The RQ-4 Global Hawk has finally arrived in Guam. The first aircraft landed at 9th Operations Group Det. 3 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 1 after an 18 hour flight from Beale Air Force Base, Calif.
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Final F-15 departs Langley, 71st FS prepares to inactivate
The last two operational F-15 Eagles departed Langley Air Force Base Sept. 1 as the 71st Fighter Squadron prepares to be inactivated Sept. 30.
USAF Chief Master Sgt. to get Medal of Honor posthumously
Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. “Dick” Etchberger, a U.S. Air Force senior NCO, will receive the Medal of Honor Sept. 21 in a White House ceremony for his actions at Lima Site 85, Laos in 1968.
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RAAF aircrews over-prescribed sleeping pills
A study by the RAAF’s Institute of Aviation Medicine found that the air force’s aircrew who are deployed to Southwest Asia have been over-prescribed sleeping pills.