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U.S. F-16s begin training sorties in Poland Mar 20, 2014 - U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy began off-site aerial training for the first time since their arrival at Detachment 1, 52nd Operations Group at Lask AB, Poland on March 18th. [Read more...]	Fighter pilot goes above, beyond call of duty Nov 15, 2013 - "It was dusk, one of the worst times to use night vision goggles. The sun was going down over my right shoulder. The Mediterranean was dark and the sky was dark, like being in a gigantic black hole. It was hard to tell which way was up and which way was down. We started looking for targets outside of Tripoli. We had determined, by the amount of surface-to-air equipment there, the Gaddafi regime would be using it to target coalition aircraft. Eliminating the equipment was a high priority." [Read more...]

Aviano AB F-16 accident report released Oct 31, 2013 - U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa officials released the results of their investigation into the January 28 crash of F-16C block 40 #88-0510 over the Adriatic Sea, resulting in the death of the pilot Capt. Lucas Gruenther. [Read more...]	Landing by sight, low altitude blamed for F-16 jet crash near Bagram Aug 27, 2013 - An F-16C pilot killed in an April crash near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan was flying low and didn’t see the mountains in his flight path because of bad weather, according to a recently completed investigation. [Read more...]
480th pilots gain currencies despite flying hour redux Aug 22, 2013 - The 480th Fighter Squadron restarted its flying hour program this summer after the squadron stopped flying in April due to Air Force wide budget reductions driven by sequestration. [Read more...]	Maintaining aircraft integrity one coat at a time Aug 15, 2013 - With a new state-of-the-art Corrosion Control Facility at Aviano AB, aircraft are now serviced in-house for a quarter of the cost. [Read more...]
115th FW train with Polish air force May 16, 2013 - Nearly 100 Airmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, are deployed to train in a joint theater security cooperation event with the Polish air force. [Read more...]	RMAF & USAF unite for Majestic Eagle 2013 Apr 15, 2013 - Airmen from the Royal Moroccan air force and the U.S. Air Force united at Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco, April 15, for Majestic Eagle 2013, a bi-lateral training exercise, which will continue through till April 26, 2013. [Read more...]
510th FS train with Spanish counterparts Mar 29, 2013 - More than 250 Airmen and 14 F-16 Fighting Falcons from Aviano Air Base returned from a training mission to Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, March 27. [Read more...]	Air Force commander hits 3,000 F-16 hours Mar 28, 2013 - Col. Patrick McKenzie, 51st Fighter Wing commander, joined a small elite group of pilots by reaching 3,000 hours in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Osan, March 28, 2013. [Read more...]

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