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An F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, breaks hard left trailing wingtip vortexes behind as it arrives at Hill Air Force Base, Utah where it will be seen on static display during the 34th Fighter Squadron’s activation ceremony held July 17 at Hill AFB. The 34th will be the first combat squadron to fly the Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft, the F-35A. The squadron has an extremely rich history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd/Released)

Flightlines blog has moved

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But we’re still around. Catch the latest Air Force Times Flightlines’ blog posts at http://www.airforcetimes.com/flightlines/.   The entire Flightlines archive (pre-2016) is still here as well. 

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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

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By on 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…

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A B-52H Stratofortress takes off during Exercise Combat Hammer at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 9, 2016. (Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong/Air Force)

B-52s drop bombs in Florida for exercise Combat Hammer

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By on Air Force, Airframes, Global Strike Command, Photos

At a time when B-52 heavy bombers are frequent flyers over the Korean peninsula (see: North Korea shenanigans) it’s nice to know that they’re keeping ready. Six B-52 Stratofortresses from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, took part in Exercise Combat Hammer, an annual air-to-ground combat training exercise which tests bombing capability, according to a release from Minot. “We exercise to ensure we are able to hit a target that the Air Force tells us to hit, with weapons they tell us to use, at a time they want it to be hit,” Maj. Ryan Cox, 5th Operations Support Squadron chief of wing…

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Air Force: Don’t troll political campaigns on social media

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By on Air Force, Defense Department, Washington

Just in time for the New Hampshire primary, airmen have been advised to keep their politics at bay – at least on their social media pages. The Air Force last week released this social media guidelines video reminding airmen that it’s easy to get pulled into political rhetoric on Twitter, Facebook and other social sites, which has bearing on their uniformed service. Defense Department regulations have long mandated that service members abstain from partisan political activities, such as marching in political parades, wearing the uniform to political campaign events or campaigning for a specific candidate. But in 2016, this includes…

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Air Force pilots will be patrolling the skies above Levi’s Stadium Sunday as part of the security measures being put in place for this year’s Super Bowl. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Leach)

Super Bowl 50: F-15s to patrol skies after Blue Angels flyover

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By on Air Combat Command, Air Force, Air National Guard, Football

Between the Navy’s Blue Angels, the Air Force’s Thunderbirds, and other various aircraft, flyovers for the Super Bowl have wowed audiences for decades. This year, the Blue Angels will open Super Bowl 50, at Levi’s Stadium, California, with their “signature six-jet Delta formation.” But during the game itself, there will be other aerial backup. Air Force F-15 Eagles from the California Air National Guard have been training for weeks leading up to the big game, the Air Force said. The fighter jets will be patrolling the skies for wandering aircraft who have flown into restricted airspaces (on Sunday, the skies…

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Photo courtesy Chicago Automaidan via Міжнародний Альянс Братської Допомоги Facebook page.

U.S. organization sends drones to Ukrainian military

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Medical supplies, outdoor gear, camo, sleeping bags and now — drones. These items have reached the battlefields in the east as new images on social media show Ukrainian soldiers holding the unmanned aircraft. While the drones are far from military grade and are more akin to ones hobbyists could easily purchase in the United States, they can fly hundreds of feet in the air and beam back video to tablets and smartphones on the ground. But unlike military grade equipment, these commercial drones will likely be subject to jamming from adversaries. And that’s why the organization managing these supplies —…

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Drone pilots take center stage in ‘Good Kill’

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The Air Force has had cameos in the films like ‘Godzilla,’ ‘Iron Man,’ and an episode or two of ‘Homeland.’ But in ‘Good Kill,’ audiences can zero-in on the drone pilot realm where war becomes an arbitrary arena. Not before long, U.S. Air Force pilot-turned-drone operator Tom Egan (Ethan Hawke) questions if his ground-based cockpit missions (as one drone pilot calls it “warheads on foreheads”) are too much to handle. Hawke’s character — logging 3,000 hours in F-16s, six tours and 200 combat sorties — at some point decides that returning to the front lines would be better than his…

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PRECIOUS CARGO. AF moms-to-be are having a tough time finding the maternity ABU. Have a similar problem? Tell us! (via stock images and AF logo).

TELL US: How would you improve the Air Force maternity uniform?

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By on Air Force, Uniforms, Women

The Air Force is changing up its ABU maternity uniform in 2015, and while some of you say the change is great, more still needs to be done. TELL US: What problems have you had with the maternity Airman Battle Uniform? Where have you looked to purchase an ABU maternity uniform? Where have you found the biggest success in finding a new uniform? Have you experienced a shortage in the uniform, and if so, where was the shortage? How much have you paid for a maternity uniform, or have you found success in borrowing one? EMAIL your thoughts to Oriana…

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Airman gets creative in airport proposal. Internet, smartphone users love it.

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Airman 1st Class Jon Greko wanted to make the most of it when he saw his girlfriend Emma for the first time since basic training. Greko, who had proposed to Emma over the phone in October, wanted to properly get down on bended knee when he arrived home. And this time, he solicited the help of Delta flight attendants and passengers. Watch below as A1C Greko makes it official: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrj8mHOFY5E]

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