Air Force Reservists at Whiteman AFB, Mo., are partnering again with their Afghanistan deployment mates—active duty airmen from Spangdahlem AB, Germany—to provide the Spang A-10 crews some badly needed training time. US Air Forces in Europe has sent 20 A-10 pilots to Whiteman, where they are working with airmen of Air Force Reserve Command’s 442nd Fighter Wing to catch up on their training sorties. The USAFE pilots have come up short at Spangdahlem because of bad weather, German flight restrictions, and a shortage of aircraft, since their Warthogs needed maintenance after four months flying Operation Enduring Freedom sorties. (Read more in Maj. David Kurle’s report.)
F-15s, F-16s, C-130s Deploy for Exercise in Poland
April 19, 2021
USAF F-15s, F-16s, and C-130s are training in Poland in an agile combat employment exercise that comes as Russia has executed a massive buildup on the border with neighboring Ukraine, though U.S. officials say the exercise was long-planned. F-15Es from the 492nd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England; F-16s from…