Aggressor squadron to stand up at Eielson

The Air Force announced today that it will re-designate the 18th Fighter Squadron here as the 18th Aggressor Squadron and aircraft could arrive as early as October 2007. The unit will stand up with 18 F-16 Block-30 aircraft and will later expand to 24 aircraft ready to provide aggressor training for

ANG, ROKAF and JASDF meet in Alaska

Cooperative Cope Thunder/Red Flag Alaska 06-3 is in full swing with the flying scenarios well underway. Alaska is gaining a reputation among world leaders as the ideal place for coalition building and joint combined training. Colonel Greg Nelson, CCT/RF's Air Expeditionary Group commander hosted an

C-17: Airframe of Choice

Whether the mission involves moving people to safety, delivering relief supplies to victims of natural disasters, or delivering war fighting assets to forward locations, the C-17 Globemaster III is fast becoming the air force’s aircraft of choice. With 13 years of service to the US Air Force, the

B-2 completes first deployment to Australia

The U.S. Air Force has completed its first-ever B-2 deployment on the continent of Australia. The historic event took place July 25-27 and featured training sorties on Australia’s Delamere Air Weapons Range and a B-2 Engine Running Crew Change at RAAF Darwin – the first time the B-2 has landed on

Exercise Green Lighting

B-2 Stealth bombers, KC-10 Extenders and support personnel are conducting exercise Green Lighting to improve the U.S. capabilities and operational familiarity in the region for the Pacific bomber presence and to enhance relations with the Australians. “The United States and Australia continue to be

Taking flight with the 128th --Total force integration at work

Local and international media were invited by the 35 AEW commander to fly on tanker refueling mission during Cooperative Cope Thunder. After a welcome brief by Colonel Rusty Cabot, commander and exercise director for CCT 06-3, Lt. Col. Pete Hoffmann, detachment commander for the 128th Air Refueling

Hawaii Air Traffic Controllers Train to Fight

Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron are involved in a four-day exercise here. The 297th provides wartime air traffic control and landing support to commanders in contingency situations. The exercise simulates a real-world deployment. Most of the Airmen

Exercise strengthens U.S., international combat skills

Cooperative Cope Thunder 06-3 is the largest multi-lateral air combat exercise in the Pacific bringing together about 1,300 participants to train in Alaska. The operations officer for the exercise said Cope Thunder is very air forces centric -- providing realistic training in joint and combined

CCT/RF Improves Combat Skills for US and International Forces

Cooperative Cope Thunder 06-3, is not just another Pacific Air Forces exercise. In fact, CCT boasts as being the largest multi- lateral air combat exercise in the pacific. During an ABC Alaska News interview, Lt. Col. Reggie Smith, operations officer for CCT/Red Flag Alaska at Elmendorf, explained

Exercise Green Lightning