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  • F-22 Raptor Hot Pit refuel at Spangdahlem

    Airmen assigned to the 90th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Airmen the 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, conducted a hot-pit refuel of an F-22 Raptor at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Sept. 27, 2022. The aircraft is currently deployed to the 32nd Tactical Air Base, Łask, Poland to increase the

  • 52nd FW jets first active-duty F-16s to receive AESA radars

    The 480th Fighter Squadron is now the first active-duty Air Force F-16CM fighter squadron to bring their fleet of fighter jets into a new era of aerial dominance with the completion of its active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system upgrades, which provides a massive leap in combat

  • Spangdahlem AB hosts German, U.S. Generals

    In July, Spangdahlem Air Base hosted U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director of the Air National Guard, German Gen. Eberhard Zorn, Chief of Defense and Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz, chief of the German air force. In addition to touring the unit's deployed facilities, Gen. Loh had the chanceto engage

  • U.S. Airmen celebrate F-35 arrival at Volkel AB

    U.S. Airmen and members of the Royal Netherlands air force participated in a change of command that included the arrival of the first F-35s to Volkel Air Base, Netherlands, June 30, 2022. The event also commemorated the newly established Air Combat Command.

  • F-35 Assurance Baltic Round Robin

    Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft, assigned to the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing, and a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, currently operating out of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, conducted low approach flights in the capital cities

  • Pilot reaches 1,000 flight hours for the third time

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher J. White, 315th Fighter Squadron commander, reached his 1,000th flight hour milestone in the F-35A Lightning II aircraft on June 3, 2022 while deployed to Germany in support of ongoing NATO missions in Europe.

  • 158 FW F-35A Lightning arrive at Spangdahlem AB

    U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fifth generation fighter aircraft, assigned to the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing, arrive at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, May 02, 2022. As part of NATO’s plan to bolster its collective defense posture, the Vermont Air National Guard team will take

  • Rapid Forge begins at Spangdahlem Air Base

    A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, takes off at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 16, 2019, during Operation Rapid Forge. Rapid Forge aircraft are forward deploying to bases in the territory of NATO allies in order