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CLOSE CALL: Instead of calling it quits on the aircraft, the pilot alerted the tanker of his malfunction, and the crew escorted the jet to its base "while refueling every 15 minutes to avoid an emergency."
Posted by Air Force Times on Thursday, February 11, 2016

Back to the future: Tankers saving fighter pilots has happened before

By Oriana Pawlyk on February 12, 2016 Air Force, History

History is making a comeback when it comes to tankers lending a helping hand to some stranded Air Force pilots out there. Air Force Times’ readers applauded the news that an Air Force tanker crew from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, helped save a struggling F-16 pilot. He was flying over Islamic State group-held territory last year when a technical problem affected his fuel supply. He might have ejected over enemy territory, but the KC-135 essentially towed him back to base. “Now THAT is a wingman,” reader Sam Axe wrote on the Air Force Times Facebook page. “Teamwork at its…

Senator renews push to block Eielson F-16 move

By Brian Everstine on July 30, 2013 Air Force

One of the budget battles from last year is back: Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska vs. the Air Force on the proposal to move F-16s away from Eielson Air Force Base. Begich sent a letter July 24 to Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and ranking member Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., urging them to block the use of any funds to move the F-16s from Eielson, or to “subsequently ‘warm’ the installation by drastically reducing base support operations and functions.” The language this week made its way on the 2014 Defense Appropriations bill, which is headed to the…

Fly with the Flying Fiends of the 36th Fighter Squadron

By Brian Everstine on May 1, 2013 Air Force, Video

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEN7VklmtUY[/youtube] Youtube user wattsissimo uploaded this great video of the Flying Fiends of the 36th Fighter Squadron from Osan Air Base, South Korea. It includes a refueling rendezvous with a KC-135 from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Air Refueling Squadron and a B-2 formation flight.

Help Wanted: Air Force Thunderbirds Want You

By Markeshia Ricks on December 7, 2011 Uncategorized

The Ambassadors in Blue are looking for a few good airmen to join their team, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials. The 138-member unit is looking for some new blood among officers and enlisted members willing to make multi-year commitments to the team that performs up to 75 demonstrations a year in the U.S. and abroad, according to AFPC. Officers selected to the team serve a two-year assignment and enlisted members serve three or four. The team is looking for a demonstration pilot, operations officer, executive officer, maintenance officer and public affairs officer, according to AFPC. Known officially as…

Geopolitics of fighter jets, explained for all

By Scott Fontaine on September 19, 2011 Uncategorized

Confused about the whole on-again, off-again nature of the sale of F-16s to Taiwan? Let our favorite Taiwanese animators explain it: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gLFicPDB0s[/youtube]

From Tangier to Tucson

By Scott Fontaine on June 28, 2011 Uncategorized

If you’re a foreign policy nerd like some of us on the Air Force Times staff, then you can’t help but think the 162nd Fighter Wing has one of the cooler gigs in the Air Force. The 162nd, an Arizona Air National Guard unit, trains foreign militaries how to fly the F-16. They operate out of Tucson International Airport – home of the famed Tucson International Mariachi Conference! – and get to enjoy the lovely weather of the American Southwest. Their latest customer? The Royal Moroccan Air Force, which sent four F-5 pilots to train up on the Fighting Falcons.…

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