A quick reaction team from the 53rd Wing and 46th Test Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., installed new solid state recorders on two 494th Fighter Wing F-15E Strike Eagles operating in Southwest Asia to help determine why F-15Es were getting flight display discrepancies. Al Berard, chief of test support instrumentation development, said it was the first time the SSR had been used on fielded aircraft, adding that it provided “an unprecedented amount of data” to aid troubleshooting efforts.
B-1 Bomber Task Force Deploys to Japan
Oct. 18, 2025
A quartet of B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas have landed at Misawa AB, Japan, likely for a series of exercises with Japanese, U.S. and Australian forces.