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Feb. 8, 2023
Readout of Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall’s bilateral meeting with UK Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey

The leaders discussed strengthening U.S.-U.K. cooperation on a range of shared air and space priorities.
Jan. 9, 2023
Yokota AB participates in multilateral New Year’s Jump exercise

Roughly 400 paratroopers participated in the event jumping from three U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, one C-130H Hercules and one C-2 Greyhound assigned to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
Nov. 9, 2022
AFCENT Deputy Commander, allies, partners attend 4th Manama Air Power Symposium

Maj. Gen. David Harris, Deputy Commander, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), and Deputy, Combined Forces Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, was a guest speaker at the 4th Manama Air Power Symposium, Bahrain, Nov. 8, 2022.
Nov. 5, 2022
US, international forces operate as a combined force in exercise Virtual Flag: Coalition

The exercise integrated the full spectrum of air, land, surface, space, and cyber warfighters in a virtual battlespace in joint and coalition environments.
July 18, 2022
US airpower, integration on display at Royal International Air Tattoo

The event allowed the Air Force and U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa to integrate and engage with hundreds of Airmen from 31 nations, and approximately 200,000 visitors during the three-day military air show.
March 15, 2021
AFRL exchange officer leads international space collaboration

Through the Department of Defense Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program, Capt. Jacob Singleton has been working with the Space Program at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, known as Dstl, for the U.K. Ministry of Defence since 2019.
Feb. 4, 2021
Spartan Warrior 21-1 enhances joint interoperability capabilities

Spartan Warrior 21-1 finished at the Distributed Training Center, at Einsiedlerhof Air Station, Germany Jan. 25-28. Spartan Warrior is the DTC’s premier tactical-level virtual Large Force Employment exercise.
June 1, 2020
Ellsworth AFB B-1s Integrate with Ukrainian, Turkish assets during BTF mission

Ellsworth Air Force Base B-1 Lancers provided escort and combat patrol during a long-range, long duration Dynamic Force Employment mission throughout Europe and the Black Sea region spanning more than 29 hours and over 12,200 nautical miles.
March 16, 2020
48th Fighter Wing wraps up exercise Valiant Liberty

The training was designed to increase the 48th Fighter Wing's capability to rapidly support joint operations across the European theater, normalizing interoperability between air and ground force assets.
Feb. 20, 2020
100th MXS Airman innovates leak detection technology

Staff Sgt. Patrick Leach, 100th Maintenance Squadron Airman aircraft fuels systems craftsman, created the Pressurized Leak Detection Cup with the help of the aircraft structural maintenance flight.
Aug. 19, 2019
2019 Red Flag-Alaska season concludes

More than 1,500 service members and 100 aircraft participated from more than 12 different units stationed around the world.
Aug. 16, 2019
Joint-nation alliance meets, trains at Travis AFB

The purpose of the group, according to Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Brady Cummins, Australian representative on the AFIC Management Committee, is to identify and resolve current and future interoperability challenges by leveraging collective expertise.
Aug. 14, 2019
Groundbreaking held for Fisher House

Fisher Houses are homes where military and veteran’s families can stay free of charge while a loved one is in the hospital.
July 23, 2019
US, RAF perform first joint F-35A hot pit refueling training

Hot pit refueling is the process in which ground crew Airmen refuel an aircraft while its engines are still running, allowing the aircraft the ability to get back into the air as quickly as possible.
July 16, 2019
RAF Lakenheath breaks ground on future F-35 infrastructure

Through the partnership with the DIO, as well as Kier and VolkerFitzpatrick construction groups, the installation will be ready to welcome the first F-35A Lightning II aircraft in late 2021. The infrastructure projects will include a flight simulator facility, a maintenance unit, new hangars and

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