After months of negotiations between the US and Turkey over allowing anti-ISIS air strikes from Turkish soil, six F-16s from the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano AB, Italy touched down at Incirlik AB, Turkey on Sunday Aug. 9 in support...
The first structurally enhanced T-38C Talon modified under the “Pacer Classic III” program rolled off Air Force Sustainment Center’s line at JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, July 31, officials announced this week. The Air Force plans to upgrade a total of...
The 60th Air Mobility Wing recently sent its last remaining legacy C-5 Galaxy to Lockheed Martin for upgrade to C-5M standards from Travis AFB, Calif. “The final C-5M will arrive back at Travis [in] December 2017,” 22nd Airlift Squadron non-commissioned...
US military officials have reopened the dirt airstrip at Hohenfels, Germany, to C-130J operations for the first time in two years, with the completion of a series of recertification flights earlier this month, US Army officials announced. “This is the...
The Air Force is moving out on replacing the tactical radio system in the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, according to an Air Force news release. The tactical radio system on Block 40/45 AWACS will be...
Four JAS-39 Gripen fighters and 70 personnel from the Czech Air Force have deployed to conduct air patrols above Iceland, NATO announced Aug. 7. The jets are a part of a NATO rotation to the Atlantic ally, which does not...
The Air Force Reserve’s “Hurricane Hunters” have deployed to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, flying missions to collect data on Hurricane Guillermo, according to officials with the 403rd Wing. The specially equipped WC-130J and crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance...
Airmen from the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron at Beale AFB, Calif., are assisting local firefighters battle a massive wildfire near Clearlake, Calif., according to an Air Force news release. A Beale fire engine joined four other trucks for a 17-person...