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  • Famed ‘Candy Bomber’ Gail Halvorsen Dies at 101

    Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, who came to fame as the “Candy Bomber” of the Berlin Airlift, earning international goodwill for the United States and the Air Force, and who worked on Air Force space projects such as the Titan III, X-20 Dyna-Soar, and Manned Orbiting Laboratory, died Feb. 16 at the age of

  • Michigan National Guard trains first Latvian UH-60 Black Hawk maintainer

    When the Latvian Air Force recently purchased new UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the call went out for a potential UH-60 maintenance training location in the United States. The Michigan Army National Guard’s (MIARNG) Company B, 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment was chosen in part due to the long

  • RAF Lakenheath welcomes first 5th Generation F-35

    RAF Lakenheath received its first delivery of F-35A Lightning II aircraft December 15. This is the result of a force posture adjustment that has been six years in the making. Announced in 2015, the long-anticipated arrival of the F-35 marks RAF Lakenheath as the first base in United States Air

  • NATO Air Presence Enhanced by US Fighter Deployment to Romania

    U.S. F-15s landed in Campia Turzii, Romania today to operate side by side with their hosts and the Italian Eurofighter detachment at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base from December 18-22.The Italian, Romanian and U.S. Air Forces will fly together during this time to protect and safeguard Allied airspace.

  • Airmen strengthen ties with Kenyan partners during first Nairobi engagement

    For the first time, U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa and Kenyan Air Force delegations partnered for a historic institutional capacity building engagement in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 26-28.These engagements are bi-lateral, military-to-military, security cooperation events intended to strengthen

  • U.S., Bulgarian aircrews “ACE” Castle Forge together

    Green-suited men and women emerge from open cockpits, their yellow helmet visors flashing against the sun’s rays. Others scurry to tend the F-15E Strike Eagles, tools in hand. Rock music blares across hot concrete. There are smiles all around.

  • Reservists deliver agile airpower during Castle Forge

    A hulking C-130J Super Hercules sits on the moonlit tarmac of Larissa Air Base, Greece. A string of human figures emerges from a nearby hangar. Like ants, they make a quick procession into the back of the plane, which is already loaded with aircraft generators, tool carts and other bulky cargo.

  • Fueling partnership at Castle Forge

    It’s a fall morning in Eastern Greece and the rumbling afterburners of U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles can be felt across Larissa Air Base, a hub for NATO air activity in the Black Sea region. When the jets are off and all is quiet, a smile breaks across the face of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew