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Hill AFB F-35A units assist in F-16 fighter training
F-16s during a combat exercise at Hill AFB on May 1st, 2019. The active duty 388th FW and Reserve 419th FW, along with F-16 units from Holloman AFB and Kunsan AB, conducted an integrated combat exercise where maintainers were tasked to continually provide ready aircraft and pilots took off in waves to simulate a large force engagement with enemy aircraft. [USAF photo by R. Nial Bradshaw]
May 07, 2019 - Brand new F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots received a unique training experience at Hill Air Force Base, with the help of the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings and the F-35A Lightning II. [Read more...]
Final Hill AFB F-16 goes through phase
Airmen assigned to Hill AFB perform phase maintenance for the final time on F-16C block 40 #88-0429 assigned to the base on July 26th, 2017. This jet is being transferred to Holloman AFB while Hill AFB transitions to the F-35A Lightning II. [USAF photo by Paul Holcomb]
Aug 07, 2017 - As the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings transition from the F-16 Fighting Falcon to the F-35A Lightning II, milestones occur frequently. Another milestone is currently underway; the 388th Maintenance Squadron is performing its final phase inspection on a Hill AFB F-16. [Read more...]
AF delivers Iraqi F-16s for training in US
Lt. Col. Julian Pacheco and Iraqi air force Captain Hama land IqAF F-16D block 52 #1602 on December 16th, 2014 at Tucson IAP. Due to the current security situation in Iraq the IAF pilots will complete their training in their own aircraft in the US. [USAF photo by SrA. Jordan Castelan]
Dec 18, 2014 - For more than 65 years the Air Force has embraced the concept of flexibility being the key to airpower. Now Airmen from the Arizona Air National Guard are sharing that capacity to find creative ways to overcome problems with one of the Air Force's newest allies – the Iraqi Air Force. [Read more...]
Pilot killed as U.S. F-16 crashes in Jordan
RJAF F-16AM #141 from 1 sqn & USAF F-16C block 50 # 93-0536 from the 77th FS, a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Harry S. Truman and a Mirage fighter aircraft from the PAF fly in formation over the Dead Sea on October 27th, 2010 during Falcon Air Meet 2010 at Azraq AB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf]
Dec 01, 2014 - A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed when the F-16 he was flying suffered a mechanical malfunction and then crashed in Jordan as he attempted to return. The incident occurred at about 23.00h ET Sunday, U.S. Central Command said in a statement today. [Read more...]
Three locations identified as F-16 aggressor candidate bases
A USAF F-16C block 30 from the18th AS breaks away from his wingman, F-16C block 30 #86-0282 for landing in the training airspace near RAAF Base Williamtown on March 6th, 2013. [Photo by LAC. Craig Barrett]
Nov 19, 2014 - Air Force officials, on Nov. 19, announced Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and Nellis AFB, Nevada, as candidate bases to host the 18th Aggressor Squadron and its assigned 18 F-16 Fighting Falcons. [Read more...]
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