Syrian Democratic Forces commando cadets clear a room during urban operations training in Syria, Aug. 3, 2019. Army photo by Spc. Alec Dionne. The Pentagon is withdrawing most US troops across Syria as Turkey’s invasion across the border to fight...
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An RQ-4 Global Hawk receives routine maintenance after being refueled June 12, 2019, at Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Air Force photo by SrA. Elora Martinez. JBSA-LACKLAND, TEXAS—The RQ-4 Global Hawk enterprise has more work ahead to grow into its new...
Capt. John Webber (l) of Civil Air Patrol's Indiana Wing provides instruction to Cadet Capt. Linus McFarland at CAP's National Emergency Services Academy. Civil Air Patrol photo. Civil Air Patrol is now using small drones to aid in search and...
The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle, completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019, at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. Air Force photo by SrA. Joshua Hoskins. The XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental “wingman” drone was damaged upon landing...
A C-130 flown by airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing takes off from Canadian Forces Station Alert on Ellsmere Island, Nunavut, after dropping off supplies on Sept. 30, 2019. Courtesy photo via USAF. The New...
This map, produced by Civil Air Patrol’s National Cell Phone Forensics Team, helped guide searchers to a missing Colorado hiker on Sept. 30, 2019. Map image courtesy of CAP. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center credited Civil Air Patrol search...
A 52nd Fighter Wing crew chief marshals an F-16 Fighting Falcon down the runway at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, on Oct. 1 2019. Air Force photo by A1C Alison Stewart. Flight operations at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, were grounded on Oct. 9,...
A USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II breaks away after aerial refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2019. Air Force photo by SSgt. Keifer Bowes. US aircraft...
USAF F-16s return to Spangdahlem AB, Germany, after completing Exercise Trident Juncture 18 on Nov. 9, 2018. Air Force photo by A1C Branden Rae. A pilot from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, successfully ejected from their F-16...
