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The $678 million-apiece fifth-generation F-22 was introduced in 2005, and has never been exported, ostensibly due to concerns about the leak of its advanced technology....

Air Force Airmen and Space Force Guardians from across the country recently came together to participate in Air Combat Command’s Agile Flag 21-2 experiment at Naval Outlying Landing Field Choctaw, April 26 – May 7.,

  An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 355th Fighter Squadron flies over Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 12, 2021. Photo By: Air Force Airman 1st Class Jose Miguel T. Tamondong . MAY 14, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS There are about 630 F-35 Lightning IIs in the field today in nine nations, including the U.S., the program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office said. Five of those nations have deployed the F-35 in combat. Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric T. Fick spoke...

While the F-22s in particular are performing primarily air-to-air support, the aircraft is also shown to be effective as a close air support platform; it has performed close air support in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye skillfully belly landed her A-10 with landing gear up and no cockpit canopy last April. She was recently awarded the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award for this accomplishment. At a later date, she will receive the Air Forces coveted Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy, Insider has learned. The US Air Force pilot who skillfully belly-landed her plane with the landing gear up and the cockpit canopy rippe...

Hundreds of airmen opt to leave Air Force amid sky-high retention 3 hours ago Airmen of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron load a C-17 engine onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 4. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal/Air Force) Hundreds of airmen have decided to leave the Air Force as part of the service’s effort to rebalance a glut of troops who stayed in longer than expected amid the coronavirus pandemic. About six months after it announced record retention rates, at...

Pilot who belly landed her plane without landing gear or cockpit canopy will be the first woman A-10 pilot to receive a coveted award rpickrell@businessinsider.com (Ryan Pickrell) © US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye, 75th Fighter Squadron pilot, on the flight line at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, May 5, 2021 US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye skillfully belly landed her A-10 with landing gear up and n...

Day in the life of a F-35 Fighter Pilot Day in the life of a F-35 Fighter Pilot and last updated 2021-05-12 23:37:57-04 HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — While most only see a quick glimpse of a fighter pilot as they fly a jet overhead, FOX 13 got a behind-the-scenes look at some of the things that pilots are tasked with before takeoff. "Typically, if were scheduled to fly itll be a 12-hour duty day, so well show up, well prepare for the flight itself, whether it be by studying or putting up mis...

USAF F-35As arrive in France for Atlantic Trident Primary tabs 13th May 2021 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighters and airmen from the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) 4th Fighter Squadron ‘Fighting Fuujins’ have deployed to Base Aérienne 118 in Mont-de-Marsan, France, ahead of Exercise Atlantic Trident 21. The aircraft and airmen from the unit – which comprises active-duty personnel from the 388th Fighter Wing (FW) and reservists from the 419th FW at...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah National Guard has scheduled live-fire artillery training drills at Camp Williams from Wednesday to Sunday. The drills are anticipated to be conducted from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., from May 12 to May 16. The Utah National Guard said that weather will be assessed before the trainings are conducted. Residents from the cities of Bluffdale, Eagle Mountain, Herriman, Lehi, Riverton, and Saratoga Springs were warned that they may hear live-fire shooting due to the proximity to Ca...