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Dec. 14, 2023
Strengthening partnerships in the Pacific

The U.S. and Royal Australian Air Forces teamed up to train at Exercise Global Dexterity 23-2 at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland, Australia, Nov. 27 - Dec. 8, 2023.
Nov. 16, 2023
US Air Force concludes participation in multinational Atlantic Trident 2023 exercise

U.S. Air Force Airmen from RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall concluded their participation in Atlantic Trident 2023 Nov. 10 after working alongside French and British aircrews.
July 27, 2023
USAF, allies accelerate logistics interoperability

The forum focused on aligning with the National Defense Strategy to prioritize agile and responsive logistics and sustainment, while directly supporting DAF Operational Imperatives on resilient basing and readiness to deploy and fight.
July 24, 2023
AMC's largest global exercise proves success in Indo-Pacific theater

The debut of the exercise in the Indo-Pacific saw 70 mobility aircraft with more than 3,000 service members from Australia, Canada, France, Japan, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. surge across an exercise area spanning 13 million square miles.
July 5, 2023
AMC, allies kickoff Mobility Guardian 23 in Indo-Pacific

Exercise Mobility Guardian 2023, Air Mobility Command’s largest full-spectrum readiness exercise in the command’s history, began July 5 in the Indo-Pacific region.
Feb. 8, 2023
Readout of Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall’s bilateral meeting with UK Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey

The leaders discussed strengthening U.S.-U.K. cooperation on a range of shared air and space priorities.
Jan. 9, 2023
Yokota AB participates in multilateral New Year’s Jump exercise

Roughly 400 paratroopers participated in the event jumping from three U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, one C-130H Hercules and one C-2 Greyhound assigned to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
Nov. 9, 2022
AFCENT Deputy Commander, allies, partners attend 4th Manama Air Power Symposium

Maj. Gen. David Harris, Deputy Commander, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), and Deputy, Combined Forces Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, was a guest speaker at the 4th Manama Air Power Symposium, Bahrain, Nov. 8, 2022.
Nov. 5, 2022
US, international forces operate as a combined force in exercise Virtual Flag: Coalition

The exercise integrated the full spectrum of air, land, surface, space, and cyber warfighters in a virtual battlespace in joint and coalition environments.
July 18, 2022
US airpower, integration on display at Royal International Air Tattoo

The event allowed the Air Force and U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa to integrate and engage with hundreds of Airmen from 31 nations, and approximately 200,000 visitors during the three-day military air show.
March 15, 2021
AFRL exchange officer leads international space collaboration

Through the Department of Defense Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program, Capt. Jacob Singleton has been working with the Space Program at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, for the U.K. Ministry of Defence since 2019.
Feb. 4, 2021
Spartan Warrior 21-1 enhances joint interoperability capabilities

Spartan Warrior 21-1 finished at the Distributed Training Center, at Einsiedlerhof Air Station, Germany Jan. 25-28. Spartan Warrior is the DTC’s premier tactical-level virtual Large Force Employment exercise.
June 1, 2020
Ellsworth AFB B-1s Integrate with Ukrainian, Turkish assets during BTF mission

Ellsworth Air Force Base B-1 Lancers provided escort and combat patrol during a long-range, long duration Dynamic Force Employment mission throughout Europe and the Black Sea region spanning more than 29 hours and over 12,200 nautical miles.
March 16, 2020
48th Fighter Wing wraps up exercise Valiant Liberty

The training was designed to increase the 48th Fighter Wing's capability to rapidly support joint operations across the European theater, normalizing interoperability between air and ground force assets.
Feb. 20, 2020
100th MXS Airman innovates leak detection technology

Staff Sgt. Patrick Leach, 100th Maintenance Squadron Airman aircraft fuels systems craftsman, created the Pressurized Leak Detection Cup with the help of the aircraft structural maintenance flight.
Aug. 19, 2019
2019 Red Flag-Alaska season concludes

More than 1,500 service members and 100 aircraft participated from more than 12 different units stationed around the world.
Aug. 16, 2019
Joint-nation alliance meets, trains at Travis AFB

The purpose of the group, according to Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Brady Cummins, Australian representative on the AFIC Management Committee, is to identify and resolve current and future interoperability challenges by leveraging collective expertise.
Aug. 14, 2019
Groundbreaking held for Fisher House

Fisher Houses are homes where military and veteran’s families can stay free of charge while a loved one is in the hospital.
July 23, 2019
US, RAF perform first joint F-35A hot pit refueling training

Hot pit refueling is the process in which ground crew Airmen refuel an aircraft while its engines are still running, allowing the aircraft the ability to get back into the air as quickly as possible.
July 16, 2019
RAF Lakenheath breaks ground on future F-35 infrastructure

Through the partnership with the DIO, as well as Kier and VolkerFitzpatrick construction groups, the installation will be ready to welcome the first F-35A Lightning II aircraft in late 2021. The infrastructure projects will include a flight simulator facility, a maintenance unit, new hangars and
June 26, 2019
2019 DoD Warrior Games underway in Tampa

This is the second time the Warrior Games are being held in public venues and not on a military installation. The games are free to watch, open to the public and offer a rare opportunity to watch and be inspired by wounded warriors who have shown incredible resilience as they overcome significant
June 26, 2019
Three-nation F-35 exercise demonstrates air power interoperability

Exercise Tri-Lightning was a one-day defensive counter air exercise involving friendly and adversary aircraft from the three participating countries and consisted of active and passive air defense operations.
June 10, 2019
169th FW wrap up Arctic Challenge exercise in Sweden

ACE 19 is a biennial Nordic aviation exercise that serves to amplify scenario-based defensive training and interaction between countries across northern Europe.
April 17, 2019
Gen Goldfein hosts inaugural space conference for US, partner nations

Surrounded by air chiefs from 11 other nations, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein plunged deep into discussion April 11 about the changing nature of space.
Dec. 7, 2018
USAFE-UK host RAF leaders, sign interoperability charter

U.S. Air Force and Royal Air Force leaders met to discuss bilateral relations and sign the Combat Air Interoperability Working Group Charter at RAF Lakenheath, U.K., Nov. 27.
Oct. 2, 2018
Seven nations, joint partners address great power competition at summit

Headquarters Pacific Air Forces and Headquarters Air Force co-hosted more than 140 participants from seven countries, three services, nine major commands, three centers and Total Force representation for an Adaptive basing and Agile Combat Employment Summit at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 10
May 29, 2018
RAF Warrant Officer leads renovation of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt’s grave

The recent restoration of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt’s grave was sparked when a Royal Air Force rivet joint specialist, assigned to RAF Waddington’s 56 Squadron visited the grave to pay respects to the former squadron member in December 2017, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Nebraska.
May 10, 2018
RAF, RSAF observe Cerberus Strike

Distinguished visitors from the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force visited Travis Air Force Base April 26 through May 2, 2018, to get a first-hand experience of the 821st Contingency Response Group capability to provide expeditionary mobility support.
Oct. 12, 2017
A/TA honors air mobility pioneer

The Airlift/Tanker Association honored Sir Alan Cobham as their 28th Hall of Fame inductee Oct. 5, 2017, as they held an unveiling ceremony of his bust now located in Scott Air Force Base’s Walk of Fame area.
July 14, 2017
Around the Air Force: July 12

On this look around the Air Force, Air National Guard Airmen battle California wildfires, F-16s arrive in England for a flying training deployment, and fiscal year 2018 first-term Airmen retraining quotas are released.
June 1, 2017
Strategic bombers, Airmen deploy to United Kingdom

B-52H Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and about 800 Airmen from Air Force Global Strike Command deployed to Royal Air Force Fairford to support a number of exercises with joint partners, and U.K. and NATO allies.
July 1, 2016
First USAF F-35A takes overseas flight to England

The Air Combat Command F-35A Heritage Flight team accomplished America’s first transatlantic flight in an F-35A Lightning II, with refueling support from a KC-10 Extender, when it touched down June 30 at Royal Air Force Fairford, England.
June 8, 2016
Minot B-52s begin Baltops 16 flying ops

A B-52H Stratofortress aircrew from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, conducted their first flying training mission in support of the multinational exercise Baltops 16 on June 7 from Royal Air Force Fairford.
May 14, 2014
Expeditionary group wraps-up Baltic deployment

The 48th Air Expeditionary Group handed over the reins of NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission to the air forces of Poland and the United Kingdom during a ceremony at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania April 30.

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