disaster of its kind. Its impacts are still unfolding, and damages are far too great to comprehend. With the anniversary quickly approaching, the public reflects on Chernobyl. The events of Chernobyl were brought up in a 1988 hearing before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, but he wasn’t talking about the significance of the 1986 disasterâ�...

The NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Component plans, tasks and executes air C2 operations. (Photo: NCIA) Modernisation of the NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Component (DACCC) will be completed by 2023. Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (MADG) has been awarded a contract by the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) to upgrade communications systems in the NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Component (DACCC). The DACCC supports NATO by planning, tasking and ...

MADG to Modernize NATO’s Secure Communication Systems Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (MADG) has been awarded a contract by the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency for upgrades to the NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Components (DACCC) communications systems. The upgrades will modernise the way in which NATOs transportable shelters transmit, relay and receive critical mission data from ally nations by...

Advertisement It was the fighter plane that flew in the more famous Spitfires shadow during the Second World War, even though it downed more Nazi planes.  Armed with cannons and bombs, the Hawker Hurricane was responsible for 55 per cent of the RAFs air victories over Luftwaffe pilots and around 70 per cent of kills during the Battle of Britain.  Now, a new documentary shows the moment the daughter of a World War Two Hurricane pilot takes to the skies in her fathers plane.   Eugenie Brooks,...

Partnership for Peace nations join NATO for Baltic Air Policing training 20 April 2021 by Gareth Jennings Partnership for Peace (PfP) nations, Finland and Sweden, have joined NATO for Baltic Air Policing (BAP) training for the first time, the alliance announced on 20 April. An archive image showing BAP Eurofighters conducting joint training drills with NATO partner Finland’s F/A-18s. (NATO) NATO Allied Air Command said that the two PfP nations joined Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania...

Duty Calls: Two National Guard units get new leaders Terry Brown FacebookTwitterEmail New York Air National Guard Major Gen. Ray Shields, left, passes the unit flag of the 109th Airlift Wing to new commander Col. Christian Sander as the former commander, Col. Michele Kilgore watches during a ceremony in Scotia. Two Capital Region National Guard units have new commanders. New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Thomas Spencer, a two-tour veteran of the Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War, has assum...

Plane that made emergency soft water landing in ocean on the move to Titusville for repairs J.D. Gallop, Florida Today Replay Video UP NEXT Valiant Air Command, the group that owns the vintage World War II torpedo bomber that splash-landed off Patrick Space Force Base on Saturday, is planning to move the aircraft back to its museum. © MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY After being removed from the surf by crane, the plane sat in the parking lot at Patrick Space Force Base earl...

“Most of you know that our TBM Avenger was forced to land due to engine failure. The good news is that the pilot is fine. The not-so-good news is that it may take several years to rebuild the Avenger,” Valiant Air Command said in a statement posted to Facebook on Sunday. The aircraft remained partially embedded in the sandy shoreline Sunday. The group is asking for donations to go toward repairing the saltwater-logged aircraft or have it become a display item at the Warbird Air Museum in ...