SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 - Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States completed Freedom Edge 25, the premier trilateral multi-domain exercise between the three nations, Sept. 15-19. Marking the third iteration of the landmark exercise, Freedom Edge 25 expanded on previous trilateral exercises to enhance multidomain capabilities that play a key role in promoting our shared … [Read more...]
Training Today to Save Lives Tomorrow
SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 – In an emergency, there is no time for hesitation; an aeromedical evacuation exercise on Chièvres Air Base (CAB) simulated real-world medical emergency scenarios – putting teams to the test when every second counts. The 424th Air Base Squadron, located on CAB partnered with the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (86th AES) and the 37th Airlift Squadron … [Read more...]
Vintage A-7 Corsair Goes on Display
SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 - A U.S. Air Force A-7D Corsair II fighter jet made a short flight across the Missouri River this week to its new home at Siouxland Freedom Park in South Sioux City, Neb. The jet was sling loaded with the help of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the Iowa Army National Guard’s Bravo Company 1/171 Aviation Regiment, based in Davenport, Iowa. The A7 was … [Read more...]
Developing the Next Generation of B-52 Aircrew
SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 - Becoming a B-52 Stratofortress aviators isn’t something that takes place overnight. It takes a lifetime of training and research at the B-52 Formal Training Unit. The B-52 Formal Training Unit [FTU] is the only B-52 pilot training unit in the Air Force and recently graduated its second set of pilots this year after eight months of training, on September … [Read more...]
Soldiers to Compete in International Handgun Championships
SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 - Army Sgt. Aaron Eddins and Staff Sgt. Jacob Hetherington will compete at the 2025 International Practical Shooting Confederation World Shoot Handgun Championships in South Africa Sept. 22-27. Eddins and Hetherington are instructors and competitive shooters assigned to the Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Georgia, and part of the U.S. Practical … [Read more...]