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28 January 2010
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Shaw jets prepare for Super Bowl XLIV
Shaw F-16 fighter jets will be busy well before Super Bowl Sunday preparing to protect the skies around Sun Life Stadium in Miami for game day....
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27 January 2010
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First U.K. service pilot flies F-35
A Royal Air Force officer on Tuesday became the first active-duty service pilot from the United Kingdom to take to the skies in a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II....
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26 January 2010
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Norwegian F-16s scrambled 38 times in 2009
Norwegian F-16 jet fighters identified less Russian military aircrafts outside Norwegian airspace last year than in 2008....
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24 January 2010
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RBAF F-16s make debut at airshow
The Royal Bahrain Air Force (RBAF) is to make its international debut at this month's Al Ain Aerobatic Show by sending two F-16s to display during the 4 day event held at Al Ain International Airport in the United Arab Emirates from January 27-30....
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23 January 2010
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Fuel tank jettisoned during training flight
A 14th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot jettisoned a 300-gallon fuel tank into the Pacific Ocean during a training mission Thursday, according to Misawa officials....
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16 January 2010
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30 years of Norway F-16s
Norway celebrated 30 years of F-16 operations. On January 15 1980 test pilot Steinar Berg flew F-16B #78-0301 from the Fokker factory at Amsterdam-Schiphol in the Netherlands to Rygge AFB ushering in a new era for the arctic air force....
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12 January 2010
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F-16 Upgrade expands radio capability
Until a few weeks ago, a Marine under heavy enemy fire on a remote Afghanistan hillside could not talk directly with the F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot until they were in line-of-sight to provide air support. ...
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11 January 2010
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Officials release S. Carolina F-16 accident report
A combination of factors resulted in the collision of two F-16CMs Oct. 15, 2009, according to an Air Combat Command accident investigation board report released Jan. 11....
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11 January 2010
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USAFE commander discusses fighter retirements
The USAFs in Europe commander emphasized the important role each airman fulfills in supporting the mission both at home station and in the deployed environment during his visit Jan. 8, to Spangdahlem AB, Germany....
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10 January 2010
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Aircraft with advantages, or the next generation of wasted money?
The Air Force is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on two fighter jets that probably will never be used to support troops on the ground in Iraq or Afghanistan....
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08 January 2010
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F-35B begins in-flight STOVL operations
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter engaged its STOVL propulsion system in flight for the first time today. ...
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05 January 2010
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Preparing the pilot for success
Most Airmen have seen an aircraft take off. They hear the hum of a taxiing jet. It sits at the end of the runway, and then zooms across the landscape as if it were shot from a cannon at a thousand miles per hour. ...
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04 January 2010
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Flight equipment Airmen keep pilots mission-ready
Four small teams on base work behind the scenes to ensure pilots have flawless flights and survival equipment for their missions. ...
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