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A shipment of HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters recently arrived on Okinawa as the Air Force continues to replace its 40-year-old fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawks.
By Staff Sgt. Valerie Halbert, 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published May 21, 2021 Senior Airman Neil Farbotnik, 555th Aircraft Maintenance Unit F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, inspects an F-16 that flew in Astral Knight 2021 (AK21) at Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 18, 2021. Eight F-16s assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron are participating in AK21, which is a joint, multinational exercise designed to test integrated air and missile defense capabilities. The participating aircraft include the U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, HH-60 Pave Hawk and C-130J Super Hercules ...
By NORMAN LLAMAS | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 19, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — An airman who died last month while in coronavirus quarantine was remembered Friday for his fatherly sense of humor, his loyalty, his off-duty “shenanigans” and on-duty mentorship to others. The base ceremony was a chance for colleagues of Tech. Sgt. Michael W. Morris t...