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By Staff Sgt. Delaney Gonzales 633rd Air Base Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va.   –   The 94th Fighter Squadron flew over the unveiling of the National World War I Memorial during the First Colors Ceremony in Washington D.C. April 16, 2021. “Every other major war of the 20th century is honored with a memorial here in our nation’s capital except for WWI,” said Meredith Carr, WWI Centennial Commission deputy director. �...

Excavation of an Arkansans World War II P-38 crash site in Austria unearths possible human remains John Lovett, Fort Smith Times Record © John Lovett Bob Mitchell, 90, reads from a letter informing him "possible human remains" had been found at the P-38 crash site in Austria connected to his brother 2nd. Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell on July 8, 1944 near Waldegg, Austria. On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon crash-landed in a deep...

By JOHN LOVETT | Times Record | Published: May 2, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon, Ark., crash-landed in a deeply wooded area near Waldegg, Austria, after a flight sweep to Vienna with the 48th Fighter Squadron. Ever since then, his younger brother Bob Mitchell of Fort Smith has wondered what exactly happened that day. This week, new hope came by email from the U.S. Department of POW/MIA Accounti...

Fighter wings try a fresh approach to combat maintenance 4 hours ago Airman 1st Class Donald Brudnowski, 55th Fighter Generation Squadron crew chief, performs a pre-flight inspection on an F-16 Viper at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, in July 2020. The newly reorganized 55th FGS broke its own record of 1757 sorties without a cancellation due to maintenance issues. (Airman 1st Class Destani Matheny/Air Force) Two Air Force fighter jet wings are the first to try a new approach to mainte...

It’s the first time 5th generation aircraft take part in BAP mission. On Apr. 30, 2021, four Italian Air Force F-35A Lightning II jets landed at Amari Air Base, Estonia, to take over the NATO’s BAP (Baltic Air Policing) mission. It’s the first time the Italian stealth jets deploy to Estonia (even though the Italian Eurofighter Typhoons operated there for BAP in 2018) and also the first time that 5th generation aircraft support NATO’s mission in the Baltic States. The Italian F-35s belon...

First two Danish F-35As arrive at Luke AFB Primary tabs 29th April 2021 Pilots belonging to the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) have delivered the first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighters to Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona. The aircraft – serials L-001 (c/n AP-01) and L-002 (c/n AP-02) – were delivered to the Arizonan base on April 13 in preparation for the training of Danish pilots on the type. Assigned to the US Air Force’s 308th Fighter...

F-15E Strike Eagles Execute First Operational Tactical Munitions Ferry With The New “Bomb Truck” Configuration F-15E Strike Eagles Execute First Operational Tactical Munitions Ferry With The New “Bomb Truck” Configuration The 332 Air Expeditionary Wing blazed new trails when they configured six F-15E Strike Eagles to carry extra bombs to bare base locations, taking off from an undisclosed location 25 April 2021. This new configuration is allowing the Air Force to increase combat capabil...

28 Apr 2021 (Last Updated April 28th, 2021 09:50) The US Air Force (USAF) and Hellenic Air Force (HAF) have successfully conducted the annual medium-scale exercise INIOCHOS 21. Share Article Andravida Air Base in Greece on 18 April. Credit: airman first class Thomas S Keisler IV. The US Air Force (USAF) and Hellenic Air Force (HAF) have successfully conducted the annual medium-scale exercise INIOCHOS 21. The operational and tactical level field tr...

Did a black bear in Duluth nearly start a nuclear war? A book by a Stanford professor using declassified Air Force documents appears to bolster much of the legend. 2:00 am, Apr. 28, 2021 × A Convair F-106A Delta Dart at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Interceptor jets like this were ready to take off from Volk Field in Wisconsin, armed with nuclear-tipped, air-to-air missiles, after a bear apparently triggered an alarm at the Duluth Air Force base dur...

Aviano Air Base, Italy, participated in exercise INIOCHOS 21 at Andravida Air Base April 12–22. The exercise was a Hellenic air force-sponsored operational and tactical level field training exercise, hosted by the Hellenic Air Tactics Center at Greece’s fighter weapons school. The aim was to enhance combat readiness and fighting capability, while providing participants the opportunity to develop capabilities planning and conduct complex air operations in a multinational, joint-force environ...