The 56th Fighter Wing officially began training new F-35 pilots today when the first student, Brigadier General Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, flew the wing’s first training sortie. Luke has a long and...
The Royal Australian Air Force got an early Christmas present on December 18th, 2014 with the arrival of their first F-35A multirole fifth-generation strike fighter, to be based at Luke AFB. Photorecon.net was invited...
Edwards Air Force Base, in the beginning it was named Muroc Army Air Field and later renamed Muroc Army Air Force Base, Finally it was named on 08th December 1949 after test pilot Glen...
History was made on Monday, March 10, 2014 as the first of a proposed 144 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft arrived at Luke AFB. The Arizona skies were clear as invited guests and...
Every year for 3 days in October, an estimated crowd of over 700,000 make the journey to MCAS Miramar near San Diego, CA. It was no different this year, and the 2012 Miramar Air...
Red Flag 12-4 is in the books and from all reports it was an overwhelming success. Planning for each Red Flag exercise starts many months in advance. In the case of the visiting Colombian...
The name Red Flag has been synonymous with large scale flying exercises since the early 1970s. Originally developed at Nevada’s Nellis AFB to help pilots survive their first ten missions in Vietnam, Red Flag...
Marine Observation Squadron Six (VMO-6) can trace its’ origins back to the formative years of Marine Aviation. Active for slightly less than half of the century of Marine Corps aviation, the squadron served during...
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