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Bomber Agile Combat Employment exercise at NAS Fort Worth JRB

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Two B-1B bombers assigned to Dyess Air Force Base were deployed to NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base for a Bomber Agile Combat Employment exercise from Dec. 10-12.

A B-1B Lancer aircraft takes off during a Bomber Agile Combat Employment exercise at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, December 12, 2019. Airmen with the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conducted minimum regeneration time maintenance on the B-1B Lancer aircraft. During this time, they tested the ability to use Airmen from multiple career fields coming together to launch the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)

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Czech signs Letter of Offer and Acceptance for UH-1Y and AH-1Z

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The U.S. Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, and Czech Republic Minister of Defence, Lubomir Metnar, signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance finalizing the foreign military sale of four AH-1Z and eight UH-1Y military helicopters on Dec. 12.


Photo: Czech Ministry of Defense

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#FighterFriday

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Members of Richard Childress Racing brought one of NASCAR hall of famer Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s original race cars to the flightline Dec. 5, 2019, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The car was placed side-by-side with an F-15E Strike Eagle bearing a similar number “3”, which was painted by Airmen while on a deployment earlier this year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob Derry)

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