F-16s dogfight against virtual F-22s for the first time

Two F-22 pilots sitting in their simulators at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson were able to join four F-16s from 80th Fighter Squadron to fight against four F-16s from the 18th Aggressor Squadron at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during exercise Distant Frontier.

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By: Tech. Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Dutch, German air defense units to test joint concept of operations this October

Germany and Netherlands will bring their air defense units together in October to test out a new joint concept of operations, dubbed Project APOLLO, being develop by both countries over the past year.

PATRIOT SAM launcher at ILA 2012
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