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  • Multinational units take off during RF-A 16-3

    U.S. Air Force aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron and Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft take off for morning sorties during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 8, 2016. RF-A enables joint and international units to sharpen their combat skills by flying

  • RF-A 16-3 brings nations, joint training together

    RED FLAG-Alaska 16-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, Joint National Training Capability accredited exercise, officially started Aug. 4 with familiarization day, followed by 10 days of simulated combat sorties.Originally operated under the name COPE THUNDER, the exercise moved to Eielson in 1992

  • End of era: B-1s replace B-52s at Andersen AFB

    Several B-1B Lancers and more than 300 Airmen with the 28th Bomb Wing from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Aug. 6 in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s (USPACOM) Continuous Bomber Presence mission.

  • F-16s roar at PITCH BLACK 16

    U.S. Air Force F-16s on the flightline for Exercise Pitch Black 2016 (PB16) at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, Aug. 4, 2016. PB16 allows participant nations to exercise deployed units in the tasking, planning and execution of Offensive Counter Air and Offensive Air Support while

  • RIMPAC 16 concludes

    The world’s largest international maritime exercise concluded Aug. 4, after more than a month of training events conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in

  • Avionics Airmen create money saving, innovative device

    F-16 Fighting Falcon avionics specialists maintain and repair a wide range of electronics systems in the aircraft, ranging from communications to flight controls. To keep up with a demanding operations tempo, Misawa’s avionics Airmen developed a device to make their performance even more efficient,

  • RED HORSE completes Silver Flag EOD training facility

    Rapid Engineer Deployed Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) Airmen from across the U.S. Air Force deployed to Guam for five months to construct a new Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) warehouse at Northwest Field.