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  • US, Italian F-35 aircraft train together in Italy

    U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft conduct bilateral training with Italian air force F-35s over Italy, July 2, 2019. The U.S. F-35s are deployed to Europe from the 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to conduct training with NATO allies and partners allowing

  • The 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron continues TSP in Romania

    The 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, continues to operate as a rotational presence out of the 71st Air Base, Campia Turzii, Romania, for a Theater Security Package after changing over their operations section last month.

  • G-Code: A motto to live by

    “G-code in effect, I repeat, g-code is now in effect.”Codes are how the Air Force identifies the capabilities and sometimes the needs of its Airmen. To the flying community, a “G-code” signals there is a female aboard the aircraft, which is rare. For the 22d Expeditionary Air Refueling (EAR)

  • Paris Air Show: four lenses

    It's a long way from the South Pole to Paris, and not many people — besides perhaps a handful of scientists — have careers that include business trips to both locations.

  • HAW changes command, celebrates 10 years

    At a ceremony on the Strategic Airlift Capability premises at Pápa Air Base, Col. James S. Sparrow assumed command of the Heavy Airlift Wing. He did so by accepting the Heavy Airlift Wing Flag from the hands of Brig. Gen. Michael Koscheski, Chairman of the Strategic Airlift Capability Steering

  • BALTOPS Exercise 2019

    A Polish air force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies beside a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling in support of Exercise Baltic Operations over Germany, June 19, 2019. The BALTOPS Exercise is a U.S. exercise focused on joint interoperability in the Baltic Region, planned and executed

  • Army, Air Force work together for Swift Response 19

    Swift Response 19 is one of the premier military crisis response training events featuring high readiness airborne forces. Activities include intermediate staging base operations, multiple airborne operations, and several air assault operations.

  • 815th Airlift Squadron delivers during Swift Response 19

    For exercise Swift Response 19, military members across two continents worked as a team to conduct training to increase the participating nations’ readiness, capabilities and capacity to conduct full spectrum military operations. They used combined training fostering trust, increasing