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Mountain Home F-15Es Coming to Boise

April 6, 2015

Any FighterSweep fans in the Boise, Idaho area? If so, you’re in for a treat this summer! The Civil Engineering squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base will be resurfacing View More ›

Pentagon Offers Tanker Support for Saudi Air Offensive

April 5, 2015

While the coalition fight against ISIS in Iraq & Syria has garnered a huge amount of media attention, a large-scale offensive underway against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen is well View More ›

Marine Corps F/A-18s Make Emergency Landing In Taiwan, China Issues Warning to U.S.

April 3, 2015

Two U.S. Marine F/A-18C Hornets landed at Tainan Airport in southern Taiwan yesterday when one of the aircraft declared an in-flight emergency (IFE). The Department of Defense reported the two View More ›

Florida Air National Guard Deploys F-15s to Europe

March 28, 2015

The Florida Air National Guard’s 125FW has deployed to Europe, the first Air National Guard unit to support Operation Atlantic Resolve.

Royal Saudi Air Force: F-15 Down in Gulf of Aden, Crew Safe

March 27, 2015

Two airmen from the Royal Saudi Air Force were plucked from the Gulf of Aden after their Boeing F-15SA went down in international waters. It appears that the crew was View More ›

Germanwings: First Officer Andreas Lubitz Destroyed Aircraft

March 26, 2015

French authorities, after initially reviewing the cockpit voice recorder of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the Alps, have determined that the captain was outside the cockpit for the entire View More ›

Germanwings Airbus Crashes in Alps

March 24, 2015

At 0940Z this morning, contact was lost with a Germanwings Airbus A320 enroute from Barcelona to Düsseldorf in the Alps in southern France.

1st Air Force: “We Need Better Radar In Our Jets”

March 23, 2015

“There are threats out there that would be difficult to defeat and defend against with our current sensor suite.”

Washington DC Air National Guard’s 113th Wing Responds to 5,000th Alert!

March 22, 2015

Yesterday, the DC Air National Guard’s 113th Wing reached a huge milestone for its Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) Detachment. When the klaxon sounded, it was alert event number 5,000. Even View More ›

South Carolina Guard F-16s Help Rescue Boaters

March 10, 2015

This month, members of the South Carolina National Guard are involved in a massive, state-wide disaster response exercise. Dubbed Vigilant Guard, the exercise involves both National Guard as well as View More ›