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U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Sandra Welch, 20AUG2018.
In August, the 17th Special Tactics Squadron took part in Jaded Thunder.
A child tests a plasma ball on the Micron STEM Bus. USAF photo by Senior Airman Malissa Armstrong, 07AUG2018.
Mountain Home AFB got a visit from Idaho based computer tech company Micron‘s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Bus.
Students try out a game recreating an image they see on a tablet. USAF photo by Senior Airman Malissa Armstrong, 07AUG2018.
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jeremy L. Mosier, 04AUG2018.
Also in August, while many local Idaho school districts struggle, grade school students on Mountain Home AFB got 2-hundred new backpacks filled with supplies, courtesy of the Airman and Family Readiness Center’s Back to School Brigade.
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jeremy L. Mosier, 04AUG2018.
F-15Es from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, on Gowen Field National Guard base, Boise Airport, Idaho, 12JUL2018. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn.
In July, F-15E Strike Eagles from Mountain Home AFB, along with C-17 transports from Travis AFB in California, converged on Idaho National Guard’s Gowen Field for what’s called Adaptive Base Training (aka Gunfighter Flag 18-3). The Louisiana National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing joined in, as well as Idaho National Guard A-10Cs.
Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 12JUL2018.
Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 12JUL2018.
USAF photo by Airman First Class JaNae Capuno, 12JUL2018.
USAF photo by Airman First Class JaNae Capuno, 12JUL2018.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Hailey Bivens, 30JUN2018.
366th Security Forces Squadron took part in exercises to prep them for Defender Challenge 2018.
391st Fighter Squadron from Mountain Home AFB bombs Utah, 03JUL2018. USAF photo by Airman First Class Codie Trimble.
USAF photo by Senior Airman Parker Dubois, June 2018.
The first weekend of June, the F-22 Raptor made an appearance at the Gunfighter Skies Air and Space Celebration, over Mountain Home AFB, even dogfighting a P-51D Mustang (hey, that’s one of ours!).
USAF photo by Senior Airman Parker Dubois, June 2018.
Idaho Air National Guard Photo by Airman First Class Mercedee Schwartz, 06MAY2018.
In May, Idaho National Guard A-10C Thunderbolt-2s shot-up the Saylor Creek Range on Mountain Home AFB.
The following video is from 2017, but shows you what Idaho National Guard A-10s do to the Saylor Creek Range:
Video, Mountain Home AFB F-15, Thunderbolts and Bold Tigers:
Video report, history of 366 Thunderbolts/Gunfighters:
March 2018: MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, IDAHO, UPDATE