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PHOTOS: Fourth- and Fifth-Gen Fighters Hold Combat Training in Hawaii

June 10, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Hawaii Air National Guard is hosting a large-scale fighter exercise with F-22s, F-35s, F-16s, and A-10s, along with tankers, from May 29 to June 12. In total, 42 aircraft from nine states with 1,060 personnel are participating in Sentry Aloha, a biannual combat training.

F-22s Practice Dogfights over the Korean Peninsula with ROK F-35s

May 16, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
A pair of U.S. F-22s practiced dogfighting with South Korean F-35As on May 16, making a rare appearance over the peninsula's inland airspace. Four Raptors arrived earlier this week at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The F-22s, assigned to the 19th and 199th Expeditionary Fighter ...

Pilot Unharmed After F-22 Mishap in Georgia

May 6, 2024 | By David Roza
The Air Force is investigating a mishap involving an F-22 fighter jet that took place at about 11:30 a.m. on May 6 at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Ga. 

PHOTOS: Airmen, F-22s Scatter to Austere ‘Spokes’ for Pacific Exercise

April 29, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
A recent seven-day exercise sent Air Force F-22s—along with other USAF aircraft—to austere, challenging environments across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Agile Reaper, taking place for the second time after its inaugural edition last year, featured 800 Airmen and 29 aircraft across five different ...

PHOTOS: Kadena Welcomes New F-22s and F-16s with Elephant Walk

April 12, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Kadena Air Base, Japan, is exchanging F-35s and F-15Cs for F-22s and F-16s in the base’s latest rotation of fighters on Okinawa, a strategic location just 400 miles east of Taiwan. Whille all four types of fighters were there, however, Kadena showcased its array of ...

F-16s Deploy to Poland to Bolster NATO’s Eastern Flank

Oct. 3, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on, the U.S. Air Force deployed four F-16 fighters to neighboring Poland on Oct. 3, keeping up the service’s continuous presence on NATO’s eastern flank.

Lockheed Could Adapt F-22 Stealth Fuel Tanks for Other Aircraft Like F-35

Aug. 4, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
The low-drag, stealthy fuel tanks and pylons Lockheed Martin is developing for the F-22 are potentially applicable to other aircraft like the F-35, the head of Lockheed’s Integrated Fighter Group told Air & Space Forces Magazine. Lockheed executive O.J. Sanchez and the Air Force’s director ...

F-35s Deploying to CENTCOM After ‘Alarming’ Actions by Iran, Pentagon Says

July 17, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
The U.S. is deploying F-35 fifth-generation fighters and additional F-16s to the U.S. Central Command region, the Pentagon announced July 17. A senior U.S. defense official told Air & Space Forces Magazine that the F-35s could be used over the Gulf and the Strait of ...

Northrop Tests Navigation System for Contested Airspace That Will Go on F-22

June 27, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
Northrop Grumman has tested a new GPS/INS navigation system that works in GPS-jammed or -denied airspace. The system will make its way onto the F-22 and the Navy E-2D after testing is complete.

Top Lawmaker Wants to Slash $550 Million in NGAD Funding. But It Wouldn’t Go to F-22

June 16, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force’s request for funding for the Next Generation Air Dominance program is slashed nearly a third—some $550 million—in the House Armed Services Committee chairman's mark of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. But while the amount of the reduction roughly matches what the ...

NORAD Intercepts Russian Warplanes Near Military Exercise in Alaska

May 15, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
U.S. fighter jets intercepted six Russian warplanes off the coast of Alaska on May 11 while a large multinational U.S.-led military exercise was underway in the state, the U.S. military said. NORAD detected and intercepted a mix of Russian bombers, tankers, and fighters in the ...

What Happens to the Air Force’s Oldest F-22s if Congress OKs Their Retirement?  

April 28, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
If Congress agrees with the Air Force’s request to retire 32 Block 20 F-22s as part of its fiscal 2024 budget, the aircraft be used as trainers a while longer, then stored for an undetermined period at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s Aerospace Maintenance and ...
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