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Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises, is a two-week long, large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of,

The largest Checkered Flag exercise held to date wrapped up at Tyndall Air Force Base, May 21. Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense's largest...

By Staff Sgt. Betty R. Chevalier, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published May 27, 2021 A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Gulf of Mexico during Checkered Flag 21-2, May 12, 2021. Checkered Flag is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and m...

By Staff Sgt. Betty R. Chevalier, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published May 27, 2021 A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Gulf of Mexico during Checkered Flag 21-2, May 12, 2021. Checkered Flag is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment, and employment capabilities of aviators and m...

By Garrett Reim2021-04-14T22:58:00+01:00 The US Air Force (USAF) claims that it achieved the longest known air-to-air missile shot in March 2021. As part of a test, a Boeing F-15C Eagle fired a Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a BQM-167 subscale target drone and achieved a “kill”, the service says on 14 April. The missile test took place near Tyndal AFB in Florida as part of Weapons System Evaluation Program-East. The distance the missile was fired was n...

But youll have to take their word for it. The 53rd Wings four-paragraph Tuesday announcement of the milestone achievement of the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron and the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron — and, of course, the AIM-120D AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile), the F-15C Eagle aboard which it was loaded, and a BQM-167 subscale drone — did not disclose the distance that the missile traveled before hitting its target. The exact range of the AIM-120D, the latest versio...

In Northwest Florida, the roar of military aircraft zooming overhead is widely greeted as "the sound of freedom." Through Thursday, that sound will be augmented by the rumbling of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets from the Vermont Air National Guard — giving the residents of Burlington, Vermont, some apparently welcome freedom from that sound. "Quiet week ahead as F-35s head to Florida for training," was the headline chosen for an online story on the temporary absence of the Air National Guard ...

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...