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  • U.S. B-1Bs mark historic milestone at Incirlik Air Base

    U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, currently deployed to RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom for Bomber Task Force 24-1, performed the first-ever hot-pit refueling at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Tuesday. Hot-pit refueling, a practice in which a plane is refueled while its

  • 52nd Fighter Wing F-16s deploy to NATO’s Eastern Flank

    Four U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, begun operations at Lask Air Base, Poland, today, October 3, 2023, as part of the U.S.’s continued support to safeguarding NATO’s Eastern Flank.The aircraft replaced four F-15E Strike Eagles

  • U.S. Air Force aircraft arrive at Ostrava Airport for NATO Days

    NATO Days is the largest security show in central Europe, consisting of heavy military hardware presentations, police and rescue equipment, dynamic displays of Special Forces training, flying displays, and presentations of armaments, equipment, and gear of individual units.

  • C130s arrive in Poland for Aviation Detachment Rotation 23.4

    U.S. Airmen and C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 182nd AW, Illinois Air National Guard, arrived in Poland to participate in Aviation Detachment Rotation 23.4, from the

  • Cobra Warrior kicks off 

    Cobra Warrior is a regularly scheduled biannual exercise, flown in the skies over England, Scotland and the surrounding ocean, that provides valuable opportunities for participating units to practice and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures in complex scenarios against near peer adversaries.

  • USAF aircraft arrive in Finland and Lithuania for Astral Knight 23

    Astral Knight 23 Part 6 will incorporate all USAFE-AFAFRICA flying wings along with the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and focus on Agile Combat Employment proactive and reactive asset movements, as well as ground and aerial interoperability training. The exercise is scheduled to take place from