Aviators from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy will conduct a joint live-fire exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base on Monday, Dec. 8. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, S.C., will be joined by Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., for missions as part of a new program bringing aviators from both services together for realistic combat training, according to a news release.
More than 80 Air Force and Navy personnel including pilots, aircraft maintainers, weapons loaders and mission analysts, will arrive at Tyndall AFB Monday to be tested on their ability to conduct air-to-air missions using live, active weapons, the news release said.
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