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Iraqi Air Force Academy opens its doors
TIKRIT AIR BASE, Iraq: More than 150 cadets from around Iraq began class at the newly re-built Iraqi Air Force College here Sept. 1. The inaugural class’s arrival was marked by an Iraqi C-130 aircraft, flown by Iraqi pilots, picking up the students from New Al Muthana Air Base, Baghdad, and transporting them to Tikrit. [...]
Valiant Shield exercise begins at Joint Region Marianas
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam: Air Force bombers, fighters, tankers and support aircraft from the Pacific theater are arriving and making preparations for Valiant Shield 2010. The U.S. Pacific Command exercise, which runs Sept. 12 through 21, and will be conducted near Guam. “Valiant Shield 2010 exercises the military’s ability to rapidly bring together joint [...]
BAE Systems Launches USAF Jet Trainer Replacement Program
ARLINGTON, Va.: BAE Systems announced today that it will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems with the world’s most advanced and successful fast jet training system, the proven Hawk Advanced Jet Training System. BAE Systems is well positioned to compete for the USAF Advanced Pilot Training (APT) Family of Systems [...]
B-1 carries record-setting missile load
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: A Dyess Air Force Base B-1B Lancer carried a full load of 24 AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missiles on a flight over the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 7 — a first for the B-1 and AGM-158. “The mission was a success,” said Maj. Brian Owen, the chief of wing weapons [...]
IAI Flight-Tests Converted Tanker for Colombian Airforce
A series of successful flight tests aimed at opening the flight envelope have been completed for the pre-owned B767-200ER (Extended Range) aircraft, converted by Bedek Aviation Group of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to a Multi Mission Tanker Transport (MMTT) configuration for the Colombian government and the end user, the Colombian Air Force. The converted aircraft [...]
Lakenheath F-15 Unit Assumes NATO Mission
LITHUANIA AIR FORCE AIR BASE, Lithuania: The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, assumed command of the NATO Baltic air policing mission Sept. 1 from the Polish air force at Lithuania Air Force Air Base. For the next four months, the squadron, comprising approximately 125 people, is responsible for ensuring [...]
Destructive F-16 test makes strides toward new drone’s development
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.: An F-16 Fighting Falcon was intentionally blown apart on the range here as part of a test on an aerial-target flight termination system Aug. 19. The purpose of the test conducted by the 780th Test Squadron, and overseen by the QF-16 special programs office, was to demonstrate that the FTS [...]
Empire Challenge pulls worldwide resources for exercise
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va.: Representatives from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Japan and many more partner nations, recently participated in the annual Empire Challenge 10 here and at locations worldwide simultaneously July 26 through Aug. 13. The exercise is an annual joint [...]
Deployed aircrew brings relief to flood-torn Pakistan
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan: As Air Force operations in support of flood relief operations in Pakistan resumed, aircrew and support personnel from the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia prepared to forward deploy to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to ease the workload of the local airlift squadron already engaged with supporting missions [...]
