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  • Laughlin fabrication flight gets new water jet cutting machine

    Sounds of whirring and cutting are commonplace in the fabrication shop at Laughlin Air Force Base. Creating precise plane parts is a large and gradual job that the shop undertakes, which has typically been completed with cutting machines or a propane torch. The fabrication team recently acquired a

  • Nomad Lightning Strikes

    Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing executed Nomad Lightning, a large force employment exercise May 2-6 on the Eglin Test and Training Range.

  • 12th Flying Training Wing safety office deploys new drone detection system

    Commonly referred to as small unmanned aircraft systems, or sUAS, by the Federal Aviation Administration, these consumer-grade drones have been known to penetrate the airspace around Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph and other bases throughout the Air Force, adding yet another obstacle for pilots to

  • Vertical Magazine visits 58th Special Operations Wing

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO—The 58th Special Operations Wing recently hosted contributing editor Elan Head and photographer Lloyd Horgan from Vertical Magazine and its sister publication, Skies Magazine, to highlight the flying training mission here.

  • First Red Hawk rolls out

    The first T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft rolled off the production line at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security building at Lambert International Airport. This is the first of 351 aircraft to be delivered to the Air Force under terms of a $9.2 billion contract awarded to Boeing in September 2018.

  • MDG takes keys to new clinic, eyes Aug. 23 soft opening

    A construction project seven years in the making is closer to coming to fruition as the 82nd Medical Group has taken possession of its new multimillion dollar medical treatment facility. A ribbon cutting ceremony and soft opening is scheduled for Aug. 23, 2022.