Air Force

Monday afternoon, the famous wail of an F-16 Fighting Falcon (U.S. Thunderbird) could be heard landing at the Natrona County International Airport.

In prosecuting the cases at F.E. Warren, the Air Force asserted that LSD users can experience "profound effects" from even small amounts.

The Combat Raider training is scheduled Tuesday through Thursday, with several types of aircraft.

Beginning Tuesday, military planes from bases in eight states will take part in the three-day Combat Raider exercise in the 35,000-square-mile complex over the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming.

There is the potential for people on the ground to hear sonic booms.

He graduated from Natrona County High School in 1987 and the University of Wyoming in 1991.

The base's community planner, Todd Eldridge, says a groundbreaking will likely take place in late 2018 or the start of 2019.

The U.S. Air Force is being criticized for a decision to relocate military air tanker equipment used to fight wildfires to Nevada instead of Montana.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U-2 spy plane outlasted the Cold War and outlived its successor.
But defense cuts now threaten to knock the high-flying reconnaissance aircraft from the sky.
The planes can soar to an altitude of 70,000 feet, collect intelligence on North Korea and Russia, and quickly send …

 
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Air Force officials say Russian inspectors visited Montana this month to verify that 18 nuclear missile launch facilities have been demolished as part of a 2011 arms-control treaty. Malmstrom Air Force Base officials say the inspectors spent 12 hours on April 9 viewing the faci…