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  • 125th Fighter Wing F-15s Showcase Air Superiority

    An F-15C Eagle assigned to the 125th Fighter Wing performs a training sortie at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida, July 11, 2024. The F-15 Eagles are leaving the 125th FW near the end of 2024 and the unit is expected to receive F-35 Lightning II aircraft in early 2025. Conversion

  • 125th Fighter Wing fulfills 'Top Gun' wish

    The 125th Fighter Wing, in collaboration with the Make-A-Wish organization, fulfilled the wish of 10-year-old Easton to become a fighter pilot at the Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida, Dec. 7, 2023. Easton underwent an exciting transformation as he stepped into the shoes of an F-15C

  • A Beloved Eagle Retires

    On Aug. 14, 2023, Maj. Brannon Ferguson, a pilot at the 159th Fighter Squadron, retired an F-15C Eagle by flying the jet to the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. 

  • A pilot’s homecoming offers poetic end to storied career

    Lt. Col. Daniel Schiller’s last tour of duty as part of the Florida Air National Guard couldn’t be a more satisfying final act in his two-decade military career. Just months before his retirement, the fighter pilot and chief of safety at the 125th Fighter Wing returns to Colombia – the country where

  • US/Romanians train to strengthen NATO alliance

    Airmen from the 159th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are conducting training in Romania as part of the European Theater Security Package, a rotational deployment meant to ensure regional stability and increase interoperability with NATO allies.  The unit arrived in Romania in late June from

  • Florida Guardsmen Fly With Combat Ready F-35s

    Airman 1st Class Chris O’Toole was not prepared for just how cold and thin the air at the 388th Fighter Wing on Hill Air Force Base, Utah, would get. The base spreads across a valley wedged between the mountains that send constant cold gusts right down the flight line. As an F-16 Falcon crew chief,