Airmen from Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron visited Yokota air base on Nov. 4 to examine the possibility of using the runway there for assault training.
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Category: Air Force
62nd Airlift Wing practice deploying Marines from Japan to Wake Island during exercise Rainier War 21B
C-17s assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s 62nd Airlift Wing practice deploying Marines of the III Marine Expeditionary Force from Japan to Wake Island on Nov. 5.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Williams
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USAF has completed its investigation into the crash of a RQ-4
A classified investigation report of the crash of a RQ-4 on Aug. 6 near Grand Forks Air Force Base has been finish. A report for the public will be released by end of the year.
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Five USAF KC-135s flew to position near CSG 1 on the night of Nov. 5
H/T Tony. Data from flight tracking sites showed that five U.S. Air Force KC-135 aerial refueling tankers flew to the South China Sea on the night of Nov. 5.
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A-10C that made belly landing last year is back flying again, with the same pilot at the controls
A-10C #81-095 is back flying again after restoration by the 75th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The attack jet was forced to make a belling landing on Apr. 7 at Moody Air Force Base last year after a failure of its 30mm cannon disabled the jet’s landing gear, and blew off the canopy.
U.S. Air Force photo by Andrea Jenkins
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