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39 Somewhere above the vast Pacific Ocean, a fighter aircraft has flown for hours, and its fuel supply is running low. Unable to return to its home station for fuel, thats when Agile Combat Employment comes into play. Down below on a small island, three Airmen are waiting to refuel the aircraft and rapidly launch it back into the fight. “ACE is this warfighting concept that the Pacific Air Forces is trying to operationalize, and we’re doing a pretty good job of it,” said ...

In April 2020, the Pacific Air Forces celebrated the arrival of its first F-35A Lightning II to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Now, in February 2021, PACAF is celebrating another milestone with the aircraft’s debut in Cope North 2021.,

mgreier@salemnews.net SALEM — A council committee is recommending the additional honorary name of Howard Tibbs Way for West Second Street from North Ellsworth to Jennings Avenue. West Second Street will remain West Second Street, but Councilman Steve Faber said signs will designate that section of street as Howard Tibbs Way to honor the late Salem native who was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. “He was quite accomplished and served his country well,” Faber said. The St...

USAF creates first overseas F-35A squadron 17 February 2021 by Gareth Jennings The US Air Force (USAF) is to stand up the 495th ‘Valkyries’ Squadron as its first overseas unit to operate the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The first of two new US Air Force F-35A units at RAF Lakenheath in the UK is to be designated the 495th ‘Valkyries’ Squadron. (US Air Force) The 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath in the UK made the announcement on 16 ...

US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez The 495th Fighter Squadron, part of the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, will be called the Valkyries. The name was picked from a number of candidates submitted by the community for the unit, which is the Air Forces first UK-based F-35 Lightning II fighter squadron. The US Air Force will call its first UK-based F-35 Lightning II fighter squadron the Valkyries. The 495th Fighter Squadron, part of the 48th Fighter Wing at RA...

Biden maintains firepower in Western Pacific [The Honolulu Star-Advertiser] Feb. 15—Just weeks into a Joe Biden presidency, the Pentagon has conducted dual aircraft carrier operations in the South China Sea for the first time since last summer and maintained an impressive array of forces meant to send an ongoing message to China. The Navy announced dual operations last week by the Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz carrier strike groups that “are intended to maintain U.S. readiness and combat-cr...

The Air Force’s first overseas-based F-35A squadron will be nicknamed the “Valkyries,” for the mythological Norse women who chose who would live or die in battle, the 48th Fighter Wing said Tuesday.

The name beat out other nominees including Archangels, Sabres, Sentinels and Swordsmen.

File photo of an F-35A (Original U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook edited by The Aviationist) The re-activated 495th Fighter Squadron, part of the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, will be called the “Valkyries” and operate the F-35A. The 48th Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakeheath, UK, has made it public the nickname selected for the 495th Fighter Squadron, the first U.S. Air Force overseas-based F-35A squadron. The unit had crowdsourced the name last year receiving som...

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