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Rear Adm. Steve Koehler is a native of San Diego and a 1986 graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor of Science in Physics.  He was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) and designated a naval aviator in March 1989.  He holds a Master’s in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and is a graduate of the Joint Staff College and the Navy Nuclear Power Program. At sea, he commanded the Pukin’ Dogs of Strike F...

Article content The Royal Canadian Air Force announced Capt. Dan Deluce as the pilot who will fly the CF-18 at air shows this summer. The 4 Wing pilot was originally selected for the task last year before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. 4 Wing pilot selected to fly CF-18 during summer’s air show season Back to video “It is an honour and a pleasure flying the CF-18 for Canada and representing the ...

Year in review: Top stories from 2020 1 of 10 The U.S. Air Force confirmed to Defense News that it secretly designed, built and flew at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter jet. With the program still in its infancy, the rollout and successful first flight of a demonstrator was not expected for years. (U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory) 2 of 10 After a year of speculation about what would happen to Turkey’s F-35s after the country was ousted from the Joint Strike ...

Article content The Royal Canadian Air Force announced Capt. Dan Deluce as the pilot who will fly the CF-18 at air shows this summer. The 4 Wing pilot was originally selected for the task last year before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. 4 Wing pilot selected to fly CF-18 during summer’s air show season Back to video “It is an honour and a pleasure flying the CF-18 for Canada and representing the ...

25 Members that deployed with the 94th Fighter Squadron returned to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, from a rapid deployment in support of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility Dec. 19, 2020. The 94th FS practiced Agile Combat Employment, dispersing U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors manned with small maintenance support teams to various locations throughout the Pacific. While on location, they practiced hot-pit refueling from a C-130J Super Hercules and integrated w...

Advertisement Air Force photograph by Capt. Hope R. Cronin An Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to MacDill AFB, Fla., approximately 100 miles off the Gulf Coast March 2, following the 58th Fighter Squadron’s first successful munition employment at a nearby range. Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing were able to complete modifications to the aircraft ahead of schedule to enable the use of inert munitions instead of simulated weapons...

1:51 The Regional Growth Plan for expansion of Eielson Air Force Base is being released this week. As KUAC’s Robyne reports, it looks at the impact of a 50 percent population increase at the base when F-35 aircraft are stationed there. Two F-35A Lightning II squadrons will be stationed at the base in the next four years by the year 2022, with the first arriving in 2020. Borough Mayor Karl Kassel informed the Assembly last night that work has already started on the suggestions made by Agnew Be...

12 U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons and Airmen assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, participated in an Agile Combat Employment exercise on Dec. 16, 2020, at Rivolto Air Base, Italy. The 555th Fighter Squadron F-16s executed close air support functions and Airmen from the 31st Maintenance Group and 31st Civil Engineer Squadron worked with their Italian air force counterparts for the first time to receive and refuel the aircraft. "It is with great prestig...

Captain Dan Deluce, CF-18 Demonstration Team Pilot, RCAF. (Photo: RCAF) The Canadian Forces Snowbirds and CF-18 Demo Team both released tentative schedules for the 2021 show season, which are subject to change because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A day before releasing the schedules, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) appointed Captain Dan Deluce as the pilot for its 2021 CF-18 Demonstration Team, which is comprised of 13 members including the demo pilot, eight technicians, three safety p...

Air Force slashes reenlistment bonuses due to COVID overmanning December 15, 2020 An Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, operates the canopy of his parachute while conducting a high altitude, high opening military free fall jump working with a C-130J Super Hercules flown by the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in March 2018. Pararescuemen are among the career fields still eligible for enlisted retention bonuses under a...