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U.S. Air Force Flies Final Active Duty HH-60G Mission at Aviano Air Base as First HH-60W Arrives

The only USAF base in Europe and Africa with CSAR helicopters, Aviano is the last active duty base to transition from the legacy HH-60G Pave Hawk to the recently delivered HH-60W Jolly Green II. The ...
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At Aviano, the first lesson of the school year is patience at the gate

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Students attending DODEA-Europe schools on base here are set to learn plenty of new words this year. Parents and commuters may be adding some of their own. With the main gate ...
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Kids at Aviano US base school reconnect with Italians after pandemic halt of partnership

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Students at a school on this U.S. base in northeastern Italy are once again making friends among their Italian peers through a nearly 50-year-old exchange program that has ...
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Aviano's F-16s Practice Integrated Air Missile Defense During Combat Archer UK

The 555th FS deployed to RAF Lakenheath for live-fire air-to-air weapon employment, saving millions of dollars compared to a deployment to Tyndall AFB or Hill AFB. Eight F-16s of the 555th Fighter ...
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US Air Force winds down HH-60G Pave Hawk operations

The US Air Force (USAF) has logged its final active service flight with the venerable Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter. The service’s 56th Rescue Squadron completed ...
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U.S. Air Force Flexes its Muscles on NATO’s Eastern Flank

In early December, USAF F-35A Lightning IIs and F-16 Fighting Falcons took part in agile airpower exercises across the Baltic states and in Romania. Two F-16s from the U.S. Air Force’s 31st Fighter ...