LONDON — The U.S. Air Force is deactivating the last Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II squadron in Europe. The 81st Fighter Sqdn. based at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, will shut down later this year as part ...

The final class of Nigerian Air Force A-29 pilots, maintainers, munitions technicians and other specialists has now graduated from type conversion training with the US Air Force’s 81st Fighter ...

Spangdahlem Air Base, Nov. 24, 2003: Carol Malackowski, wife of Lt. Col. Patrick Malackowski, waves her husband in as he pilots his A-10 Thunderbolt II to a Spangdahlem Air Base hangar. Malackowski, ...

Hohenfels, Germany, Mar. 31, 2004: Staff Sgt. Ron Ellis fast-ropes in from an MH-60 helicopter during a Combat Search and Rescue exercise. Members from the 56th Rescue Squadron out of Keflavik Naval ...