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The first F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft has rolled off the new production line in Greenville, South Carolina, Lockheed Martin announced on 21 November. A screenshot from a Lockheed Martin video showing the first F-16, a Block 70 aircr...

As part of the series Remembering Local World War II Heroes, we learn about Rene Therriault and James Wilson of Winchendon.

Deemed a safer option than a direct attack on Nazi-occupied France, Operation Torch—the Allied invasion of French North Africa—was nonetheless a hard-fought, six-month campaign. These are the guns that helped America’s warfighters win victory.

During the annual Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame ceremony on Oct. 29, Cherokee airman Virgil Cephus Fields, Jr. was among the night’s 12 honorees.

SPRINGFIELD As Veterans Day approaches and we honor all who have served in the Armed Forces, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs urges people to

The 8th Fighter Wing participated in the Pacific Air Forces command‘s annual Combined Flying Training Event, VIGILANT STORM 23, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31 – Nov. 5, 2022.

(Nov. 4, 2022) This week, 80 years ago, 1,400 Allied ships transported 107,000 soldiers, most of whom were Americans, to attack the French colonies of Morocco and Algeria in North

Eighty-three years ago this week, 15-year-old Harry T. Stewart, Jr. was inspired to fly while attending the renaming ceremony for New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field. He later became a Tuskegee Airman.

Alex Wightman, 16, found the wreckage of a suspected P-47 Thunderbolt off the coast of Suffolk. Above: Pilot Claude Mussey, who was one of three airmen killed in 1944.

MADISON, Wis. — The 115th Fighter Wing’s final F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft departed Oct. 5, following a sendoff ceremony commemorating their 30-year servi