JULY 30, 2025 – Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest aircraft, the OA-1K Skyraider II, continues developmental testing at Eglin to ensure it can meet operational requirements. The 96th Test Wing, in coordination with U.S. Special Operations Command, is responsible for the developmental testing of the new aircraft. The test team goals are to evaluate the Skyraider … [Read more...]

JULY 30, 2025 - The U.S. Air Force, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, completed a full-scale qualification test of the stage-two solid rocket motor for the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, July 20, by the 717th Test Squadron at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex. The test marks a critical milestone in the ongoing effort to modernize the … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Nicholas Clark, 36th Operations Support Squadron weather apprentice and forecaster, observes cloud patterns using a Mark IV-B weather system to determine if a storm is forming during exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 25, 2025. REFORPAC, part of the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise series, … [Read more...]

JULY 25, 2025 - Beginning July 4, more than 185 members with the 621st Contingency Response Wing deployed across the United States and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility to generate support for the 2025 Department of the Air Force’s “first-in-a-generation” Department-Level Exercise series. During this large-scale exercise that included joint and multinational … [Read more...]

JULY 25, 2025 – Operating out of Kadena Air Base, the 1-1 Air Defense Artillery commands four Mobile Interceptor Missile-104 Patriot missile batteries, rotating and deploying them across the region when needed while maintaining a constant aerial defense presence on Okinawa. These Soldiers stand ready to defend against any aerial strike that threatens U.S. forces or allied … [Read more...]