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 Force s 43rd Fighter Squadron took part in a live-fire exercise with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles in mid-December.
It was the squadron s 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.
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7 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. The 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron continues their long standing relationship with the 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, Dec. 6-19, 2020.
The 12 maintainers have been working at Homestead ARB in support of the 482nd’s upcoming deployment.
“To have these relationships and to be able to assist when others deploy is great,” said Senior Master Sgt. Nicholas Hicks, 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 APG flight chief. “We are able to train in a different environment and atmosphere than home station.”
Hicks said the biggest advantage to this trip was for the Airmen to see how an Active Association operates, preparing them for when the 64th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis AFB, is converted from a Classic Association to an Active Association.