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By Luca Chadwick 29th August 2023

… The USAF’s 55th Wing has announced the activation of the 55th Operations Group Detachment 1 at Joint Base … has typically had the highest operations tempo in the 55th Wing, due to the intense geostrategic environment in the …

By Dave Allport 12th July 2022

… on June 24 before it was delivered on July 11 to the 55th Wing at Lincoln Municipal Airport, Nebraska. The unit is … a major runway renovation is undertaken at Offutt. The 55th Wing is scheduled to return home on March 1, 2023. Just …

By Combat Aircraft Journal 10th April 2024

… Squadron (ECS) ‘Bats’ – a part of Air Combat Command’s 55th Electronic Combat Group (ECG) – marked a major milestone … Arizona. Despite being home-based at Davis-Monthan, the 55th ECG (and 43rd ECS) operate as a geographically separated unit of the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB in Nebraska. While minimal details were …

By Mark Broadbent 21st May 2024

… F-16C Block 50D Fighting Falcon s/n 91-0395/SW from the 55th Fighter Squadron of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina now wears a red, … 2024. The Viper Demo Team worked alongside the 412th Test Wing at Edwards to repaint the aircraft in less than eight …

By Tom Kaminski 5th February 2024

… Reconnaissance Squadron (RS) – a component of the USAF’s 55th Wing – received its third and final WC-135R Constant Phoenix … to the Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Air Refueling Wing (ARW) at Goldwater ANGB in Phoenix. The aircraft’s …

By THOMAS McKELVEY CLEAVER 3rd January 2024

… with P-38s were finally answered during August 1943. The 55th Fighter Group arrived in mid-August, followed by the … new, larger radiators that allowed the leading edge of the wing to carry additional fuel, and more powerful engines. … arrived to train. The fighter shortage was reversed. The 55th FG’s P-38s were declared operational the week following …

By Tom Kaminski 15th November 2023

… refuelled USAF F-16Cs assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing’s 36th Fighter Squadron ‘Flying Fiends’ that were … Rivet Joint of Air Combat Command’s 552nd Air Control Wing and 55th Wing, respectively. The evolutions were carried out by …

By Khalem Chapman 24th May 2023

… The USAF’s 55th Wing formally welcomed the second of three Boeing WC-135R … by the Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Air Refueling Wing until it was selected for conversion from its previous … WC-135R (serial 64-14836 ‘OF’) was delivered to the 55th Wing in July 2022 and recently deployed to RAF …

By CHRIS GOSS 30th May 2024

… burst fired from about 500ft range and the whole starboard wing root and engine caught fire. A large panel blew off the starboard wing. We pulled off to port and watched the enemy burn. One … of the 20th FG, and 2nd Lt James Reynolds of the 20th’s 55th FS. Müller had taken off from Cognac ten minutes earlier …

By DOUG GORDON 15th June 2023

… and Sculthorpe, when the redesignated 301st Bombardment Wing deployed B-29s this month, it sent a squadron to … unit involved in PARPRO was the 38th SRS, part of the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, equipped with RB-50Es and … camera, ranging within 40 miles of the Soviet border. A 55th SRW RB-50G operating out of Mildenhall in 1953 completed …

By Luca Chadwick 29th March 2023

… out of RAF Mildenhall in the UK. Parented by the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, the 95th … by all the variants of the C-135 operated by ‘Fightin’ 55th’ as they are today tasked with “projecting RC-135 …

By Jon Lake 20th October 2023

… at King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushayt (home of the 5th Wing), which stood up in the summer of 1990, and received its … were replaced there by the F-15S aircraft of the 6th and 55th Squadrons, displacing the 66th and 83rd Squadrons which moved to the 11th Wing at Dhahran.  It is believed there were four Tornado …

By BOB ARCHER 5th September 2024

… taxi to its parking area. The 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing technicians wheeled steps into place, before a … within their target area at the same time as one of the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing’s Boeing RC-135U Combat Sents or RC-135V/W Rivet Joints. …

By Sérgio Santana 6th July 2023

… Yelizovo. US missions have been flown by up to three USAF 55th Wing Rivet Joints that have been based at RAF Mildenhall in …

By Khalem Chapman 6th March 2023

… providing intelligence that could be passed to the fixed-wing combat aircraft from Australia , the UK and the US which … USAF’s core Rivet Joint fleet – which is operated by the 55th Wing from Offutt AFB, Nebraska – and are part of the single …