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 - December 29, 2020, 7:52 AM The first two F-35As for Australia are seen wearing the markings of 2 OCU, the type training unit at RAAF Williamtown. (Photo: Australian Department of Defence) Australia’s ministers for defense, Linda Reynolds, and defense industry, Melissa Price, jointly declared that the Royal Australian Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-35 had achieved initial operational capability. The December 28 announcement means that Australia joins the U.S., Israel, Italy, Norway, Sout...

Tyndall AFB in Florida conducts Weapon System Evaluation Program By (0) Use of the E-9A surveillance plane, known as the "Widget," was a crucial factor in the success of the 11-day Weapon System Evaluation Program at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., officials said. Photo by Sgt. Michael Ammons/USAF Dec. 28 (UPI) -- An 11-day Weapons System Evaluation Program event ended successfully at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., the Air Force announced. The WSEP, conducted regularly, evaluates air-to-groun...

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35A fleet has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC). Australian Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds, CSC, and Minister for Defence Industry, Melissa Price MP, declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for Australia’s F-35As on Dec. 28, 2020. With the IOC, the RAAF Lightnings can be deployed operationally, joining the other services all around the world that have already achieved the capability: U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corp...

US Air Force/2nd Lt. Kayla Fitzgerald Five F-22 instructor pilots from the Air Forces 43rd Fighter Squadron took part in a live-fire exercise with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles in mid-December. It was the squadrons first live-fire missile launch in five years, and for several of the pilots — whose job is to train new F-22 pilots — it was their first time firing a live AIM-9 missile. TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida — The 43rd Fighter Squadron tested its combat cap...

Florida-based F-22 instructor pilots got to fire live Sidewinder missiles for the first time insider@insider.com (Airman 1st Class Tiffany Price, US Air Force) © US Air Force/2nd Lt. Kayla Fitzgerald An AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on an F-22 Raptor at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, December 15, 2020. US Air Force/2nd Lt. Kayla Fitzgerald Five F-22 instructor pilots from the Air Forces 43rd Fighter Squadron took part in a live-fire exercise with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles in mid...

Advertisement Air Force photograph by Staff Sgt. Danielle Quilla A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in support of the U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force deployment is parked on the flightline Sept. 26, 2018. The B-2 is a multi-role bomber with a wingspan of 172 feet capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. Three B-2 Spirits and approximately 200 Airmen completed their first depl...

Despite the Raptor fleets readiness woes and ongoing relocation, the Alaska wing is ready to fight. Heres What You Need To Remember: The F-22 Raptor is notorious for being plagued by maintenance issues - so the wings ability to launch all its planes at once signals a major achievement. A U.S. Air Force wing in Alaska managed to launch 24 F-22 Raptor stealth fighters plus an E-3 radar plane and a C-17 transport, all in quick succession. The dramatic "elephant walk" at Elmendorf Air Force Base w...

7 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Members from 926th Wing’s 84th Test and Evaluation Squadron conduct Force Development Evaluations of multiple systems on the F-16, Dec. 6-18, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The geographically separated unit from Eglin AFB, Florida, partnered with the Nellis AFB 706th Fighter Squadron to support the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group. Original plans for the exercise involved a larger group of Eglin AFB Citizen Airmen, along with their aircraft, ...

An unfortunate pilot error. Heres What You Need to Remember: The F-15C aircraft, which was valued at approximately $45 million, was destroyed. For nearly three decades, the F-15 Eagle fighter was considered the undisputed king of the skies. Until the debut of its replacement, the F-22 Raptor, the F-15 was the U.S. Air Forces frontline air superiority fighter. This week the United States Air Forces in Europe released its accident investigation board (AIB) report regarding the F-15C Eagle crash ...

By TONY MIXON | The News Herald | Published: December 22, 2020 TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE (Tribune News Service) — Airmen at Tyndall Air Force Base will be undergoing more realistic air-to-air combat training for the next year or two with the arrival of the F-1 Mirage aircraft unit. The F-1 made its arrival on Dec. 14 and now Tyndall will house the unit of six aircraft, five pilots and 30 maintenance personnel. Tyndall has partnered with Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) to bring in th...