Pilots from the Oregon Air National Guard are giving the new F-15EX rave reviews after becoming the first members of the unit to fly the aircraft at a training course in Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. earlier this month.
The Air Force’s new trainer jet, the T-7A Red Hawk, notched another milestone in the test process when it completed a month-long extreme weather trial at the McKinley Climatic Lab at Eglin Air Force Bas, Fla. on Feb. 23.
The Air Force and BETA Technologies finished a three-month stint of flight testing with its “Alia” electric aircraft at Duke Field, Fla., the contractor announced Jan. 29—which included several milestones for electric aviation within the Department of Defense.
The Air Force is moving toward Initial Operating Capability with the F-15EX, as the third and fourth examples of the fighter joined the test fleet at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
A team of 23 Airmen from Hurlburt Field, Fla. traveled to the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base to test themselves in Arctic conditions without leaving Florida.
Pilots at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., are testing out a new cockpit layout for the C-130H transport plane that will replace its analog gauges with glass multifunction displays and a range of digital upgrades.
The F-15EX shot one JASSM during a recent exercise, bringing to a close the first phase of its hybrid/combined initial operational and developmental test effort. New aircraft are to be delivered in the coming weeks, and a full-rate production decision is expected soon after.
The F-15EX has demonstrated it can fire AIM-120 radar and AIM-9X heat-seeking missiles from new underwing stations, showing the new fighter's ability to carry and fire more missiles than its predecessor, the F-15C, the Air Force reported.
MacDill Air Force Base, Patrick Space Force Base, and other installations across Florida had begun recovering and reopening after Hurricane Ian swept through the state while Joint Base Charleston and other installations farther up the East Coast dealt with heavy rain and winds Sept. 30. ...
The Department of Defense released an accounting of where it moved its aircraft in response to Hurricane Ian, which made landfall as a Category 4 Hurricane on the west coast of Florida on Sept. 28.
MacDill Air Force Base was evacuated and the gates locked as Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Sept. 28. Meanwhile, other Air Force bases in Florida remained open but on a heightened state of alert, with aircraft at several installations being evacuated out of ...
Non-mission essential personnel have been ordered to evacuate MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., by noon of Sept. 27, as Hurricane Ian gathers strength and threatens to hit Florida later this week.