The first F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to Hill AFB, Utah, touched down at the base this week. Airframes AF-77 and AF-78, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve Command associate 419th FW, were delivered Sept. 2, Hill...
Lockheed Martin received a $311.4 million contract for the F-35 program’s Block 3F upgrade—the planned all-up configuration—which will be performed on Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and British variants of the Joint Strike Fighter, according to a Sept. 1 contract...
A pair of A-10 Warthogs from the Air Force Reserve’s 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo., recently touched down at Lielvarde AB, Latvia, marking the first time US fighters have landed at the former Soviet base, according to a...
SSgt. Kurtis Harrison, a command, control, communications, and computers systems project manager with the 96th Communications Squadron at Eglin AFB, Fla., is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2015. Harrison was selected as AFMC’s...
The Air Force made a final $5.2 million offer to purchase private land within the Nevada Test and Training Range, which is inhibiting training and security, officials announced. “We are hopeful the family will accept our final offer to purchase...
NATO announced the activation of six forward headquarters units across its eastern periphery on Sept. 1, part of its effort to retool the Alliance’s rapid response capabilities and ensure proper support for deployments and exercises. The NATO Force Integration Units...
Civil engineers at Little Rock AFB, Ark., are nearing completion of the first phase of a $117 million runway replacement project, officials announced. “The contractor’s next major task is to pave and stripe the temporary taxiway. Phase two is currently...
A retired F-15C Eagle was recently trucked from Tyndall AFB, Fla., to a technical training school where it will be used to train government-certified civilian airframe and powerplant technicians. “This is really a win-win,” 325th Maintenance Group chief CMSgt. Gregory...
The Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective Systems (MUOS) satellite, which acts as a “smart phone network in space,” successfully launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., on Wednesday. “MUOS is a Navy-led program,...
