Family and friends of the 310th FS "Top Hats" and 425th FS "Black Widows," gathered to support two changes of command ceremonies here April 24 and 25....

Col. Jeff Harrigian, 49th FW commander, held a public meeting on Monday discussing at length what's happening at Holloman AFB over the next year with the base's transition to the F-22A Raptor....

Holloman recently said goodbye to the F-117A Nighthawk and the time has now come to prepare for the arrival of the F-22A Raptor....

Dusting Arkansas crops from his cousin's plane at five-years-old was all it took for Lt. Col. Sam Shaneyfelt, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron commander, to know he wanted to be a pilot....

It appears that F-16A #78-0061 has been assigned civil registry N324DC. It is highly unlikely that this aircraft is being used by Lockheed-Martin or NASA. So who owns this aircraft?...

The IDF/AF will resume training flights of all but seven of its F-16I fighter jets, following a decision by Commander Maj.-Gen. Elazar Shkedy. The fleet had been grounded in late March after routine inspection detected presence of formaldehyde in three jets. ...

Airmen of the active duty 388th FW and Reserve 419th FW received their final Block 40 F-16 to complete the Common Configuration Implementation Program upgrade April 21st....

A review of Australia's air combat capability, due out this week, will confirm the F-35 for RAAF service....

The British pilot who will be the first person to fly the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B started and ran the aircraft's engine for the first time on April 18, initiating the final series of ground tests before the jet's first flight....

The time has come for the mission to be executed. The pilot advances the F-16 Fighting Falcon to the mission area, soaring across the desert terrain at 500 mph, like the proud and magnificent creature the jet was named after. ...

Col. Mike Brill, from the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB will set another record next week when he is expected to become the first F-16 pilot to break the 6,000 flying hours mark....

A load crew from the 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit won their first load crew competition on April 18, 2008 since their reactivation at Elemendorf AFB....

The Dawn newspaper is reporting that Pakistan has decided to halve the number of new F-16C/D block 52 jets it's buying from the US due to financial constraints....

The majority of people will never experience tearing through the skies at more than 10,000 feet in an F-16CJ while performing close air support missions precisely coordinated though several operation units. ...

At 6 a.m., it's another early Friday morning in Iraq as the two young men deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, get ready to venture into harm's way yet again. ...

Terma North America has been awarded a $ 4.7 million contract by Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to complete development of the AN/ALQ-213(V) Processor Upgrade for the US Air Force, Warner Robins ALC. ...

The 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron performed aircraft power and cooling air system training in hangar 1820 at Edwards AFB on April 15 in preparation for the F-35 Lightning II's tentative arrival in mid-May....

22nd FS returned in February from a four month AEF deployment to Balad AB, in support of OIF. Since their return, the pilots of the Red Hot Fighter Squadron have been training and honing the skills required of an F-16 Block 50 fighter pilot....

Team Langley continued its legacy of firsts by earning an "excellent" rating in the first Phase II Operational Readiness Inspection since integrating with the 192nd FW and declaring the F-22 fighter squadrons here fully operational. ...

If there was ever a question as to what the US Air Force has contributed to the Global War on Terrorism, it was answered this week. ...

Pakistani & Turkish F-16s are conducting a joint exercise named 'Indus Viper 2008' which began April 21st lasting for 10 days according to a press release from the PAF....

A statement from the Jordanian army said a RJAF F-16 crashed on Sunday during a routine training exercise. The pilot is reported as killed....

The Dutch air force will dispose of their controversial CBU-87 cluster bombs in accordance with the Oslo Process. ...

Two F-16s of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNlAF) 322nd Sqn did a fly-past at RAF Woodvale - the place where the squadron was first formed 65 years ago....

The 162nd Fighter Wing flew country music recording artist Joe Nichols in an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Tucson International Airport Thursday, April 17. ...

Boeing Co. sued Alcoa Inc. for forging titanium parts that contained a manufacturing defect in its supports that are used in some of the U.S. Air Force's new F-22 Raptor fighter jets, The Seattle Times reported....

The Lockheed Martin/U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter will be crossing the Atlantic for the first time in July, heading for the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford in the UK. ...

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy is pushing to have the nation's longest-flying F-16 put on permanent display rather than cut up for scrap when it's retired from service....

A defense ministry official dismissed a report that the United States notified South Korea of a plan to pull an F-16 squadron out of the Korean Peninsula by the end of the year....

Recently both the 8th Fighter Wing and the Republic of Korea's 111th Fighter Squadron received safety awards for having outstanding safety records....

Two soldiers in a sport utility vehicle had the scare of their live when an F-16 fighter jet from Hill Air Force Base opened fire on their SUV at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR). ...

After walking away from one of this year's worst professional racing wrecks, a NASCAR rookie from Glendale tried a different kind of ride. ...

A Vermont Air National Guard pilot who took part in a fly-over of the Boston Red Sox baseball team ballpark during opening day ceremonies has been grounded for making an improper maneuver near the park....

Aerial dog-fights between 10 or more jets and dodging simulated missiles may sound like a boss-level of a video game, but it's really the daunting experience of a combat pilot during the RED FLAG-Alaska 08-2 training at Eielson AFB. ...

The Air Force's newest and most technologically advanced fighter, the F-22 Raptor, is under attack....

Just as winter came to a close on the island of Japan, more than 150 Airmen touched down on the frozen flight line of Eielson Air Force base to take part in this year's RED FLAG 08-2 training exercise in April. ...

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that one of its subsidiaries has been selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to supply new generation Head Up Displays (HUDs) for the latest F-16s...

F-16s flown by USAF Thunderbirds are being painted with a smooth , fast-drying primer and high-gloss, lightweight, advanced-performance coating (APC) topcoat by PPG Aerospace....

It's not just the roll of the dice; the Shooters are headed for Vegas. ...

After swapping out F-16s with Kunsan AB, Airmen of the 354th AMXS sheet metal shop wasted no time in painting the newly-received aircraft with a flanker color scheme....

Two Italian AMI F-16s from 5º Stormo scrambled to intercept a Ukrainian Tupolev Tu-134/A which entered Italian airspace on Monday without permission....

Pratt & Whitney completed all altitude testing necessary for flight qualification of the F135 short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) propulsion system at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee....

Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun assembling the center fuselage for the first production F-35 jet. ...

Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Lockheed Martin to supply the air data system for the F-35 Lightning II program....

All interested individuals, groups and agencies can comment about the environmental impact of placing 36 F-35 Lightning II aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base. The comment period runs April 4 - May 19. ...

An F-16D from the 61st Fighter Squadron slid down the runway with gear up at Gila Bend Auxiliary Field in Arizona on Wednesday morning at 09.10h local time after returning from a training mission. ...

The news service Reuters has obtained a Pentagon document which states that F-35 costs have been "virtually unchanged" over the past year. ...