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  • 104th Fighter Wing selects 21 Airmen for core cadre training

    BARNES AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. -- Twenty-one Airmen from the 104th Fighter Wing were selected for a two-year core cadre program as part of the Wing’s conversion from the F-15 Eagle to the F-35A Lightning II.The core cadre program sends Airmen to active duty F-35A bases to train and learn on

  • F-35s return to Kingsley Field

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona returned to the 173rd Fighter Wing to continue training and flying with the Oregon Air National Guard unit for two weeks in October. “There’s been a lot of air traffic here the past two weeks,” said

  • Air Guard’s 1st Female F-35 Pilot has Inaugural Flight in Vermont

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Three years of training led to one very important day. Over the Vermont mountains, history was made at 20,000 feet.It wasn’t the first time for the 158th Fighter Wing. In 2019, it was the first wing in the Air National Guard to receive the F-35A Lightning II.As the only wing

  • Vermont Air Guard Completes Historic First

    SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont’s 158th Fighter Wing returned home from Germany, completing the National Guard’s first overseas deployment of the F-35A Lightning II.The eight aircraft flown by the Vermont Air National Guard’s 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron left in April along with more than

  • More than just US; Tyndall supports international training missions

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FL -- Tyndall Air Force Base’s vast amount of airspace located over the eastern Gulf of Mexico recently supported the 308th Fighter Squadron, assigned to Luke AFB, in their mission to train 5th-generation fighter pilots.The 308th FS traveled to Tyndall to finish six student