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The US Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Centre (AFOTEC) Detachment 6 has taken part in two F-15EX Eagle II live-fire missile shots.

The USAF is conducting the initial operational test and evaluation (OT&E) mission for its newest fighter aircraft F-15EX Eagle ll.

Still 2 years away, Minot Air Force Base prepares for new helicopters Eloise Ogden, Minot (N.D.) Daily News via the AP February 21 The MH-139A Grey Wolf lands at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 19, 2019, before its unveiling and naming ceremony. The aircraft is set to replace the Air Forces fleet of UH-1N Huey aircraft and has capability improvements related to speed, range, endurance and payload. (Samuel King Jr./AirForce) MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Ai...

By ELOISE OGDEN | Minot Daily News | Published: February 20, 2021 MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Air Force Base is getting ready for the Air Force’s new MH-139A “Grey Wolf” helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey helicopters. Helicopters are used to guard the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missile fields around Minot AFB, F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming and Malmstrom AFB in Montana. Lt. Col. David Dammeier, commander of the 5th Civil E...

eogden@minotdailynews.com Submitted Photo Staff Sgt. Alex Graves and Maj. Zach Roycroft perform preflight checks for the first time on the Air Force’s newest helicopter, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, shown in this Air Force photo. Graves, an Air Force Global Strike Command Detachment 7 special mission aviator, and Roycroft, 413th Flight Test Squadron test pilot, were part of the aircraft’s first combined test flight Feb. 11, 2020. The Grey Wolf is set to rep...