Tucson International Airport News

As a child raised on a military base, I have a special affection for our armed forces and the men and women who serve in them.

Kids in Tucson and Vail are learning to reach their goals and achieve new heights a ' heights of 5,500 feet, to be exact a ' with the help of a group that has inspired many to take charge of their lives by rewarding them with the chance to fly a plane.

The Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing, based at Tucson International Airport, is scheduled to conduct F-16 flybys this Wednesday, Nov.

Landing the Air Force's next-generation fighter - the F-35- likely will guarantee a long future for two Midlands bases and ensure thousands of jobs will stay in the area, military supporters say.

A new process has been developed to define how Air Force experts make basing decisions.

Eleven Air Force and Air Guard bases are on the short list to gain hundreds of F-35 fighters through 2017, the Air Force announced Oct.

WASHINGTON: Air Force officials here announced the list of candidate locations Oct.

Sen. John McCain says Glendale's Luke Air Force Base and Tucson International Airport have been chosen as finalists in an Air Force review of potential bases for the new F-35 fighter.

A technical sergeant assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was sentenced to five years in prison and 15 years of intensive probation Monday for sexually abusing and sexually exploiting two girls, ages 10 and 13.

The 162nd Fighter Wing here is on its way to meeting federal goals in the reduction of energy consumption with the receipt of six new solar-powered flood lights.

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More Tucson Electric Power stimulus projects: a TEP and its sister company UniSource Energy Services are in line to receive stimulus funds through the Arizona Department of Commerce Energy Office for solar water heaters for low-income customers and non-profits. The money would also be used for job training for water-heater installers.

The elite F-16 pilots of the United Arab Emirates air force are honing their dog-fighting skills with the U.S. Air Force's top guns in the skies above Nevada as the Arab states of the Gulf build up their military power to confront Iran.

A United Arab Emirates F-16E Desert Falcon, block 60, flies over Southern Arizona Aug.

22 - Sept. 5. UAEAF F-16E block 60 #3028, flies over Southern Arizona on August 11, 2009 before heading to the country's first Red Flag at Nellis AFB.

When an enemy soldier hoisted a missile launcher to his shoulder and aimed it up at a U.S. warplane, the pilot used to be on his own.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Air Force's plan would add 400 jobs at Arizona air base The U.S. Air Force's plan for fiscal year 2010 would add 400 full- and part-time jobs at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, but eliminates 126 jobs at Air National Guard at Tucson International Airport.

The Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing at Tucson International Airport is scheduled to conduct F-16 flybys Saturday, July 4, over Independence Day festivals in Green Valley and Sierra Vista.

In this photo taken back in May, a Wyoming Air National Guard plane makes a water drop on a target during a Modular Aerial Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS certification flight at the Tucson International Airport in Tucson, Ariz.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base would gain nearly 400 full- and part-time positions and the Air National Guard at Tucson International Airport would lose 126 under a proposed budget announced by the Air Force.