MAY 3, 2023 - Less than two years after 12 A-29 Super Tucanos were inducted into the Nigerian Air Force, a $38-million project to construct new facilities for the aircraft was successfully completed at Kainji Air Base. To celebrate the occasion, the Nigerian Ministry of Defence hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 27, attended by senior members of the U.S. Department of … [Read more...]

MAY 3, 2023 - No runway? No problem. U.S. Air Force MC-130 crews often find themselves landing in unusual places - from dirt strips in a variety of countries to austere landing zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. For crews with the 15th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, this week’s landing zone happened to be a highway. On April 30 and May 2, an … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Col. Ryan Garlow, 60th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, gives opening remarks to high school Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets during a Project Tuskegee, Aviation Inspiration Mentorship event at Travis Air Force Base, California, April 28, 2023. More than 400 students from surrounding schools and universities attended the aviation-focused event where … [Read more...]

MAY 2, 2023 - Activities begin this month across ten European countries and continue through June as part of a U.S. Army-led exercise DEFENDER 2023, which U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa is supporting in several ways. Ten Air Force Reserve Command A-10C Thunderbolt II attack aircraft assigned to the 442nd Fighter Wing, based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., are … [Read more...]

MAY 1, 2023 - Security Forces Airmen from the 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron conducted the first operational mission with the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle supporting launch facility maintenance near Harrisburg, Nebraska, April 24. Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Daniels and Senior Airman Zion Hill, 90th MSFS maintenance support team, made history by conducting the first real-world … [Read more...]