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Goodrich Corporation’s Customer Services facility in Sydney, Australia has delivered its first production landing gear components for the carrier variant F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft....

A Vermont National Guard F-16 from 134 Fighter Squadron clipped a landing light on approach to Burlington International Airport said guard officials....

The South Korean Defence ministry announced that a KF-16D from Seosan AB crashed into the Yellow Sea on Tuesday around 12:20h local time, both pilots ejected safely. ...

American and Polish airmen delivered the first of five refurbished C-130E Hercules military transport planes and spare parts March 24 to the Polish air force at Powidz Air Base, Poland....

The Pentagon's effort to develop partner nation air forces is sometimes accomplished one exchange officer at a time, and the Air National Guard is lending one of its best assets to the exchange program – experience. ...

An F-16 from Aviano AB had an in-flight engine emergency on the March 24th which resulted in the pilot ejecting the external fuel tanks. One of which landed on a local houses garage. No one was reported injured....

An Air Force F-22 Raptor from Edwards Air Force Base crashed about 10.00h local time on March 25, approximately 35 miles northeast of the base claiming the life of an Lockheed Martin test pilot. ...

The 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, and associated maintenance and support personnel, completed a Guam air self defense exercise March 10-12 in the skies around Guam. ...

The Bulldogs recently returned from their extended deployment to Nellis and Holloman AFBs. The squadron members participated in Red Flag while at Nellis, and accomplished valuable training while at Holloman. ...

An Air Force officer based at the Pentagon has suggested the United States and NATO would be best served by moving F-16s now stationed at Aviano Air Base, Italy, to Poland....

The 50th TFW's growing list of accomplishments and recognition continued into 1985. The wing received notice of its selection for an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the period July 1, 1982 through June 30, 1984....

U.S. Air Forces in Europe announced in late 1978 that the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing would test and then field the new F-16A Fighting Falcon....

To an outsider, it may have looked like a typical briefing -- military members gathered around a table discussing ideas while viewing a presentation describing the maintenance and operational side of Luke AFB. But this brief was anything but typical....

When operational test pilots of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron break something in an airborne fighter jet, it's a good day....

Ceremonies will be held today at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, to commemorate the F-16 Peace Xenia IV program for Greece....

British Defense Secretary John Hutton announced on Wednesday that the United Kingdom will purchase three Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft. ...

Maj. Joseph T. "O.D." Bachmann today became the first U.S. Marine Corps pilot to fly the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, logging the flight-test program’s 90th mission. ...

Syracuse-based New York Air National Guard fighters and ground crew will play the opposing force against the Air Force's most modern fighter, the F-22 Raptor, during the Red Flag exercise held in Nevada, March 21 - April 5. ...

In late February, maintenance Airmen from the Air National Guard left the United States on a unique mission to Misawa Air Base, Japan. ...

A team of AC-130 instructors from Hurlburt Field, Fla. Returned to Kunsan recently. This time around they not only provided training to 8th Security Forces Squadron Airmen, but also expanded their training to include Republic of Korea Air Force and Army personnel....

This week's bilateral fighter pilot training demonstrates America's commitment to the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance, said the commander of the U.S. Air Force's largest combat wing. ...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for long lead materials and work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. ...

The people trying to sell the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter live in an alternate reality. It must be difficult selling a product without a full working example to show off. Yet that is where the people in this program are at right now. ...

For the first time, F-22 Raptors and B-2 Spirits, the only stealth platforms in the Air Force's current inventory, are deployed outside the continental United States to Andersen AFB, Guam, showcasing the U.S. commitment to peace and stability in the region. ...

The U.S. government has declined to make a long-awaited sale of block 52 F-16s to Taiwan for fear of upsetting China. ...

The Air National Guard's premier F-16 fighter pilot training unit welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony on March 7. ...

Terma has entered into an additional contract for parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. On 24 February 2009, Lockheed Martin and Terma signed a contract for the supply of composite components for the stabilizers on a number of F-35 aircraft....

Catastrophic engine failure caused an F-16C to crash on the flight line at Balad Air Base, Iraq, November 12, 2008, Air Combat Command officials announced today....

Three of the four Belgian F-16s stationed in Kandahar sustained heavy damage after their engines where FOD'ed by debris kicked up by a landing transport aircraft....

Turkish Aerospace Industries, a major supplier to Northrop Grumman Corporation on the F-35 Lightning II aircraft program, has produced and delivered its first composite parts for the jet....

HITCO Carbon Composites, California, U.S.A., a subsidiary of SGL Group – The Carbon Company – announced that Lockheed Martin has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) selecting HITCO to manufacture wing skins and other components for the F-35 Lightning II program....

The economic crisis seems to have complicated Romania's efforts to seal a planned multi-billion euro fighter jet purchase in the near future, a deal aimed at replacing its ailing Soviet-era MiGs airforce....

F-22A Raptors from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, departed Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on March 3 headed for the largest Air Force base in Alaska, as fears of volcanic activity at Mount Redoubt remain high....

Yesterday at 09:00 local time, four Danish F-16s and one C-130 deployed to Iceland where they will patrol the Icelandic aerospace throughout March....

The 8th Fighter Wing Commander literally took Gunsan's Korean National Police Chief for a ride on March 4. ...

February 4, 2009 marked an historic event at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. One of the base's eight MC-130W Combat Spears left the ramp as a "black letter initial"....

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 301st Fighter Squadron out of Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Texas, pulls into a hangar here for alert-status preparation....

Pilots from the 14th Fighter Squadron flew their F-16 Fighting Falcons to Misawa Air Base Feb. 27 after a five-month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. ...

Members from the 1st Special Operations Squadron took off Feb. 26 from Kadena Air Base, Japan, on a MC-130H Combat Talon II to honor fallen brethren that were lost 28 years ago....

On February 17, a Polish F-16 almost fell from the skies, from an altitude of 10,000 meters during a training exercises conducted in the Krzesiny district, near Poznan, western Poland. ...