Story by Micah Garbarino | 388th Fighter Wing | 04.30.2025
Last week, Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing here completed a regional Agile Combat Employment exercise with the F-35A Lightning II, operating from forward and contingency locations. During the exercise, dubbed PANTHER SHADOW, Airmen from the 4th Fighter Squadron and Fighter Generation Squadron, alongside the 388th Operations Support Squadron, 388th Logistics Support Squadron, 388th......
Story by Micah Garbarino | 388th Fighter Wing | 02.13.2025
Pilots from the 388th Fighter Wing’s 421st Fighter Squadron, flying the F-35A Lightning II in Bamboo Eagle 25-1, are gaining vital experience with every sortie. Bamboo Eagle, a U.S. Air Force Warfare Center exercise, stretches force elements and command-and-control structures to several “hub and spoke” locations across the Western United States. NASNI is serving as a “spoke” location for the F-35....
Story by Micah Garbarino | 388th Fighter Wing | 02.12.2025
Maintainers from the 421st Fighter Generation Squadron are gaining valuable training and experience while they are deployed here to provide F-35A Lightning II sorties for Bamboo Eagle 25-1.The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center exercise is focused on providing the airpower needed to overcome pacing threats and disperses force elements and command and control structures to “hub” and “spoke”......
Story by Micah Garbarino | 388th Fighter Wing | 08.06.2024
Hundreds of pilots, maintainers, and support personnel from the 388th Fighter Wing’s 34th Fighter Squadron and Fighter Generation Squadron are participating in two back-to-back large force exercises with the F-35A Lightning II. Following Red Flag, which ran from July 22-Aug. 2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., the squadron forward deployed to Santa Maria, Calif., this week as part of Bamboo......
Story by Micah Garbarino | 388th Fighter Wing | 06.27.2023
After a 23-year career, former 388th Fighter Wing commander, Col. Craig “Hypr” Andrle retired during a ceremony here Friday....
Story by Micah Garbarino | 388th Fighter Wing | 03.25.2020
The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing are continuing to train and fly the F-35A Lightning II here despite the current global Coronavirus outbreak....
Story by Micah Garbarino | 388th Fighter Wing | 02.15.2019
The 388th Fighter Wing returns to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to participate in Red Flag 19-1. The exercise was a success for the F-35A and the Airmen who maintain and operate the jet.
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Story by Micah Garbarino | 388th Fighter Wing | 11.19.2018
The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conducted a combat power exercise Nov. 19, 2018, launching dozens of F-35A Lightning IIs within a condensed period of time....
