Shaw Now Has Second Flight Recorder: The Navy is turning over to the Air Force a second flight recorder from the F-16 that crashed into the ocean on April 5 during a training mission off the South Carolina coast, according to the Sumter (S.C.) Item. Crews from the USS Grapple recovered the fighter’s ejection seat, which contains the recorder, Lt. Bryan Cox, spokesman for Shaw AFB, S.C., told the paper.
Less than a day after arriving in the Middle East, F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. defended Israel from an Iranian attack in April 2024. DUDE flight, four F-15Es from the 335th Fighter Squadron, downed two dozen Iranian drones in roughly 45 minutes.