Yearly Archive: 2020

The new Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) has been installed on the F-22 for the first time. Photo courtesy of Kyle Larson, Lockheed Martin This is also the first 5th generation fighter aircraft to have this system, which replaces the legacy Advance Range Data System (ARDS). A successful test flight was carried out on […]

A group of F-35A student pilots from the 58th Fighter Squadron traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, to train on an advanced F-35A virtual simulator Jul. 21-24. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago / Public domain “Student production has fallen behind the timeline because of COVID-19, and this trip made up for two […]