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Each March we celebrate Women’s History Month. This is the second story in a series of women serving here at the Wolf Pack.Once upon a time, women weren't allowed to serve on the battlefield.They aided the war efforts in clerical roles or even as,

Officials have begun an investigation into the mishap, the base added. Eglin has seen other stealth fighter mishaps in recent years. In May 2020, an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron of the 33rd Fighter Wing, crashed on landing, base officials said in a release. The pilot "successfully ejected and was transported to the 96th Medical Group Hospital at Eglin for evaluation and monitoring," officials said at the time. The Air Force determined the cause of the F-35 c...

By   Lockheed Martin on March 15, 2021 at 8:42 AM U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw Senior U.S. Air Force leaders recently reemphasized their support for the F-35, calling the 5th Generation fighter the “cornerstone” of the Air Force’s tactical capability. The remarks were intended to clarify recent erroneous media coverage claiming that the “Air Force has admitted the F-35 program has failed.” During a Feb. 25 news conference at the Air Force Association’s Aerospace Warfar...

Operation Porcupine is an annual exercise that tests the capability of the different squadrons inside the 31st OG and their ability to work together.,

A reporter for The Paris News in the early 1940s, Marianne Sluder McWherter, who turned 100 on Saturday, likes to talk about her years in Paris, and the man she

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kate “Flare” Archer, F-22 Pilot with the 27th Fighter Squadron, prepares her gear before stepping out to the flight line, on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 25, 2021. The female hair regulation change in AFI 36-2903, allows ponytails and braids in uniform. Before the change, most women would have to wear their hair out of regulation in order for their gear to fit them properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jaylen Molden) U.S. Air Force Maj. Nichole �...

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Here’s how much money is on the table for the Air Force’s 2021 aviation bonus program March 13 1st Lt. "Enzo" of the 96th Bomber Squadron out of Barksdale Air Force Base, La. performs co-pilot responsibilities on a B-52H Stratofortress flying out of RAF Fairford, England, during a training mission near the Black Sea in October 2019. (Staff Sgt. James Cason/Air Force) The Air Force is doling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to airmen eligible for the service’s aviation bonus progr...

The F-16 was born out of the conundrum experienced by the Air Force in the Vietnam War. Heres What You Need to Remember: If the agile little fighter has any shortcomings, it’s that the American F-16’s radar has fallen out of date, and that the type was never designed to carry a great deal of fuel, limiting its combat radius to just 340 miles on internal stores. The F-16 Fighting Falcon bears an unusual distinctions: it is one of the only top jet fighters in the world to also be cost effici...

The real Top Gun Heres What You Need to Remember: First operational in 2005, the F-22 is a multi-role fighter designed with stealth technology to evade enemy radar detection and speeds able to reach Mach 2 with what is called "super-cruise" capability. Supercruise is the ability to cruise at supersonic airspeeds such as 1.5 Mach without needing afterburner, a capability attributed to the engine thrust and aerodynamic configuration of the F-22. The Air Force F-22 has been refining it dog-fightin...