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  • Combat Archer

    53rd Wing brings Combat Archer to Eglin

    F-22 Raptors visited Eglin to participate in Combat Archer, an air-to-air weapons system evaluation program managed by the 53rd Wing. It is typically held at Tyndall AFB.
  • F-35A to fly during WSEP 388th MXS Munitions Flight builds bombs for evaluations

    53rd's weapons evaluation goes west

    Hill AFB and the Utah Test and Training Range will host fighter and bomber aircraft performing weapons evaluations Aug. 7-18.
  • A U.S. Marine F-35 Lightning II from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMRA) 211, takes off during a 53rd Weapon Evaluation Group Weapon System Evaluation Program from the Tyndall flightline Sept. 16, 2016. This WSEP marked Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211’s first deployment since standing up the unit on June 30, and was the first operational F-35 firing of a live air-to-air missile (during Combat Archer). (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Solomon Cook/Released)

    F-35 fires first operational air-to-air missile

    Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 became the first operational F-35 Lightning II squadron to fire an air-to-air missile Sept. 15, during a 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group Weapons System Evaluation Program at Tyndall AFB.
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