News Archive

The term "joint operations" in todays military is thought of American service members carrying out missions with service members from different branches of the U.S. military or coalition partners working together....

Two USAF F-16s appear to have inadvertently crossed into Turkish airspace over the border with Iraq, a U.S. Embassy official said today, adding that the incursion was under investigation....

Two F-22s visited Andersen recently following their first-ever overseas deployment. For the transient alert maintenance crews, it was their first opportunity to work with the Air Force's newest fighter. ...

This past Sunday saw the 522nd FS 'Fireballs' depart for there final deployment from Cannon Air Force base. This time to the island of Guam. On there return the Squadron & Fighter Wing will be inactivated. ...

In Iraq, an F-16 Fighting Falcon strafed anti-Iraqi insurgents with 20mm cannon rounds. The insurgents were firing on coalition forces near Basrah....

The Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) Team successfully accomplished its first powered flight during a test mission from Eglin AFB on April 30. ...

More than 60 years of flying and fighting history closed May 23 as the 523rd Fighter Squadron, also known as the Crusaders, inactivated during ceremonies at The Landing. ...

The Republic of Korea Air Force is considering to purchase spare parts for its 136 KF-16 fighter jets under a commercial contract directly from Lockheed Martin or from other nations. ...

In medieval times, knights and royal families used heraldic symbols to identify themselves and remember their heritage. ...

Air National Guard F-16s from the 112th & 125th Fighter squadrons are on route to Iraq. Jets departed from Toledo Airport Wednesday heading for a brief stop over in Europe before reaching there destination....

The 388th Fighter Wing received three F-16s from Cannon Air Force Base's 27th Fighter Wing in April and will receive the next one in May. ...

An F-16 block 40 crashed in Konya province in central Turkey on Tuesday, but the pilot of the plane safely ejected before the crash, the semi-official Anatolian news agency reported. ...

The F-22 Raptor won't make its European debut at this summer's Paris Air Show, according to U.S. Air Force officials, who say that such a deployment would force them to cancel 40 to 50 pilot-training sorties....

The Base Realignment and Closure Commission directed the 184th FS to transfer out its F-16s for the A-10 Thunderbolt II. As of now all the F-16s are gone, mostly being delivered to the 194th FS, the California ANG....

In the last of his regularly recorded phone messages from Iraq, 14th EFS Commander Lt. Col. Chuck Toplikar notes that a few new Misawa personnel already are beginning to trickle in to support the next AEF rotation — AEF 7/8....

A wildfire has started after an F-16 from the New Jersey ANG dropped a flare during a routine training sortie over the Warren Grove Gunnery Range in Ocean County. The resulting fire has forced thousands to flee the area....

Pilots and maintainers assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron "Pantons" and Aircraft Maintenance Unit hosted members of the Republic of Korea air force in an effort to improve that country's F-16 operations May 16....

Edwards pilots and flight test engineers recently returned from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where they had the opportunity to participate in Red Flag-Alaska -- a 10-day air combat training exercise. ...

The U.S. government has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin for 18 Sniper(R) Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), a part of the new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft program for Pakistan. ...

An F-22A Raptor stealth fighter that was used in demonstration flights earlier this decade is being prepared for public display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base....

The first overseas deployment of America's newest fighter aircraft ended when the stealthy planes arrived back on May 11. ...

U.S. Air Force F-16s obliterated three truck-mounted anti-aircraft weapons and killed 10 to 14 al Qaeda operatives near Fallujah on Tuesday May 8, according to the U.S. military. ...

Turkey signed a $1.78 billion deal today to buy 30 F-16 Fighting Falcons from Lockheed Martin....

After investing two years of maintenance work and $1.1 million to repair a crash-damaged F-16, maintainers from the 649 CLSS returned the aircraft to its owner, the 388th Fighter Wing, during a ceremony at Hill AFB on Monday. ...

From May 21st until July 22nd the Belgian Air Component will deploy 10 F-16 fighters to the North-American continent for the annual Cross Continental Deployment (CCD)....

In preparation of converting Cannon AFB to a special operations base, the 523rd FS, named the Crusaders, is the first squadron at the base to deactivate. ...

Twelve F-22 Raptors headed back from Japan to the United States after completing training exercises in the first overseas deployment of the Air Force's most advanced aircraft. It was a performance that began and ended with delays. ...

Six U.S. Air Force F-16s from Osan Air Base are in Singapore for the third iteration of Exercise Commando Sling which runs today through May 25....

Boeing has been awarded a $19 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide Mission Training Center (MTC) services for F-16 pilots at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; Misawa Air Base in Japan; and Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. ...

The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) has selected Goodrich's DB-110 airborne reconnaissance system for use on their F-16 fighters. ...

Turkey has submitted a formal request for 105 AIM-9X Sidwinder missiles as well as associated equipment and services like 78 LAU-129 launchers and 22 captive air training missiles....

The first squadron of F-35 Lightning IIs isn't slated to go into operation until 2012, but the system that will serve as the information backbone of the F-35 maintenance and support network is now up and running....

Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce successfully completed the first phase and initiated phase two of the F135 short-takeoff/vertical-landing engine LiftFan gearbox qualification test....

Northrop Grumman achieved a key milestone in April with the delivery of the 100th active electronically scanned array (AESA) production radar for the USAF's F-22 Raptor. ...

InterSense Inc., have won new contracts from the L-3 Communications Link Simulation and Training division to supply helmet tracking systems for flight simulators used by both the USAF and ANG F-16 aircrews....

GKN Aerospace has announced two new contracts with Lockheed Martin worth about $15 million for parts on the F-22A Raptor fighter jet....

For the first time ever, fighter jocks with Japan's Air Self-Defense Force got to practice air-to-to-air combat last week with American counterparts who were flying stealthy new F-22A Raptors....