President Joe Biden highlighted the already planned positioning of two F-35 squadrons in the United Kingdom, along with new air defenses in Italy and Germany, when naming the U.S.'s European force posture moves to deter Russian aggression.
RAF Lakenheath
RZESZOW, Poland—Just 62 miles from the Ukrainian border in southeastern Poland, a small regional airport has been converted to an international logistics hub where aircraft deliver defense and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. It is protected by American air defense systems. After Moscow promised to target ...
F-35 simulators overcome policy and technical roadblocks to finally communicate effectively with allies' systems.
Ukraine is not a NATO member, and one of Putin’s objectives is to ensure it never becomes one.
Air Force Magazine Pentagon Editor Abraham Mahshie interviewed Harrigian during the African Air Chiefs Symposium in Rwanda.
The U.S. Air Force sent F-35 fighters to Germany days after a B-52 Bomber Task Force arrived in England to reassure Allies amid increasing tensions in Eastern Europe. F-15s from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., also recently deployed to Poland to augment F-15s forward-deployed ...
Sixteen U.S. Air Force fighter jets have deployed to Poland and Romania to support Baltic enhanced air policing and to reassure NATO eastern flank allies in the face of heightened Russian activity, U.S. Air Forces in Europe told Air Force Magazine. Eight F-16s from the ...
RAF Lakenheath to Get F-35s; New VCJCS Admiral Grady Sworn In; MacDill is Next F-35 Base; Pentagon Outlines New "Extremist" Activity Rules; and more ...
The U.K.'s. RAF Lakenheath on Dec. 15 became the first European base to receive a U.S. F-35A Lightning II six years after plans for the delivery were announced as part of an eventual basing of two squadrons of the fifth-generation aircraft. “The Valkyries are leading ...
The Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) has been in development at Lockheed Martin since at least 2019, when the company received a contract for integration, testing, and demonstration of such a weapon on the AC-130J aircraft.
The Outstanding Airman Program annually recognizes 12 enlisted members for superior leadership, job performance, community involvement, and personal achievements.
The Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2021 will be formally recognized at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference from Sept. 20 to 22 in National Harbor, Md. Air Force Magazine is highlighting one each workday from now until the conference begins. ...
