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  • Bomber Task Force Europe

    Two B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, operating out of RAF Fairford, England, returned from flights over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, focused on integration and interoperability training with European allies and partners in the

  • 99th ERS Change of Command

    The 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, currently deployed to RAF Fairford, held a change of command ceremony June 24, 2020, to welcome Lt. Col. Brian Staniszewski as the new commander of the 99th ERS and recognize Lt. Col. Peter Gryn as he finishes his tour at RAF Fairford.

  • Faces of Fairford: Contracting

    Meet Staff Sgt. Samatha Henderson, 509th Contracting Squadron contracting officer, and 2nd Lt. Shawn Edgecomb, 509th Contracting Squadron officer in charge of operation flights, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to RAF Fairford, England, in support of Bomber Task Force Europe.

  • RAF Fairford remembers 75 years

    1940’s swing music filled the open hangar as an audience poured in to celebrate. Military members, historians, aviation enthusiasts, radio specialists, falconers, and many other locals arrived for the RAF Fairford 75th Anniversary Heritage Day.A B-52 Stratofortress, B-2 Spirit and many single-engine

  • RIAT 2019 showcases U.S. commitment to NATO alliance

    The world’s largest military air show brought nations from all over the world to RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo July 19-21. RIAT 2019 commemorated 70 years since the formation of NATO, and 50 years since the first manned moon landing. The three-day event saw more than 175,000

  • New era of air power at RIAT 16

    For a moment there is a relative quiet, only the buzz of conversations and laughter of children. Then once again sound falls like a hammer as another jet begins to throw itself into the sky, trailing colored smoke as it strives to impress the crowd of eager onlookers. The 2016 Royal International

  • Ready to receive: fueling the force

    All sorties have at least one thing in common, regardless of airframe, mission, flight time or payload.All aircraft need fuel.When visiting forces come to RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, it’s the responsibility of the 501st Combat Support Wing to make sure the fuel they need is available.“This is what