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April 13, 2006

Air Force Extends Pennsylvania ANG Flight Ops To 2010

But Guv Wonders If That's Long Enough

The Air Force and the National Guard Bureau have directed the 111th Fighter Wing to extend their mission until 2010 at Naval Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, PA -- a move that, while good news for the personnel at Willow Grove, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell questions whether isn't still a bit shortsighted.

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Air Force Urges Airmen To Stop And Check The Tires

Battling FOD On The Frontlines

Just as security checkpoints play a vital role in keeping air bases safe, "foreign objects and debris" checkpoints are important to helping win the war against foreign object damage.

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Update: Luke AFB F-16 Pilot Treated And Released After Accident

The F-16 Fighting Falcon student pilot whose plane crashed April 11 was treated and released from a local medical center after safely ejecting from the aircraft. Capt. Jason Attaway, assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron, was on a two-ship student training mission heading toward an air-to-air training area to perform basic fighter maneuvers when the incident occurred.

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No-Fly Zone Duty Prepared Pilots for OIF Missions

Many U.S. pilots who patrolled the skies of Iraq after the 1991 Persian Gulf War would later put that experience to use during Operation Iraqi Freedom, an F-16 pilot who flew combat missions over Iraq early in the war said Monday.

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