As explained in a previous post, one of the two NASA’s WB-57Fs, after performing test activities at Nellis AFB, arrived at Lajes Field, Azores, on Mar. 5, 2012. Local spotter and photographer Leandro ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American airmen are being warned not to use water from some Portuguese Air Force-maintained buildings at an airfield in the Azores ...

Air Caraïbes TX556 took off from Santo Domingo on it’s 8 1/3 hour flight to Paris Orly when something happened halfway over the Atlantic. The captain declared an emergency 5 hours into the flight and ...

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Amid preparations for a major drawdown that will save the Air Force an estimated $35 million a year, it's still business as usual at Lajes Field in Portugal, say base ...

Over the past year, I have written several times about the Pentagon’s decision to draw down US forces at Lajes Field in the Azores, a strategic mid-Atlantic archipelago, even though China has ...

A US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft takes off from Lajes Field in the Azores. The base provides a stopping point for aircraft to commute back and forth between the US and Europe and is to be upgraded to ...

After I visited the Azores over Thanksgiving, I was struck by the degree of the U.S. draw down from its longtime presence at Lajes Field, especially given China’s quite open desire to lease the ...

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Citing budgetary constraints, the Pentagon says it's planning a major drawdown in U.S. military operations and personnel at Lajes Field, a remote island air base in Portugal.

Pakistani Air Force F-16s are in bound Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. On Jul. 19, six Pakistani AF F16C/D Block 52+ combat jets landed at Lajes Field, Azores, along with two USAF KC-135R Stratotanker ...

An Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, undertakes a hot pit refueling operation at Lajes Field, Portugal, on September 12, 2023. (Cristina Oliveira/Air Force) American ...