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  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joice Dominguez and Dejah Grant, 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron logistics planners, communicate on deployment details at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2016. The logistics planners deploy Airmen in support of five combatant commands. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mya M. Crosby)

    AF readiness for global combat power

    The 355th Logistics Readiness Squadron logistics planners, a shop of 14 Airmen, coordinate and direct Airmen and cargo from D-M. They control and direct everything having to do with the process of deployments and exercises in order to support operations around the globe.
  • An F-16CM Fighting Falcon from the 55th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., taxis in preparation for a night sortie at Nellis AFB, Nev., Aug. 17, 2016. Red Flag 16-4 conducted night missions for pilots to experience training in a low-visibility environment. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Frank Miller)

    SEAD proves vital piece to Red Flag puzzle

    It takes numerous pieces of all shapes and sizes to complete the puzzle of an Air Tasking Order during Red Flag at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. One such piece to the puzzle would be suppression of enemy air defenses which has been around since the days of the Wild Weasels. “The suppression of enemy air defenses means eliminating, avoiding, and destroying threats that are trying to shoot down any of our friendly forces,” said Maj. William Lutmer, 55th Fighter Squadron director of operations, Shaw AFB, South Carolina. “SEAD has a full spectrum of suppression techniques such as jamming, putting a bomb on the target, or it might even mean using a High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile to hit it.”
  • From the left, Republic of Singapore Air Force Weapons Systems Officers Capt. Alex Ong and Capt. Chia Chi Yu and F-15SG Pilot Maj. Wang Kee Yong stand on the flightline at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The three are the first to graduate the RSAF Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, modeled after the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lauren-Taylor Levin)

    Singaporean leaders visit, recognize first weapons instructors

    The 366th Fighter Wing welcomed Singaporean Maj. Gen. Mervyn Tan, Chief of Republic of Singapore Air Force, and Brig. Gen. Tommy Tan Ah Han, RSAF Air Combat Command commander, to recognize the first graduates of the Singaporean Fighter Weapons Instructor Course here, Aug. 17-20. The RSAF leaders met with 366th Fighter Wing leaders, went on a base tour and attended a mission brief to experience the working relationship between the Singaporean 428th Fighter Squadron and the rest of the Gunfighters.
  • The moon shines over the flightline at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 17, 2016. Airmen assigned to the 20th Maintenance Group work all hours of the day to ensure Shaw’s 79 F-16CM Fighting Falcons are ready to deploy any time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kelsey Tucker)

    Ready to fight, day or night

    Airmen assigned to the 20th Maintenance Group work all hours of the day to ensure Shaw’s 79 F-16CM Fighting Falcons are ready to deploy any time. Shaw is home to the Air Force’s largest F-16 wing, housing 79 aircraft and three fighter squadrons.
  • Colombian and U.S. Air Force Airmen greet each other after the Colombians arrived to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 13, 2016. The Colombian Airmen, along with four A-29B Super Tucano aircraft, are at Barksdale to participate in Exercise Green Flag East Aug. 15-29. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mozer O. Da Cunha)

    Colombians kick off Green Flag East in Louisiana

    Forty-five Colombian Airmen and four Colombian Air Force A-29B Super Tucanos are operating from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., as part of Exercise Green Flag East Aug. 15-29. The Colombian contingent arrived Aug. 13 and immediately started engaging with their U.S. Air Force counterparts in order to prepare for the two-week exercise.
  • An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 492nd Fighter Squadron awaits clearance to taxi for a sortie in preparation for exercise Red Flag 16-4 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug 12. Red Flag is the U.S. Air Force’s premier air-to-air combat training exercise and one of a series of advanced training programs that is administered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and executed through the 414th Combat Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew)

    Mad Hatters strike at Red Flag

    F-15E Strike Eagles, personnel and equipment from the 492nd Fighter Squadron out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England kicked-off exercise Red Flag 16-4, to conduct air combat training with joint and U.S. allies at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, August 15.The exercise is held annually at Nellis, with the goal to prepare warfighters for air combat
  • Twenty F-16s from the 8th Fighter Wing line up for an elephant walk early in the morning on Feb. 3, 2016 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The elephant walk was designed to test the 8 FW's ability to launch aircraft at a moment's notice. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)

    Air Force releases criteria for basing new F-16 training squadrons

    The Air Force released basing criteria today that will be used to select candidate bases to establish additional permanent Formal Training Units (FTU) using F-16s from Hill Air Force Base (AFB). The Air Force needs to increase fighter pilot production as part of the service’s efforts to address its fighter pilot shortage. However, establishing permanent FTUs takes time and the need for additional fighter pilot production is urgent.
  • First Lieutenants James Hendershaw (left), 336th Fighter Squadron weapon systems officer, and Michael McCoy, 336th FS pilot, evade simulated threats during the Razor Talon exercise Aug. 5, 2016, near Smyrna, North Carolina. The aircrew members used their survival, evasion, resistance and escape training, while attempting to contact their wingmen for aerial support following a simulated aircraft crash in a hostile environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Shawna L. Keyes)

    SERE skills tested during Razor Talon

    Exercise Razor Talon included aircrew members from the 336th Fighter Squadron honing their survival, evasion, resistance and escape training, Aug. 8, 2016. Razor Talon is a monthly exercise that provides service members unique opportunities to combine land, air and sea forces from all service branches in a realistic training environment.
  • Senior Airman Cameron Kidd, 325th Maintenance Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., readies equipment for loading GPS data into GBU-32 bomb tail sections Aug. 2 at Hill AFB, Utah. The bombs will be dropped at the Utah Test and Training Range during the air-to-ground exercise known as Combat Hammer. Combat Hammer tests precision weapons for performance and suitability for combat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Holcomb)

    Munitions Airmen: Key players during combat exercises at Hill AFB

    Aircraft from several bases around the Air Force are here through August 18 to drop precision-guided munitions and employ air-to-air missiles on the Utah Test and Training Range during exercises known as Combat Hammer and Combat Archer.
  • A soldier works at his desk in the mezzanine during a Blue Flag exercise at the 505th Combat Training Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 22. The purpose of a Blue Flag exercise is to provide a Numbered Air Force the environment to train as the air and space component of a joint force by planning air and space operations and producing Air Tasking Orders and other supporting products for a given conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes)

    War Games: Blue Flag provides operational level command, control training

    The mission of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center is to develop innovative leaders and full spectrum capabilities through responsive, realistic and relevant testing, tactics development, and advanced training across all levels of war. Blue Flag is a key exercise in helping to prepare leaders and achieve the overall USAFWC mission. Blue Flag is an Air Combat Command exercise that provides air, space and cyberspace training for coalition air components and other services in the live, virtual and constructive environments.
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