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MONT-DE-MARSAN AIR BASE, France -- U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft and Airmen from the 4th Fighter Squadron, compromised of active duty Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing, and reservists from the 419th FW, Hill Air Force Base, Utah,, News, features and commentaries about Air Force Reserve people, equipment and missions

MONT-DE-MARSAN AIR BASE, France -- U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft and Airmen from the 4th Fighter Squadron, compromised of active duty Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing, and reservists from the 419th FW, Hill Air Force Base, Utah,,

Operational Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets arrived in France for the first time on 10 May, the US Air Force (USAF) announced. Four UASF F-35As arriving at Mont-de-Marsan Air Base, France. During their first...

One of the best fighters of the day, the F-4 Phantom offered power and excellent weapons delivery that made it suitable for attacking surface to air missiles (SAM) in wild weasel missions.

Air Force Capt. Taylor Byes courage and cool in a mid-flight crisis earned her the Air Combat Command’s Airmanship Award in a May 5 ceremony at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

US Air Force In April, an F-22 Raptor took off for the first time in more than a year after its landing gear collapsed on the flight line. Virginia Air National Guardsmen oversaw most of the rebuild, which included a new landing gear, flight control surface for the right wing, and a new wing tip. More than a year after its landing gear collapsed on the flight line at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, an F-22 Raptor took to the skies for the first time last month...

Georgios Plionis: The Legendary Greek Pilot Who Fought in Two Wars ” width=”700″> Georgios Plionis (kneeling) with fellow Greek and British pilots in El Ballah, Egypt, 1943. Credit: Facebook/Georgios Plionis Georgios Plionis, the legendary Greek pilot who flew in 167 successful missions in World War II and Korea, passed away at age 101 on April 20. A legend of the Hellenic Air Force, the brave lieutenant general escaped death three times. Plionis also refused to cooperate with the dictato...

Nightvision: Darkness Won’t Stop America’s F-22 Raptors What makes this video exceptionally cool, in my opinion, is the clear view of the cockpits it offers. Heres What You Need to Remember: Although Raptors have played a key role in the anti-ISIS campaign since 2014, these are the first F-22s involved in the fight that are capable of dropping eight GBU-39s — an upgrade from their previous payload of two 1,000-lb GBU-32 JDAMs. A video uploaded to YouTube includes rare footage of U.S. F...

  All in all, Greece, the United States, France, Israel, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates sent fighter jets, while Cyprus sent a helicopter and Canada ground support staff; Austria, Egypt, Jordan, Romania, and Slovenia sent observers. “INIOCHOS is an important opportunity for our Airmen to train alongside and learn from our Greek allies as well as the other exercise participants,” U.S. Air Force General Jeff Harrigian, the commander of US Air Forces Europe-Africa, said in a press relea...

More Than a Year After its Landing Gear Collapsed, an F-22 Is Back in the Air Virginia Air National Guard airmen assigned to the 192nd Maintenance Group prepare to launch F-22 Raptor tail #85 April 9, 2021, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The team of maintainers rebuilt the fighter jet after a mishap upon landing in January 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Lucretia Cunningham) 10 May 2021 More than a year after its landing gear collapsed on the flight line at Joint Base Langley...