QF-16 reaches operational capability milestone

Air Combat Command declared Initial Operational Capability for the QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target Sept. 23.

Airmen show speed, readiness in decon exercise

Mentoring from AF Reserve leadership panel

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

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

July road closures

These are the July road closures for the base and its ranges: Range Road 211 will be closed west of the intersection of Range Road 211 and Range Road 661, and Range Road 211 and Range Road 607, due to repair/replacement of Turkey Gobble Bridge until Sept. 24Range Road 213 closed from Hwy 285 to

53 WG activates F-35 Partner Support Complex

The 53rd Wing activated the F-35 Partner Support Complex here May 11 in a ceremony at the Bayview Club.Robert Kraus assumed the new position as F-35 PSC director, making it the first civilian-led unit in the 53rd Wing. Kraus, a lieutenant colonel, served as the 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron

Developmental, operational testers fly at Red Flag-Alaska

Eglin wings help with B-52 weapons bay testing

The B-52 Joint Direct Attack Munition Internal Weapons Bay Upgrade program recently completed developmental test here where it successfully demonstrated employment of JDAM munitions from the new Conventional Rotary Launcher.Prior to this added capability, hardware and software limitations restricted

Fuel efficiency testing on modified MC-130J