News Archive

The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General T. Michael Moseley, announced four proposed initiatives concerning C-130 tactical airlift today in Washington, each of which furthers the service's vision for a seamless Total Force....

A pilot from the 510th Fighter Squadron was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross here Oct. 29 for his aerial combat support of friendly forces in the vicinity of An Najaf, Iraq, while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...

Denmark scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to identify a Russian bomber detected on radar near the NATO member's airspace, the Danish air force said in a statement....

Who let the dogs out? Officials from the 3rd Wing did when they activated the 525th Fighter Squadron "Bulldogs" during a ceremony that began at 5:25 p.m. Monday. ...

Approximately 80 personnel and five F-16s deployed to Hyakuri Air Base October 14-19 to participate in disimilar training with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). ...

Members of the 31st FW wrapped up Rodopi Javelin 2007 today, a three-week exercise, marking the second time the 510th FS participated in a joint exercise with the Bulgarian air force at Graf Ignatevio AB, Bulgaria. ...

The Korean Air Force operated only half of its 130 KF-16 fighter jets between February and August, analysis revealed, thus leaving a defense vacuum. ...

Electrical power was applied for the first time to the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II on Thursday night, thus initiating a series of ground tests that will lead to the inaugural flight of the short-takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter next spring in 2008. ...

The Great Falls Tribune recently interviewed a commander with the 120th FW’s Montana's Air National Guard (MANG) who praised the F-16 as having "great manoeuvrability and reliability."...

Even though it was known years ago that the composition of some mechanical access panels made the F-22 susceptible to corrosion and changes were made to fix the problem, the design flaw reappeared. ...

Flight International has reported that the US Air Force has proposed a purchase of perhaps 20 more Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptors. This will extend the production line by one year....

Turkish F-16s reportedly attacked positions of Kurdish rebels along its rugged border with Iraq on Wednesday, as Turkey's military stepped up its anti-rebel operations....

Boeing, the U.S.A.F. 82nd Training Wing and industry partners opened a state-of-the-art F-22 maintenance training facility at Sheppard AFB, Texas, on Oct. 19....

Airmen from the 80th Fighter Squadron and 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit participated in a Buddy Wing Program exercise from Tuesday through Thursday. ...

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) delivered the first modified aircraft to the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) during a hand over ceremony at it facilites on October 17th....

In what is a major change for the Oklahoma ANG, the 185th AS will be giving up its C-130s and move to Tinker AFB, also in Oklahoma, to fly the KC-135 in a new aerial refueling mission....

The Pratt & Whitney F119 engine, which is the exclusive power source for the USAF F-22 Raptor, exceeded 50,000 production flight hours in October, another major milestone for the engine program....

Active duty, Reserve and National Guard Airmen from across the Southwest came together Oct 15 to 19 in Iquique, Chile, to participate in WILLKA, Chile's first exercise with their new F-16 Fighting Falcons and the USAF....

Members of the 192nd Fighter Wing made their move to Langley official during the 192nd FW's activation ceremony, held at the 27th Fighter Squadron on October 13th. ...

A judgment of nearly $900,000 has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged a military contractor sold faulty seals for F-16 fighter jets to the U.S. Air Force....

A total of 8 RNoAF F-16s were scrambled to track 13-14 Russian Tupolev-95 "Bears" for about 10 hours. The first F-16s on QRA took off at 03.00h....

Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has signed a defence agreement with India to use one of its airbases to conduct joint exercises for the next 5 years....

When the first F-35 rolls out in 2008, communications between pilot and aircraft will enter a new era thanks in part to testing and analysis conducted at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate....

History was made for the former 27th Fighter Wing as the 522nd Fighter Squadron, or Fireballs, and their Aircraft Maintenance Unit returned from their deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam last week....

On Tuesday morning, a USAF F-16 was forced to make an emergency landing at Wilmington International Airport (ILM), North Carolina....

A pilot's disorientation during a night-time take off caused an F-16CG to crash in Iraq on June 15, killing the pilot immediately on impact, Air Force officials announced Thursday....

Defence State Secretary Cees van der Knaap plans to equip only 36 of the F-16s with Mode 5 IFF as it is too expensive to install the identification system in all Dutch F-16s....

The 8th Fighter Wing received its initial group of Block 40 F-16 Fighting Falcons this week under the Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCIP). ...

More than 150 Aggressor Airmen from the 57th Adversary Tactics Group returned from two successful training deployments to Shaw AFB and Eglin AFB last week....

The 56th Fighter Wing closed out fiscal 2007 by flying 38,959.7 hours. ...

Two weeks after an Air Force jet plummeted to the ground near Soramae Di Zolto Alto, this tiny Alpine village, life is pretty much back to the way it was before....

Between 24 and 30 September 2007, over 70 aircraft and helicopters participated in this year's edition of the NATO Tiger meet. The high tempo operations covering mid and Southern Norway, took place at Main Air Station (MAS) Örland, Norway. ...

From September 24th through to October 1st, the 31 Tiger squadron participated in the annual NATO Tiger Meet exercise nicknamed 'Arctic Tiger'. The Tigers of 338 Skv hosted this event from their homebase at Orland, Norway....

L-3 Communications has been awarded an $18.8 million contract from the USAF's Aeronautical Systems Center to build an F-16C Block 52+ Aircrew Training Device (ATD) for the Hellenic Air Force....

In a day centered on the unit's fabled heritage, with ties to the Tuskegee Airmen, the Air Force Reserve officially activated the first F-22 Raptor unit, the 477th Fighter Group on Tuesday. ...

Two F-16 jet fighters stationed at Krzesiny airport in western Poland, were forced to make an emergency landing, due to avionics malfunctions. ...

Pilot error is the cause cited for the crash of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a March 12 training flight off the South Florida coast....

The 522 Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed from Cannon Air Force Base, is wrapping up the final deployment for their squadron and, ultimately, the 27th Fighter Wing. ...

Flight International reported on an incident during one of the flight tests of the latest GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs (SDB) which nearly resulted in a potential crash of an F-22....