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F-15EX fires the AIM-120D for the first time

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A crew from the 40th Flight Test Squadron successfully carried out the first AIM-120D missile firing from a F-15EX on Jan. 25.

The F-15EX Eagle II fires an AIM-120D missile during a test mission near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla, Jan 25, 2022. The F-15EX can hold up to 12 AIM-120D missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven)

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Wolf Pack completes project to paint four heritage tail flashes

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The 8th Fighter Wing has completed its project to paint four F-16s with heritage tail flashes. The final aircraft represents the 8th Operations Group.

Airmen assigned to the 8th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance shop work together to apply stencils for the tail flash of the 8th Operations Group’s F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 22, 2022. Tail flashes are exemplary of the unit pride and heritage across the Air Force, and help the maintainers, who repair these aircraft, as well as the pilots who fly them, connect with the Airmen and missions of the past. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)

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#FighterFriday

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An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona prepares to take off from a dry lakebed during Green Flag West 22-03 at Fort Irwin, California, Jan. 19, 2022. Throughout the exercise, Airmen executed the Agile Combat Employment concept to train, teach and learn each other’s mission and to execute combat airpower anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes)