AUGUST 9, 2022 - RED FLAG-Alaska has been giving the United States Air Force and its allies extensive simulated combat training for decades, and this year is no different. This year marks the F-22 Raptor’s 25th anniversary of consistently providing America and its allies with fifth-generation air superiority. To no one’s surprise, the Raptor is proving itself to be a … [Read more...]

AUGUST 8, 2022 - The winners of three competitive regional events designed to test and enhance the readiness capabilities of explosive ordnance disposal teams across the Air Force settled the score with Hill Air Force Base, Utah, earning the inaugural Air Force EOD National Team of the Year title this week in Indiana. Three previously-held EOD events – the Southeast Region, … [Read more...]

AUGUST 5, 2022 - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited Tinker Air Force Base July 28 for an update on the base’s support to the F-35 Lightning engine program. Kendall received an update on F135 engine maintenance and modernization prior to receiving a firsthand look at the F135 engine repair line, housed within the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex — the Defense … [Read more...]

AUGUST 5, 2022 - Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 6 team members recently participated in two of the first developmental and operational test missile shots for the F-15EX Eagle II. Engineers and analysts from the AFOTEC Detachment 6 F-15 division traveled to Eglin Air Force Base and Tyndall AFB, both in Florida, to draw results from the AIM-120D … [Read more...]

AUGUST 4, 2022 - The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, will execute exercise VIRTUAL FLAG in a synthetic, theater-level, joint combat environment ensuring joint operational and tactical warfighters’ readiness, Aug. 15. VF: Battle Management’s joint training audience will consist of personnel operating out of the DMOC and … [Read more...]