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The Government of United Arab Emirates is moving a request forward to set up a F-16 pilot training program in the USA for there Block 60 "Desert Falcons". The program is similar to whats in place for the Netherlands and Singapore. ...

Members of the 35th Fighter Squadron and the 155th Fighter Squadron from Junwon Air Base, teamed up for a Buddy Wing Program exercise Wednesday through Friday....

Lockheed Martin said its F-22 Raptor continues to compile an overwhelming record of performance and reliability since entering operational service with the U.S. Air Force 18 months ago. ...

All three versions of the U.S. Joint Strike Fighter have now cleared the final milestone needed before entering the production phase. ...

The 166th Airlift Wing is marking 44 years and 160,000 accident-free flying hours this month on transport aircraft (C-97, then C-130A and now C-130H models) without a class A, B or C mishap....

The last operational F-16A Fighting Falcon (#82-0993) flew its final mission June 15, taking off from the ANG base for indefinite storage at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz....

the F-35 Lightning II program is meeting its schedule and budget targets, and is on track to begin deliveries to the armed services in 2010. ...

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) has signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) with Lockheed Martin to produce fiber placed components for low-rate initial production (LRIP) on the F-35 Lightning II....

After being away for years, the 555th Fighter Squadron reunited with the 8th Fighter Wing's "Wolf Pack" during the squadron's deployment to Kunsan Air Base....

Like many Iraqi families, a traditional Air National Guardsman and F-16 pilot grew up in a farming family. He balanced his love of the farm and working as a commercial airline pilot with his love of the Air Force. ...

The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander was honored as Air Combat Command's top wing commander June 13. ...

U.S. Central Air Command released a statement indicating the aircraft was lost during a close-air-support mission over Iraq at 00.27h local time....

Spangdahlem's runway closed today and is scheduled to remain closed for repairs until mid-July. Although the 52nd FW will cease flying operations from Spangdahlem, do not expect pilots and crews from the Wing to take a break....

On June 3rd, six F-22s deployed from Tyndall AFB, Fla. to Nellis AFB, Nev. for two weeks to provide support to the United States Air Force weapons school during the mission employment phase. ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered the eighth C 130J Super Hercules for the 143rd Airlift Squadron based at Quonset State Airport, Rhode Island....

The two wings from 7th Air Force and Republic of Korea air wings from across the peninsula participated in a week-long Combined Large Force Exercise (CLFE). ...

Northrop Grumman delivered the centre fuselage section for the first F-35 Lightning II short take-off, vertical landing (STOVL) variant static test aircraft, more than two & half months ahead of schedule....

The 192nd FW of the Virginia ANG will celebrate a major milestone June 20 as it flies into the future on the wings of the nation's most advanced fighter jet, the F-22A Raptor. ...

One of Duluth's first F-16s began its final journey on the 13th, this time heading for the Minnesota Air Guard Museum....

An F-15C Eagle from Langley AFB, Virginia while on deployment to Eielson AFB collided in midair at 11.23h with an F-16C also on deployment from Nellis AFB, Nevada. ...

For the final time, the F-16s of the Virginia ANG made their last operational flights bringing to an end a long history of flying aircraft in Richmond, Virginia....

An unarmed missile fell off of a Vermont Air National Guard F-16 as it was taking off early Monday afternoon at Burlington International Airport. ...

After more than 50 years in Milwaukee the 440th Airlift Wing officially moved back to Pope AFB in North Carolina....

Members of the 8th Fighter Wing and the Republic of Korea air force have teamed up for a joint training exercise June 8 at Kunsan Air Base. ...

F-22A Raptors have descended on the Space Coast to support STS-117 launch operations as part of Operation NOBLE EAGLE....

A small group of Reserve F-16 pilots and crew chiefs now work side-by-side with their active duty counterparts here, marking a major milestone in an ongoing integration initiative aimed at increasing the combat capability of Hill's fighter wings....

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John D. W. Corley presented the Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy, one of the service's top safety awards, to a fighter pilot during a ceremony June 5 in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. ...

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is known to be one of the most potentially costly combat aircraft programs going today. ...

The Turkish Armed Forces' 'Operation Sledgehammer' is well underway in Şırnak. Two Turkish F-16s carried out a patrol flight in the area bordering Iraq. ...

For one F-16CJ "Wild Weasel" pilot, receiving his promotion to captain was one of many memorable firsts during his deployment to Iraq from January to June for AEF 5/6. ...

At Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 received its first KC-130J (#167109) Super Hercules June 4, 2007 as the high-tech airplane touched down on the runway. ...

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan purchased six additional F-16B multi-role aircraft from the Dutch Air Force surplus. ...

Two F-16CJs track a pair of vehicles full of known Al Qaeda insurgents. The vehicles stop at a location free of collateral damage, and command makes the decision. The fighters drop precision guided munitions and destroy the vehicles....

For two years running, Elmendorf's 12th FS has had the honor of one of its fliers being chosen to represent the Air Force in the USAF Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds. ...