The U.S. Air Force is deploying four F-22s from the 95th Fighter Squadron at Tyndall AFB, Fla. along with one Air Mobility Command C-17, 60 Airmen and equipment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. These aircraft and Airmen will train with other U.S. Air Force aircraft, joint and allied partners in Germany and other European countries to assure allies and further demonstrate our commitment to...
USS CONSTITUTION, the World’s Oldest Commissioned Warship Afloat and America’s Ship of State, promotes the United States Navy and America's naval heritage through educational outreach, public access and historic demonstrations both in port and underway in Boston Harbor.
The future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. is the first ship named in honor of Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen Jr., the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps officer promoted to brigadier general. When he retired in 1988 after 38 years of service, he was, by date of designation, the senior-ranking aviator in the Marine Corps and the United...
The mission of the VC-25 aircraft -- Air Force One -- is to provide air transport for the president of the United States.
Inventory: Active force, 2; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0
The WC-130 Hercules is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft flown by the Air Force Reserve Command for weather reconnaissance missions. The aircraft penetrates tropical disturbances and storms, hurricanes and winter storms to obtain data on movement, size and intensity. The WC-130J is the weather data collection platform for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron located at Keesler Air Force...
The WC-135W Constant Phoenix atmospheric collection aircraft supports national level consumers by collecting particulate and gaseous effluents and debris from accessible regions of the atmosphere in support of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963.
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45th Reconnaissance Squadron / Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
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