F-15 first fighter to fly with synthetic fuel blend

An F-15E Strike Eagle goes through flight simulation testing at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., using a synthetic fuel mixture. This was the first test using synthetic fuel in a fighter. The Air Force previously tested synthetic fuel blends in a C-17 Globemaster III, B-52 Stratofortress and B-1B Lancer aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Claude Lazzara)

F-15 first fighter to fly with synthetic fuel blend

Ryan Mead, left, an F-15 fuels engineer from the 830th Aircraft Sustainment Group, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and Daryl Fortenberry, an aircraft mechanic, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, conduct fuel density testing to ensure the proper weight for the aircraft's fuel requirements. The test was accomplished prior to the first test flight of a fighter aircraft using synthetic fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Claude Lazarro)

Air Force Reserve unit grows to meet total force needs

Senior Airman Gregory Strouse (left), 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 weapons load crew member; Staff Sgt. Sean Minnick (center), 926th Group Detachment 2 F-16 weapons loader team chief; and Senior Airman David Garrison, 57th AMXS F-16 weapons load crew member, load a missile onto an F-16 July 24, 2008, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

Air Force Reserve unit grows to meet total force needs

Staff Sgts. Richard Cordova (left), an F-15 weapons specialist in the 926th Group Detachment 2, and Michael Adams, an F-15 expediter in the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, sign off on a weapons second-look inspection July 24, 2008, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 926th Group is an Air Force Reserve classic associate unit to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis AFB. Through Total Force Integration, reservists like Sergeant Cordova integrate with Airmen in the Regular Air Force to accomplish the USAFWC's mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

Bilateral Training

Corporal (Cpl) Marc-Andre Poirier from Sherbrooke, Quebec, checks a Canadian Forces CF-18 Feb. 22 during the bilateral exercise, CHUMEX, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The three-week exercise pitted Canadian CF-18s against F-16s from Homestead’s 93rd Fighter Squadron. F-15s from the Florida Air National Guard also participated, and all of the fighters got support from an Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft from Tinker A.F.B, Okla. and a CC-130 refueling tanker from the Canadian Air Force. (Canadian Air Force photo/Cpl. J.A. Wilson)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen 1st Class Erick Campos and Nicholas Cross, 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port Flight cargo processors, import cargo into a computer program for processing Mar. 14. Cargo processors also inspect pallets and loose cargo that comes through Balad. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Nathan Doza)