US Air Force in Europe’s 492nd Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, Britain, and US Army Europe’s 1st Armored Division will be training alongside Bulgarian and Romanian forces for Immediate Response 2006 to be conducted in Bulgaria and Romania from July 17-31. Among the training scenarios will be weapons familiarization live-fire exercises, simulated urban operations, and air assault training.
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.