RIAT 2025 Highlights Global Readiness and Cooperation

The weather was calm and the sky was blue, yet thunder forced itself to be heard. From July 18-20, thousands of onlookers in the crowd gleefully braced themselves for a procession of roaring aerial acrobatics, helicopter rescue demonstrations, and raw airpower flooding the cloudy air above RAF

USAF showcased global airpower, innovation at Paris Air Show

U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa led the U.S. military’s presence at the 2025 Paris Air Show last week, highlighting the U.S. Air Force’s commitment to innovation, international cooperation, and Allied readiness at one of the world’s most prominent aerospace events. The event – which

Royal Air Force Mildenhall and Dutch Air Force Commemorate Operation Chowhound

U.S. and Dutch air forces commemorated the 80th anniversary of Operation Chowhound with a memorial aerial refueling mission from a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker to three Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs over the North Sea April 28.

Retired Gen. Tod D. Wolters: a leader among leaders

U.S. Air Force retired Gen. Tod D. Wolters, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and U.S. European Command commander, was inducted into the Order of the Sword at Centro di Catalogazione dei Magredi in San Quirino, Italy, April 9, 2024.

86 AW connects USAF, Allies and Partners for Astral Knight 23-6

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron and 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany, participated in the multinational live-fly field training exercise by transporting Airmen and cargo necessary for quickly launching and recovering aircraft at both locations.

Arctic Challenge 2023: Nordic defense requires the F-35’s advanced capabilities

The U.S. Air Force’s 493rd Fighter Squadron from the United Kingdom’s RAF Lakenheath forward deployed to Norway’s Ørland Air Base to take part in Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 alongside Norwegian, Dutch, and Italian F-35A Lightning II advanced stealth fighters and other coalition aircraft

U.S. Air Force B-52s Arrive in Europe Strengthening Links with NATO Allies and Partners

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrived in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility to train with U.S. Allies and partners on August 18, 2022.

USAFE Ambassadors Rock Band visits Saxony-Anhalt outreach tour

The Ambassadors Rock Band, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe regional rock band, completed their Saxony-Anhalt, Germany outreach tour performing at various locations throughout Eastern Germany June 20-25, 2022. The tour served to enhance the international partnerships the U.S. has with our German Allies

F-35s Arrive at Spangdahlem Air Base

93rd EARS supports Bright Star 21, fuels regional partner capacity

Airmen and KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 93rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron deployed out of Fairchild Air Base, Washington, provided aerial refueling capabilities as part of exercise Bright Star 21 Sept. 5-16, 2021.