“Our primary role is to be observer-controllers and make sure pilots are safe and scenarios are completed, but we also provide orientation training for the 18th Aggressor Squadron and training ...

The unit, formerly 18th Aggressor Squadron, was the USAF’s dedicated Aggressor unit in Alaska, that was redesignated 18th FIS on Feb. 2, 2024, a designation that underscores the unit’s renewed ...

The squadron had been known as the 18th Aggressor Squadron until a name-change ceremony at Eielson in Februrary. The fighter’s fuel tanks — dropped in an uninhabited area near the base ...

“The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on May 2, 2024,” says a ...

The U.S. Air Force’s dedicated Aggressor unit in Alaska, the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, has been recently redesignated as 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, a designation ...

18th Aggressor Squadron now 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, marking shift in air defense priorities. Alaska's strategic position emphasizes need for air defense, especially with regional threats. F ...

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, fly in formation during a Red Flag exercise in Alaska on Aug. 18. Lockheed Martin plans to open ...

The image we have here shows two F-16 Fighting Falcons deployed with the 18th Aggressor Squadron out of Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. They do not wear the colors of the USAF, but different ...

Col. Albert Roper, the commander of Eielson’s 18th Aggressor Squadron. “However, with the increase in systems capabilities upgrade, some of the software, the processors, all that has been ...

But a NORAD spokesperson says the jets usually are otherwise assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron under Eielson's 354th Fighter Wing. It’s not unusual for Russian aircraft to enter the Alaska ...

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