An initial team of Parsons employees arrived at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Nov. 15, and its members are now working daily with U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, designing a plan to better defend U.S. air bases in the European and African theaters. ...
As Russia threatens U.S. partners in Eastern Europe with another unexplained troop buildup, the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron completed a six-week bomber task force mission Nov. 15 across the North Sea, Baltics, and Black Sea region, integrating coalition capabilities and practicing agile combat employment. The ...
Air Force Global Strike Command integrated B-52s from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., with B-1s operating from RAF Fairford, England, and a host of British aircraft for exercises over the North Sea on Nov. 10. The Bomber Task Force Europe mission included a targeting activity ...
U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa is conducting its agile combat employment capstone exercise at Larissa Air Base, Greece. “We've really been working hard to refine how we execute agile combat employment, particularly in coordination with our partners,” USAFE-AFAFRICA commander Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian told ...
In a move more than five years in the making, the U.S. Air Force activated its first squadron of Europe-based F-35As at RAF Lakenheath, U.K., on Oct. 1. The new squadron’s first commander is Lt. Col. Ian D. McLaughlin, and it will be nicknamed the ...
F-16s and personnel from the 31st Fighter Wing, based out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, recently participated in an agile combat employment exercise in Slovenia from Sept. 7 to 10, as top generals from both countries met to discuss the U.S.-Slovenian partnership.
A pair of U.S. Air Force B-2s integrated with Norwegian F-35s over the North Sea on Sept. 8 as part of a recent Bomber Task Force deployment. The mission was “designed to test escort procedures, stand-off weapon employment, and the suppression and destruction of air ...
F-16s and F-15s from the Air Force’s 31st and 48th Fighter Wings linked up in northwestern Wales in mid-July, conducting a rare air-to-air live fire training exercise in the U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa (USAFE) area of responsibility. For the 31st Fighter Wing, ...
F-15s from the 493rd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, have deployed to Iceland to take up the NATO Air Policing mission there for the second time in less than a year. The three F-15C/Ds, plus an F-15E from the 493rd’s sister unit, the 494th ...
B-52s from Barksdale Air Force, La., on June 18 finished the latest bomber task force deployment to Europe in a dramatic fashion, flying two separate long-distance training missions in the Arctic and in Africa. On June 17, B-52s that were part of the task force ...
B-52 aircraft deployed to Europe flew over all NATO nations in a single day—the second time in less than a year that bombers have flown this show of strength over the continent and North America. The B-52s, which are deployed to Moron Air Base, Spain, ...
USAF F-15s, F-16s, and C-130s are training in Poland in an agile combat employment exercise that comes as Russia has executed a massive buildup on the border with neighboring Ukraine, though U.S. officials say the exercise was long-planned. F-15Es from the 492nd Fighter Squadron at ...