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  • F-16 downs target drone with laser guided rocket in unprecedented test

    The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron shot down a subscale drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket on December 19, 2019, providing a proof of concept for using rockets queued from an F-16 targeting pod as viable munitions to perform cruise missile

  • 926th Wing welcomes home Reserve defenders

    Family and friends wait for 926th Security Forces Squadron Reserve Citizen Airmen to arrive Nov. 4, 2019 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. More than 35 defenders returned home following a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj Candice Allen)

  • Historic flight for Vegas Reserve unit

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Col. Sean M. Carpenter, 926th Wing commander, pilots his first F-35 flight, Oct. 2, 2019, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The flight is a historic first, as Carpenter is the first 926th Wing Commander to pilot an aircraft other than a remotely piloted aircraft since

  • 926th unveils first flagship at Nellis

    The 926th Operations Group unveils the first flagship of the Air Force Reserve’s 926th Wing Sept. 12, 2019, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.During the ceremony, an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the active duty’s 64th Aggressor Squadron was unveiled with the group’s shield and commander’s