Approximately 
200 airmen from Shaw AFB, S.C., and F-16s from Shaw’s 79th Fighter Squadron last week completed a Green Flag training exercise at Nellis AFB, Nev. The two weeks of training are designed to help prepare Air Force pilots and maintainers for upcoming deployments through realistic scenarios. They allow them to work with Army soldiers and Air Force joint terminal attack controllers. In this case, the Shaw airmen even had the opportunity to fly with B-1 bombers. “This is the capstone training event for both our pilots and maintainers,” said Capt. Patrick McGarry, 79th FS assistant director of operations. He added, “We simulate a deployed operations tempo, which helps maintenance gauge their readiness to operate as a deployed aircraft maintenance unit.” And the pilots have “an invaluable opportunity to practice communication with the JTACs and employment of precision weapons,” he noted. (Shaw report by SrA. Alexandria Mosness)
Celebrating 100 Years of Liquid-Fueled Rockets
March 11, 2026
March 16, 2026, marks 100 years since Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Over the past century, new and ever more capable liquid-fueled rockets have literally propelled humanity into space. Why liquid-fueled rockets?