A Lc-130 “Skibird” assigned to the to the 109th Airlift Wing, New York National Guard, is prepped for a mission at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 109th Airlift Wing supported the 34th season of Operation Deep Freeze at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from October 2021 through February 2022. MARCH 18, 2022 - LC-130 Hercules aircraft will have a smoother takeoff from Antarctica … [Read more...]
US Marines and Airmen Perform Hot-Pit Refueling Training
MARCH 16, 2022 – U.S. Marines, with Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and Airmen with the 355th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron conducted hot-pit refueling training on Kadena Air Base, March 9. The training helped increase the Marines’ and Airmen’s proficiency using a single-point refuel pump to refuel the F-35A Lightning II upon immediate landing. During this refueling … [Read more...]
History Made with First Airman Flight of Electric Aircraft
MARCH 16, 2022 - Hank Griffiths and Maj. Jonathan Appleby, both Air Force pilots, flew BETA Technologies’ electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, ALIA, as the first-ever Airmen to fly an electric aircraft with a military airworthiness, March 9. This milestone, which took place at BETA’s Plattsburgh, New York, hangar and testing facility – just 35 miles from its South … [Read more...]
You Look Like You Belong in the Air Force
MARCH 15, 2022 - This is part of the Build Your Legacy feature series highlighting how new recruits were influenced to join the 307th Bomb Wing by veterans and current military members. Kalill Speight, a Shreveport native, spent high school focusing on academics and getting a sports scholarship for college. He had a plan, he said. “When I was in high school, I didn’t … [Read more...]
Ho’oikaika Strengthens Total Force Integration
F-22 Raptors assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard 199th Fighter Squadron and the active duty 19th Fighter Squadron, are staged on the flightline of Marine Corps Base Kaneohe, HI Mar. 3, 2022 during Agile Combat Employment exercise Hoʻoikaika. ACE is an operational concept that leverages networks of well-established and austere air bases, multi-capable airmen, … [Read more...]