The Air Force s Brand-New F-15EX Fighter Is About to Appear in its First Major Exercise
An F-15EX Eagle II from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, takes flight for the first time out of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 26, 2021, prior to departure for Northern Edge 2021. (U.S. Air Force/1st Lt Savanah Bray)
30 Apr 2021
The U.S. Air Force is sending its new F-15EX fourth-plus generation fighter to participate in a large-scale exercise in and around Alaska next month.
The 53rd Wing out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, announced Thursday that the F-15EX, now known as the Eagle II, will conduct operational tests while flying in Exercise Northern Edge 21, a joint Indo-Pacific Command drill incorporating approximately 15,000 service members from each branch, multiple Navy ships and roughly 240 aircraft.
A Quincy High School alum and Vietnam veteran received the Bronze Star Medal on April 17, 2021; 50 years after the event that earned him the recognition.
In October of 1969, Vicente Sanchez Jr enlisted in the army. He completed basic training at Fort Lewis, now Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and went to Fort Gordon in Georgia for Army Initial Training for 18 weeks. His military occupations specialty was Avionics Mechanic, which included wire troubleshooting radios and navigational equipment on army aircrafts.
At the completion of his training he was able to spend a couple weeks home with his family before being shipped off to Vietnam on June 23, 1970.
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The Department of Defense s new electronic health record system, MHS Genesis, has been successfully delivered to 10,000 more clinicians and providers.
MHS Genesis was developed by the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, comprising Cerner Corporation, Accenture, Leidos and Henry Schein One, along with about 30 supporting businesses.
According to a Leidos press statement, the most recent deployment has locations in 12 more states: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Our team continues to be impressed by the hard work and dedication demonstrated by the staff at each of these locations. They are the driving force behind our success to date, said Liz Porter, Leidos Health Group president, in a statement.
By Royal Canadian Air Force , 964th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron / Published April 26, 2021
Women pictured include Royal Canadian Maj. Angela Hudson, U.S. Air Force Maj. Kristen Rosenberg, Capt. Carley Gross, Capt. Elizabeth Hicks, 1st Lt. Ashley Morgan, U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Erika Santos, U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Leah Teh, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Esther Bass, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Latisha Russell, U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Rose Marie Tamba, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Natalie Trosper, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Georgie Busbee, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tayler Crichlow, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Megan Harter, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Victoria Heitkamp, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Breanna Talford, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samantha Zahn, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Willey Kennedy, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kelsey Kerker, U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Diana Barcenas, U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Krista Carbo, U.S. Air Forc
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