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The newest U.S. Air Force aircraft fired an AIM-120D at a target drone during Combat Archer.

Just under a year after its deployment with the USAF, F-15 EX Eagle II had shown rapid rate of success in developmental testing.

Flying over the Gulf of Mexico, the Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-15EX Eagle II, successfully fired an AIM-120D missile Jan. 25. The 40th Flight

autoevolution 3 Jun 2021, 14:24 UTC · by 5 photos Imagine a place with no civilian traffic, 2 runways and unrestricted airspace - the perfect location for a major air-to-air exercise. This is Tyndall AFB, which provides access to 180,000 square miles of airspace over the Gulf of Mexico. Recently, it was the center of Checkered Flag, one of the Department of Defense (DoD)’s largest air-to-air exercises. Air Force and U.S. Navy fleets were integrated in this large-scale exercise that included command and control aircraft, fighters, tankers and electronic warfare elements. Over 115 air...

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,