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31st AMXS wins Air Force level award
Mar 04, 2008 - After a record-setting year, the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's hard work and dedication to the mission culminated with the squadron clinching the 2007 Air Force Maintenance Effectiveness Award. [Read more...]
Pilot reaches 1,000 combat hours
Feb 23, 2008 - 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, will reach two career milestones in a matter of weeks, one of which no other current Air Force fighter pilot has done until now. [Read more...]
Several factors caused F-16 crash in Italy
Jan 18, 2008 - An Air Force report blames the September 18th, 2007 crash of an F-16CG on a wide range of factors, including weather, plane malfunction and pilot action. [Read more...]
F-16 pilot with the 510th FS awarded DFC
Oct 30, 2007 - 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. [Read more...]
510th FS fly in Bulgarian exercise
Oct 26, 2007 - 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. [Read more...]
Alpine life returns to normal after F-16 crash
Oct 04, 2007 - 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. [Read more...]
510th FS F-16 crashes in Italy
Sep 18, 2007 - A 510th FS F-16 crashed this evening on mountains near Belluno (North of Aviano). The pilot ejected safely. [Read more...]
555th FS members return to the "Wolf Pack"
Jun 19, 2007 - 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. [Read more...]
F-16s use new 20mm ammo in battle
Mar 02, 2007 - Air Force F-16 pilots employed a new 20mm cannon round in their M61/A1 'Vulcan' Gatling guns for the first time, first validating the rounds at a firing range on Feb. 22, and then employing them in battle Feb. 26. [Read more...]
Post takes command of 20th Fighter Wing
Mar 01, 2007 - Col. James N. "Bull" Post III took command of the Air Force's 20th Fighter Wing during a ceremony yesterday at Shaw AFB. [Read more...]
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