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  • Blue Flag 2019 builds strategic partnerships, provides tactical training

    Twelve F-16C Fighting Falcons and approximately 250 Airmen from the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, deployed to build strategic partnerships and complete aerial tactical training exercises through participation in exercise Blue Flag 2019 in Uvda Air Base, Israel starting on

  • Bomber Task Force 20-1 Completes Mission in Europe

    On the evening of the October 10, 2019, four B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers from the 2nd Bomb Wing departed Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, enroute to a month-long deployment at RAF Fairford, England. While based at RAF Fairford, the bombers, air crew, maintainers and support personnel

  • Pilots of Blue Flag 2019: Multinational knights of the air

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Kaleb Jenkins, 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot and 52nd Fighter Wing Blue Flag project officer, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, poses for a photograph in front of an F-16C Fighting Falcon during Blue Flag 2019 at Uvda Air Base, Israel, November 7,

  • Incirlik commemorates Ataturk Day

    U.S., Turkish, Spanish, Qatari service members from across the base render a salute during the Ataturk Memorial Day Ceremony Nov. 10, 2019, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The ceremony brought members from across the base together to honor Ataturk, the founder and first president of modern Turkey.

  • Gen. Jeff Harrigian visits Patriot Missile Battery

    Gen. Jeff Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, discusses the Patriot Missile System with Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Baumholder, Germany, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 6, 2019. Soldiers from the 5-7 ADA are completing

  • 136 Memorial Workout: EOD remembers fallen

    Service members of the 786th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight participated in the EOD 136 Memorial Workout at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 5, 2019.The workout honors the memory of the 136 Department of Defense EODtechnicians that have lost their lives in the line of

  • 2nd MUNS continues readiness during BTF deployment

    Airmen from 2nd Munitions Squadron out of Barksdale Air Force Base are staying mission ready while currently deployed at RAF Fairford, England. 2nd Bomb Wing Airmen and aircraft are currently operating out of RAF Fairford in support of Bomber Task Force Europe 20-1 operations. To continue their

  • Bomber security forces and U.K. partners protect jets

    For over 100 years, the United States and the United Kingdom have fought side-by-side in major conflicts including two World Wars and the War on Terror, forging a powerful alliance that is respected and feared throughout the world. For Bomber Task Force Europe 20-1, Airmen of the U.S. Air Force 2nd