Pakistani F-16s flew more than 7,700 miles to participate in Red Flag 16-4 at Nellis AFB, Nev., last month. The training, conducted Aug. 15-26, allowed the US and Pakistani air forces to improve integration, according to a 99th Air Base Wing release. Pakistani Air Vice Marshal Syed Noman Ali, the deputy chief of air staff, called the F-16 “the lynchpin in accomplishing our mutual desired objectives,” according to the release. After the State Department approved the sale of eight F-16s to Pakistan in February, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said the aircraft enables the Pakistanis to combat terrorism in their country. Ali said the Fighting Falcon has enhanced his country’s ability to achieve objectives on the ground and said joint exercises like the one at Nellis have “been amazing, productive, and mutually rewarding experience on both sides,” according to the release.
B-21 Bomber Shelter May Reveal Size of Secret Jet
March 3, 2021
The Air Force may have inadvertently revealed the size of the secret B-21 bomber with the release of an image of a temporary shelter for the airplane. The service is evaluating several designs for temporary shelters for everyday use and deployment to temporary operating locations. If the B-21 fully fits…