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On March 29, 2023, history was made as the 71st Fighter Squadron of the 1st Fighter Wing welcomed its first two F-22s, # AF040 and AF042, to their new home on Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. Flown by Lt. Col. Andrew Gray, the 71st FS commander, and Lt. Col. Matthew Evers, the 71st FS director of operations, these aircraft mark the beginning of a new era in combat training missions as Langley takes on the F-22 Formal Training Unit (FTU) mission. The primary mission of the 71st FS will be to train pilots on how to employ the F-22, making them the most lethal F-22 pilots in the Air Force.

Photo: Senior Master Sgt. Amy Robinson
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The air forces of India and United States will meet at Kalaikunda air base, India next week to resume the Cope India air exercise.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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The recent publication of a photograph showing a damaged US nuclear bomb at a Dutch airbase has caused concern among arms control advocates. However, the Pentagon has since clarified that the picture was of a dummy weapon being used in a training exercise.

Photo: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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The U.S. Air Force will retire the KC-10A Extender in September 2024, marking the end of 43 years of service for the aerial refueling tanker. The last KC-10 test bird recently flew its final flight, with the 70th Air Refueling Squadron flying the tanker to its final resting place at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.

Photo by Dennis Santarinala
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