News Archive

Less than two weeks after arriving in Iraq, the 14th FS commander says Misawa’s airmen have been extremely busy flying and supporting combat sorties and waging battle against mud and dust. ...

The Air Force is proposing to base 23 extra F-15 Eagles & F-16 Fighting Falcons, with additional personnel at Nellis AFB as a result of changes mandated by the recent BRAC process. ...

The Joint Strike Fighter Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATB), a 737-300 aircraft extensively modified by BAE Systems, successfully completed its maiden flight Jan. 23 at Mojave, California....

Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine exceeded 7,000 system design and development (SDD) ground test hours this week. ...

Airmen from Incirlik's 39th Logistic Readiness Squadron recently began practicing a refueling technique not used at this base in more than a decade....

Norwegian defence minister Anne-Grethe Strøm-Erichsen will shortly sign the production agreement with Lockheed Martin....

A California Air National Guard F-16C crashed today near Owens Lake in remote eastern California, but the pilot safely ejected and was not hurt....

The 1st Fighter Wing received its last assigned F-22A Raptor Friday when the 94th Fighter Squadron accepted tail number 5085, bringing the total to 40 F-22s to complete the fleet. ...

Brig. Gen. Sam Angelella said his final farewell to Misawa servicemembers before relinquishing command of the 35th Fighter Wing to Col. Terrence O'Shaughnessy Jan. 17 at Misawa AB, Japan. ...

Air National Guardsmen and F-16s from Selfridge Air National Guard Base arrived in Iraq last week to fly missions as part of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, according to a press release....

Cyclone Aviation Products, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, has been awarded a $6 million dollar contract by Lockheed Martin to supply structural components for 30 F-16s from the Greek Air Force for delivery in 2008. ...

The last four F-16 Fighting Falcons of the North Dakota Air National Guard left their Fargo base and headed to the military bone yard in Arizona. On route the jets performed a final fly past of the state capital, Bismarck....

The reconnaissance pod has successfully completed flight testing as part of the F-16 Poland Peace Sky program. Testing was undertaken at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. where all the criteria for aircraft operations were met....

The Jordanian Air Force has signed a contract with TUSAS Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) to modernize its ageing F-16s. First two jets have been disassembled and are awaiting shipping....

Six F-16C/D Fighting Falcons from the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, are deployed to Singapore to participate in the second iteration of Exercise Commando Sling, which began Jan. 8 and runs through Jan. 26....

The F-35 Lightning II is currently undergoing a series of tests over Fort Worth, Texas. The third flight on Wednesday tested the aircraft at 23,000 feet, the highest altitude the aircraft has ever been. ...

The first Red Flag exercise this year, dubbed "Colonial Flag," is scheduled to begin Jan. 16 at Nellis AFB, marking the 32nd year for Red Flag operations. This is the first of three Red Flags this year, and the F-22 Raptor is participating for the first time....

A new training mission arrived at Incirlik Air Base. In three waves, 16 F-16CJs from the 22nd FS taxied onto the Golf Loop where they will hang their wings over the next six to seven weeks....

Turkish F-16s were intercepted five times by Greek military jets on January 8th while flying in international airspace over the Aegean Sea, according to the Anatolian Times....

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to provide its advanced AN/APG-68(V)9 airborne fire control radar capability for a total of 52 F-16 fighter aircraft for the Pakistan Air Force. ...

The Italian Air Force F-16 fleet has reached 20,000 combined flight hours during a mission in the first few days of January. This is less than 3,5 years after the aircraft came into service.....

A certain silence which had reigned over the US Incirlik air base in the Turkish city of Adana for the past 3 years came to a close today. ...

Some pilots dedicate their entire lives to serving their country in the cockpit and reach certain milestones, including a 1,000 hours of flight, then 2,000 hours of flight; but reaching 3,000 hours is an accomplishment many only dream of. ...

Michelin North America has won a contract to supply aircraft tires to the U.S. Air Force and Army that will amount to more than $700 million over 10 years, including the contract option, company officials said Monday....

The U.S. Air Force plans to send its most advanced jet fighter, the F-22 Raptor, abroad for the first time when it deploys 12 of the planes to Kadena AFB on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa this month....

The F-35 Lightning II achieved another successful test flight yesterday from the Lockheed Martin Fort Worth, Texas, facility....

In Friday morning's wee hours, more than 10 F-16s with the 13th Fighter Squadron at Misawa headed over the Pacific Ocean toward Nellis AFB, Nev., for the elite combat training exercise known as Red Flag. ...

It's not often an American four-star general has the opportunity to present prestigious war medals to coalition partners, but Jan. 2 was a special occasion. ...