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Personnel, exhausted from a hard day’s work, turned in early - preparing for the following days to come. The exercise, dubbed as “Raging Gunfighter”, had only begun. Airmen would need to work together as a team to sustain their living for nearly a week.,

World War II: The U.S. Armys Determined Drive on the Moselle River In September 1944, the American Third Army in France mounted a drive to bridge the Moselle River at Dieulouard and cut the German forces in two. Heres What You Need to Know: On September 5, 1944, American intelligence estimates of German forces in the sector of the 80th Infantry Division, between Nancy and Metz in northeastern France, described scattered units and limited defenses along the east bank of the Moselle River. Eleme...

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Air Combat Command released an accident investigation board report today regarding the E-11A crash that occurred January 27, 2020, during which two pilots were fatally injured. The E-11A crashed in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, following a catastrophic engine failure. Both pilots, Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, were assigned to the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, and were conducting a com...

Hitlers Bodyguards Tried to Take Bastogne—and Failed The division had been ordered to fight through unsuitable terrain, starved of essential supplies, and denied the air support this type of operation demanded. The story of Hitler’s Bodyguard, the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte (LAH), in the battle for Bastogne does not begin until after the siege of that city had been raised by the U.S. 4th Armored Division, part of General George Patton’s Third Army, on December 26, 1944. By then ...

In this bi-weekly series reviewing classic science fiction and fantasy books, Alan Brown looks at the front lines and frontiers of the field; books about soldiers and spacers, scientists and engineers, explorers and adventurers. Stories full of what Shakespeare used to refer to as “alarums and excursions”: battles, chases, clashes, and the stuff of excitement. One of my favorite science fiction writers has always been Jerry Pournelle. His politics were the polar opposite of my own, and he c...

What is Black Flag? Inside the Air Forces Newest Major Exercise F-15Es and F-16s from 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron refuel from a KC-46 over the Nevada Test and Training Range on November 17, 2020 for Large Force Test Event 20.03. (U.S. Air Force/1st Lt Savanah Bray) 29 Dec 2020 The U.S. Air Force has just signed off on a new flag exercise that brings together large weapons and capabilities under one comprehensive test event. Air Combat Commands Gen. Mark Kelly earlier this month authorize...

Raise the Black Flag: Nellis launches new Air Force operational test event December 28, 2020 F-22s and F-16s from 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron refuel from a KC-135 over the Nevada Test and Training Range on Nov. 17 for Large Force Test Event 20.03. LFTE 20.03 was the beta version of "Black Flag," a premier joint operational test event hosted by the 53rd Wing that validates tactics in a combat relevant environment. (1st Lt Savanah Bray/Air Force) The 53rd Wing has consolidated its ser...

Tales from a Sherman Tank: A World War II Soldier Remembers a Fight Through Germany When asked if he would change anything about his war experience, he said, “If I had to do it all over again––I would have kept whiskey in my canteen.” Heres What You Need to Remember: A combat medic showed up and took Bromberg to a first aid station. “I was a physical wreck,” he admitted. Suffering from combat shock, everything became a blur. All he could remember about the station was picking up a...

Source: US Air Force A U-2 Dragon Lady, assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, prepares to land at Beale AFB in California on 15 December 2020 Source: US Air Force Major “Vudu”, a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, heads to the aircraft cockpit while a 9th Physiological Support Airman assists him at Beale AFB in California on 15 December 2020 Source: US Air Force The flight took place on 15 December using a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Win...

And somewhere in the machine-made walls of Skynet, Miles Dyson is smiling (well, technically Miles probably hasnt had much to smile about since 1995, when the Connors informed him that his company, Skynet, was responsible for AI taking over the U.S. nuclear arsenal and subsequently the world). Of course, the optimists in us would love to look at this news like Dr. Will Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, who, in writing about the historic flig...