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  • Reaper continues legacy of RPA firsts at WSEP

    (EDITOR'S NOTE:  Due to ISR and Holloman AFB policy regarding the MQ-9, the last names of maintenance, operations and intelligence personnel are removed.)The MQ-9 Reaper demonstrated a wide range of weapons capability firsts during the air-to-ground Weapon System Evaluation Program here from March

  • Army fires Stinger missile from new launch platform

    The U.S. Army successfully fired a Stinger missile from its newest launch platform, here, March 23. The missile was fired as part of a demonstration of the Army's new Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept platform's multi-mission launcher. The new, first-of-its-kind, MML is

  • Capstone inspection highlights wing's effectiveness

    Airmen from the 96th Test Wing proved a little goes a long way during a Unit Effectiveness Inspection here March 14-18.Inspectors from across Air Force Material Command descended on the wing to assess unit effectiveness in four major graded areas: managing resources, leading people, improving the

  • Wings weapon-up at first Team Eglin loadcrew competition

    From the starting point of a fixed position of attention, three weapons load crews blasted into action to begin the first Team Eglin loadcrew competition here, March 18.The teams from the 33rd Fighter Wing and the 96th Test Wing flew to their respective aircraft to begin their checks, procedures and

  • F-35A training syllabus advances ahead of IOC

    Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing here successfully employed two laser-guided bombs March 3 at a nearby range, advancing the Air Force's F-35A training syllabus ahead of its initial operational capability.The training mission was the first time the Florida-based

  • C-17 puts flares to the test over Eglin

    A 62nd Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III aircrew found itself away from the rainy climate of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and into the sunshine here to participate in an Air Mobility Command flare effectiveness test, that began Feb. 29.The C-17 crew along with a C-5 crew from Travis AFB, Calif.,