April 8, 2024 859th SOS, TFI partners reach milestone in Wolfhound Aviators from the 859th and 524th Special Operations Squadrons achieved 200,000 flying hours in the C-146A Wolfhound.
June 1, 2022 KC-46A Pegasus approved to refuel 97% of joint force receivers Less than one year after the KC-46A was approved for its first ICR, Minihan approved daily task-able operational use of the KC-46A to refuel the B-1B Lancer, C-135 variants, E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, EC-130H Compass Call, F-35B/C Lightning II, KC-10 Extender and P-8 Poseidon
Dec. 7, 2021 AMC approves 4th KC-46A Pegasus ICR milestone The Air Mobility Command fourth Interim Capability Release decision allows the KC-46A to refuel the AC-130J Ghostrider, HC-130J Combat King II, MC-130J Commando II, C-5M Super Galaxy and E-3G Sentry during U.S. Transportation Command-tasked missions.
Sept. 24, 2020 Reserve Citizen Airman completes 4,000th flying hour in T-38 Talon Working on a gloomy Wednesday morning can be difficult for many, but for Lt. Col. David “Beau” Easterling Jr., 43rd Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, this day was special.Easterling completed his 4,000th flying hour in the T-38 Talon on September 23, 2020, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.
Oct. 19, 2018 388th FW, 419th FW fly 10,000th F-35A sortie Maj. Daniel Toftness, an Air Force reservist in the 419th Fighter Wing, departs for a sortie in an F-35A Lightning II Oct. 18 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The flight marked the 10,000th sortie with the aircraft at Hill since the first operational F-35s arrived in September 2015.
Oct. 19, 2018 Reservist flies Hill's 10,000th F-35A sortie Maj. Daniel Toftness, a reservist in the 419th Fighter Wing, departs for a sortie in an F-35A Lightning II Oct. 18, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The flight marked the 10,000th sortie with the aircraft at Hill since the first operational F-35s arrived in September 2015.Hill AFB is slated to be
June 24, 2016 Navigator surpasses 9,000 C-130 flying hours Nine thousand is a big number in the flying world, especially when considering hours aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. That is the number navigator Lt. Col. Barry Cupples, Jr. of the 328th Airlift Squadron surpassed, June 10. “It makes me feel old, honestly,” Cupples joked as he spoke of his