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April 17, 2025
Hometown Hero 2025

Hometown Hero is a program founded by the Thunderbirds to give back to the notable individuals within the local community and give selected candidates a special opportunity to fly with them in the backseat of one of their F-16s.
April 17, 2025
88th TES pararescuemen aerial demonstration at Aviation Nation Air Show 2025

Pararescueman from the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron jumped from an HH-60W Jolly Green II for a Combat Arms Demonstration (CAD) during the Aviation Nation Air Show 2025 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 5, 2025.
April 11, 2025
Red Flag’s 50th Anniversary

The U.S. Air Force celebrates 50 years of Red Flag—an aerial combat training exercise that has transformed how pilots prepare for modern warfare.
March 24, 2025
Red Flag 25-2 Expands International Collaboration and Multi-Domain Integration

Red Flag 25-2 wrapped up recently, providing realistic, high-end training to its participants from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, United Arab Emirates Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force and Turkish Air Force, March 10-21.
March 12, 2025
Red Flag-Nellis 25-2: Testing the edge of airpower through interoperability

The skies above Nevada will roar as Red Flag-Nellis 25-2 kicks off, welcoming 1500 participants from 15 units representing the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, United Arab Emirates Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force, and the Turkish Air Force. As lead wing, the 552nd Air Control Wing from Tinker Air
March 10, 2025
820th RHS supports Construction Career Day

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Louise Quinsay, right, the engineering design section chief assigned to the 850th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer Squadron (RHS), and Senior Airman Samuel Williams, second from right, a structures journeyman assigned to the 850th RHS,
Feb. 20, 2025
Air Force Concludes WEPTAC 2025

The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center hosted the Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) recently at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Feb. 15, 2025
Bamboo Eagle 25-1 tests forces in a combat representative environment

The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center recently wrapped up Bamboo Eagle 25-1, concluding a series of coordinated operations that involved more than 10,000 personnel from multiple Air Force major commands, joint services and allied air forces.
Feb. 15, 2025
TACP conduct Target Acquisition, Distributed C2 Operations during exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1

U.S. Air Force Special Warfare (AFSPECWAR) Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) teams from the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing enabled critical Command and Control (C2) and sensing capabilities for exercise Bamboo Eagle (BE) 25-1 across America and islands in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 10-14, 2025.
Feb. 8, 2025
U.S., Allied Air Forces and Joint Partners Strengthen Readiness in Bamboo Eagle 25-1

The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center kicked off Bamboo Eagle 25-1—a combined exercise featuring the USAF alongside the joint force and allied forces from the Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and, for the first time, Royal Canadian Air Force designed to enhance cooperation, agility, and