Combat capability increases for F-35 platform

Three F-35B aircraft and 75 U.S. Marines from Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 F-35B Detachment along with 21 test personnel from the JSF Operational Test Team from Edwards AFB, California deployed here  to complete operational test  missile shots of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range

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Lightning strikes at largest F-35A deployment

The 33rd Fighter Wing wrapped up the largest F-35 deployment to date at this year’s Exercise Northern Lightning Aug. 31 at Volk Field, Wis. Northern Lightning is a tactical-level, joint training exercise which serves as a combat rehearsal for both legacy and modern aerial and ground assets in a

F-35A shows superiority against legacy aircraft

Imagine yourself in the seat of a fighter jet, tearing through the air at the speed of sound, your own weight pressing against your chest as you fight to breathe against the increased force of gravity.Sweat beads down your forehead as you scan you sensors and outside your canopy for any threats in

263 Airmen selected for promotion to NCO

Congratulations to Team Eglin's Airmen on their selection for promotion to staff sergeant. The 16,506 selected (Air Force wide) represent a 42.25 percent selection rate, with an average selectee overall score of 360.88. Selectees' average time-in-grade was 2.12 years and time-in-service was 4.55

A family tradition

It’s the summer of 1967. Lyndon B. Johnson is president, Rolling Stone published their first magazine and girls all over the world are going crazy over an English boy-band called The Beatles.Right now, none of that matters. With sweaty hands, a young cadet carries his helmet bag toward the F-4

Munitions Airmen: Key players during combat exercises at Hill AFB

Aircraft from several bases around the Air Force are here through August 18 to drop precision-guided munitions and employ air-to-air missiles on the Utah Test and Training Range during exercises known as Combat Hammer and Combat Archer.

Combat exercise ongoing at Hill AFB, UTTR

A military exercise know as Combat Hammer continued at Hill AFB and the Utah Test and Training Range this week.

33rd FW reaches record number of F-35A sorties

Members of the 33rd Fighter Wing set a new record of 111 sorties over three days during a sortie surge Aug. 1-3 here.   The purpose of a sortie surge is to test the readiness of maintainers, pilots and aircraft to meet the needs of high-tempo operations. “Thanks to the Nomads for their tremendous

53rd Wing pilot selected as T-Bird #6

An F-16 operational test and evaluation pilot here was selected to fly with the 2017 Thunderbirds, the Air Force’s aerial demonstration team. Capt. Whit Collins, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron flight commander, will assume the role of Thunderbird pilot number 6, the opposing “solo.” The