DECEMBER 2, 2022 – The HH-3E Jolly Green Giant will be the first retired aircraft to headline the 2023 History & Heritage Race Series, powered by the Air Force Marathon, beginning Jan. 1. The upcoming event marks the first of six virtual races during the series’s third season. Registration kicked off Dec. 1. Each event features its own historical aircraft vital to the … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 2, 2022 - Ninth Air Force (U.S. Air Forces Central) F-15E Strike Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, and KC-10 Extenders participated in a bilateral exercise with Israeli air force F-35 Lightning IIs and F-16s over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Nov. 29 and 30. The exercise focused on fighter integration and refueling operations. “This bilateral exercise demonstrates … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 2, 2022 – Barksdale personnel have successfully taken the first steps toward implementing the Air Force’s first air-launched hypersonic weapon. The Air-Launched Rapid Response weapon or ARRW, is scheduled to be operational as early as fall 2023. Recently, Airmen from the 2nd Maintenance Group, 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and civilians from the ARRW and … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 1, 2022 - The sixth annual Spark Tank 2023, or ST23, quarterfinals were held Nov. 9, at the Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center in Arlington, with the top 15 ideas selected to advance to semifinals. The Spark Tank competition identifies, supports and celebrates high-performing Department of the Air Force innovators who submit and rally around ideas … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 1, 2022 - U.S. Airmen and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron attended NATO exercise Falcon Strike 22 in mid November at Amendola Air Base. Falcon Strike 22 was designed to test and improve the ability of NATO nations to conduct multinational offensive and defensive air operations that integrate fourth and fifth-generation … [Read more...]