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US Air Force Pilot Shortage Reaches New High!

November 13, 2017 U.S. Air Force Capt. Hugh Walker, Maj. Brian Grossweiller, Capt. Jason Blodzinski, Capt. Joe Schenkel, and Capt. Patrick McAndrew, 77th Fighter Squadron pilots

The shortage of Air Force pilots is getting worse and has now reached 2000 according to the Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson. According to Wilson, the Air Force has a deficit View More ›

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Fighter Jets Armed With Lasers Will Soon Be a Reality!

November 8, 2017 Air Force weapons crew loads a live GBU-12, a guided laser bomb, into an F-35A at Eglin Air Force Base

The US Air Force has awarded a contract worth $26 million to Lockheed Martin for the development and production of a high powered laser weapon that possibly could be mounted on View More ›

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Watch: Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle – Upper Turret Install

November 7, 2017 The ball turret of the B-17F Memphis Belle in the restoration hangar at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Museum restoration crews and 88th ABW civil engineers work to install the upper turret of the B-17F Memphis Belle™ in preparation for the exhibit opening. Plans call for the aircraft View More ›

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Dale Hopkins – 50 Years of Service and Still Going Strong!

November 6, 2017 Dale Hopkins, T-1A Jayhawk simulation instructor pilot

50 years of service and still going strong! Dale Hopkins is an amazing person and a T-1A Jayhawk simulator instructor with no intentions of retiring anytime soon! The former F-4 View More ›

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Question? How Many Trained F-35 Pilots are There? Read This to See the Answer

November 6, 2017 Maj. Chris Campbell, 461st Flight Test Squadron director of operations, is an F-16 test pilot

So what did you guess? 100? 250? How many trained F-35 pilots do you think there are? Answer: 500! Congratulations to Major Chris Campbell, a former F-16 test pilot who View More ›

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Watch: A Rare Sight! 25 F-117 Stealth Fighters Flyby!

November 5, 2017 f-117 nighthawk stealth fighter

A sight you will never see again. Many say the F-117 Nighthawk was the first real ‘stealth’ aircraft. A product of Lockheed’s infamous Skunk Works the F-117 first flew in View More ›

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Watch: C-130 Ops Behind the Scenes – Exercise Vigilant Shield 18

November 2, 2017 White_Sands_missile_Range_for_the_exercise_Vigilant_Shield_18

Soldiers and equipment arrive at White Sands missile Range for the exercise Vigilant Shield 18. Includes video of equipment arriving at Condron Army Airfield, and Soldiers arriving at the vacant, View More ›

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Picture of the Day: Crew Chief 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Walks the Flight Line at Yokota Air Base

November 2, 2017 crew chief assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron walks on the flight line

A crew chief assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron walks on the flight line during Exercise Beverly Morning 17-06 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 26, 2017. – US View More ›

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Yes, Pilots Need to Know How to Swim as Well as Fly!

November 1, 2017 Air Force Maj. Justin Mock, a pilot assigned to the 157th Fighter Squadron

Water survival training is a requirement for almost all military pilots. The US Air Force has mandatory tri-annual water survival training designed to refresh pilots on recovery procedures if they have View More ›

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Watch: B-2 Flies 37-Hour Mission to the Pacific and Back from Whiteman AFB, Missouri

October 31, 2017 U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber, 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo

Amazing! An Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber flew on a 37 hour mission from Whiteman AFB, in Missouri going to an undisclosed area of the Pacific Ocean and then back. View More ›

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