• Thunderbird No. 8 to Visit D-M

    The 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs office will host a media event with U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron team member Maj. John Gallemore, "Thunderbird No. 8," Jan. 5.Media personnel will have the opportunity to interview, photograph and video Major Gallemore at 10 a.m.Major Gallemore

  • Hometown Hero Flight: A Chance to Ride with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will host a "Hometown Hero" orientation flight the weekend of March 19-21 as part of Aerospace & Arizona Days at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.This program is designed to highlight an individual from Pima County, who has given of themselves to better the local

  • Planning Underway to Bring Air Show to Tucson in March

    Aviation enthusiasts and spectators will be invited to attend the Aerospace and Arizona Days air show here March 20-21.The air show will offer the public an up-close look at military and civilian aerial demonstrations and static-display aircraft from across the U.S. The theme for this year's show is

  • Military-Community Relations Committee To Meet This Week

    The next Military-Community Relations Committee public meeting will be held Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. in the Randolph Golf Course Complex's Copper Room. Neighborhood and homeowners associations, Tucson organizations, and business groups interested in becoming part of this committee should e-mail the MCRC

  • Arizona Air Guard to perform Veterans Day F-16 flybys

    The Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing based at Tucson International Airport is scheduled to conduct F-16 flybys Wednesday, Nov. 11, over five Veterans Day celebrations in Southern Arizona. The flybys, which will consist of a four-aircraft formation, are scheduled to take place over the

  • Ceremony to Launch Solar Panel Project

    A ceremony to celebrate the launch of the Soaring Heights Community solar panel project will be held here, Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 2:30 p.m. The solar panel project is part of a joint effort between the Soaring Heights Community on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and Actus Lend Lease, SolarCity, Tucson

  • U.S. Air Force Band of the West to Perform In Tucson

    The United States Air Force Band of the West Concert Band will perform at the John J. Pedicone Jr. Performing Arts Center at Flowing Wells High School Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. The 45-member concert band represents the U.S. Air Force by performing music throughout the Southwest. It offers the audience a

  • U.S. v. Howard Court-Martial Set To Begin

    Court-martial proceeding will begin Nov. 2 at 8 a.m. in the case against Senior Airman Phillip Howard for the June 2007 death of Airman 1st Class Brian Santos. Airman Howard, of the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, was charged with the unpremeditated murder of Airman Santos. Court-martial

  • Public Meeting To Be Held To Discuss Study of Operation Snowbird

    The Wyle-Aerospace Group will host a public meeting to discuss the Operation Snowbird Safety Procedures and Operational Study Oct. 29 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Ward 6 office located at 3202 East 1st St. The purpose of the meeting is to explain and discuss the study. The Wyle-Aerospace Group will

  • Operation Snowbird

    Guard and Reserve F-16 Fighting Falcons and a squadron of United Kingdom RAF Harriers will operate here for intermittent periods from October through December as part of Operation Snowbird. * 10 F-16s from the District of Columbia Air National Guard will operate here for two weeks late this month. *