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Facing shortage of fighter pilots, USAF reassigning F-16s from Hill AFB to training bases

Posted on August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has admitted that it has an urgent “need for additional fighter pilot production” and will move F-16s at Hill AFB to two current F-16 training locations as “an interim solution.”

By: Master Sgt. Benjamin Bloker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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B-1B back in anechoic chamber

Posted on August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 by alert5

A B-1B bomber has been sitting inside the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base since Jul. 27 so that engineers can calibrate and improve the B-1B’s ALQ-161 threat protection system.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (July 27, 2016) A B-1 Lancer is positioned inside the Benefield Anechoic Facility, called the BAF for short, on Edwards Air Force Base in preparation for a series of electronic warfare tests. The B-1 is the largest aircraft for which the anechoic facility was originally designed to accommodate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

Bulgarian Air Force chief resigns, might run for Presidency

Posted on August 12, 2016August 11, 2016 by alert5

The Bulgarian government has approved the resignation of air force chief General Roumen Radev. The local media speculate that Radev might run as a candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections under the Bulgarian Socialist Party ticket.

U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan L. Maysonet

A-10 pilot won Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight at sweepstakes

Posted on August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 by alert5

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kurt Cloutier was a very happy man on Aug. 5 when he was presented with a Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight motorcycle that he won in the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s Refresh, Win and Ride sweepstakes.