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  • RPA student pilots gain experience in T-6A orientation flight

    In an effort to allow students training to operate remotely piloted aircraft to gain hands on experience in a manned aircraft, pilot instructors from the 559th Flying Training Squadron are teaming up with student pilots from the 558th Flying Training Squadron.The first attempt at orientation flights

  • Luke's 56th FW has new mission

    Luke Air Force Base's 56th Fighter Wing conducted a Change of Mission ceremony today, formally including the F-35 Lightning II as part of the wing's new mission statement. The ceremony included the military tradition of unveiling 56th FW commander, Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus' name on the flagship F-35,

  • JBSA-Randolph Airmen conduct emergency training with local partners

    Members of the 39th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph refreshed their knowledge on life-saving procedures with individuals from Texas Task Force 1, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Army National Guard during a Helicopter Search and Rescue Technician

  • Family of fallen Airman visits clinic baring his name

    Family of an Air Force senior NCO killed in 1985, recently visited the medical facility that now bears his name on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.Members of the late Senior Master Sgt. David B. Reid's family paid a special visit to the Reid Clinic May 14 while touring the base.Reid's sister,

  • Air Force moves to bring about RPA mission relief

    The Air Force is pursuing a range of options that will, in combination with a reset in the number of sustainable combat air patrols, help alleviate long-term stress on Remotely Piloted Aircraft crews. Initial efforts were announced by the Air Force Secretary and Chief of Staff earlier this year; new

  • Dispelling remotely piloted aircraft myths

    Public interest in remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) continues to grow thanks to increasing non-military uses and portrayal in popular culture. For the Air Force, remotely piloted aircraft are and will continue to be a vital mission set delivering vital airpower to combatant commanders throughout the

  • CAA: Informing, developing the force

    Life is full of decisions.Whether making the Air Force a career or using experience drawn from service to springboard into a civilian profession, always looking one or two steps ahead can be a good way to keep options open and set oneself up for success. In the journey through life in the Air Force,

  • Royal Australian Air Force pilot flies first partner F-35 sortie

    Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader Andrew Jackson, the first F-35 Senior National Representative to Luke, made history on May 15, 2015, by flying the first RAAF F-35A Lightning II sortie at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.While the completion of the sortie represents a milestone for the RAAF,

  • AF launches baseline hearing testing program for new recruits

    The Air Force launched the service's first baseline hearing testing program March 30.Developed by the Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence located at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, in partnership with the 559th Medical Group, the program tests and documents audiograms

  • LEAP supports international visit to AU

    A group of participants from the Air Force's Language Enabled Airman Program enjoyed a rare opportunity April 29, 2015, to provide direct support for a visit by senior international leaders to Air University. As part of a reciprocal arrangement with the Air War College, Air University hosted a