Author: Staff Writer

The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing has wrapped up its annual support to the National Science Foundation in Greenland as Airmen and LC-130 “Skibirds” returned to Stratton Air National Guard Base Sept. 22.

Three Russian fighters intercepted a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bomber Sunday near disputed territory that is claimed by Russia and Japan, according to Pacific Air Forces.

The move-in dates for some 760 Air Force personnel and contractors coming to Joint Base Langley Eustis, already postponed from an earlier target date of this fall, are still to be determined, the Air Combat Command said.

Air Force brass are refining lessons learned from an intensive three weeks of Alaskan flying for Langley Air Force Base’s 94th Fighter Squadron and 192nd wing last month but for Lt. Col. Jonathan Kuntz, the 94th’s commander, the big take-away is simple.

Air Force Global Strike Command concluded its divestiture of 17 B-1B Lancers Sept. 23, as the last bomber departed Edwards Air Force Base, California, to fly to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

Special tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing concluded their response to augment humanitarian aid efforts in Haiti, Sept. 2, following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the country Aug. 14.

The 49th Wing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico said three MQ-9s will participate in the exercise (one will be shipped to Hawaii ) with “personnel from multiple installations rapidly deploying and integrating with other sister services in a maritime environment.”

The first of seven Turkish KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft recently returned to Turkey after receiving a major flight deck upgrade at Field Aerospace, Oklahoma City.

The first female command chief of the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth had strong words for President Joe Biden on Friday.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AFNS) –The 55th Communications Squadron recently met all objectives required by the Air Force to be redesignated as the 55th Cyber Squadron.