Exercises and training events are a must to keep your skills sharp and test you in scenarios you have never been in. After completing all your training and coming back to your unit, you’ll jump right into “the fight”. One such training event is Sentry Aloha out in Hawaii. I have participated before and the flying is as much fun as the off…

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Hawaii Air National Guard Hosts Sentry Aloha Joint Exercise

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing concluded the latest iteration of its ongoing fighter exercise, Sentry Aloha 24-2, June 12 at Joint Base Pearl

Good morning BD, as the world changes daily we see tensions between India and Pakistan starting to grow. As the article talks about below China has vastly improved its military through money and stealing plans. As aviators you always need to be on edge to fight against advance tech even against counties that are not the typical “super powers”…

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China has spent billions developing military tech. Conflict between India and Pakistan could be its first major test | CNN

The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan could be offering the world a first real glimpse into how advanced Chinese military technology performs against proven Western hardware – and Chinese defense stocks are already surging.

A few weeks ago I had posted about an Air Force exercise called “Red Flag” with an in depth video from Sam Eckholm that is a must watch! Did you know however that there are many other flag level exercises? Here is a quick dive into “Green Flag” which is a large scale air-to-surface exercise platform. Typically heavy integration with the army…

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Green Flag-West

MissionGreen Flag-West is a large force, live-fly Joint exercise that provides advanced, realistic and relevant air-to-surface integration warfighter training in a robust contested, degraded, and

Drone warfare is a huge part of the Ukraine and Russian war. F-16s have been operating in Ukraine for a while now but here is an article about them intercepting and shooting down an unspecified target. Really interesting to see in action.

http://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f16-fighter-jets-russia-combat-footage-2066659

newsweek.com

Ukraine's F-16 combat jet intercepts aerial target in rare footage

Kyiv confirmed in early August last year it had received the first batch of its donated F-16s.

As many of you look to join the Guard and Reserve one thing to remember is the additional alert mission that most AD does not do. On top of flying in combat you will protect the CONUS. With Pres. Trumps announcement about the F-15EX at Selfridge ANG also came the announcement of a defense spending this year of 1 Trillion. The Golden dome in…

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NORAD Boss: Fighters Will ‘Certainly’ Play Role in Golden Dome

Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, head of NORAD and NORTHCOM, told Congress fighter jets with interceptors will be part of the Golden Dome concept.