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  • Airmen will receive AEF ID cards

    The Air Force chief of staff has directed all major commands issue Air and Space Expeditionary Force identification cards before the beginning of Cycle 5 in September. AEF ID card usage was stopped during the height of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom because six to eight AEFs were deployed simultaneously, according to Col. Vincent Wisniewski,

  • D-M captures Air Force Innkeeper award

    Air Force officials announced Aug. 12 that the Inn on Davis-Monthan earned the 2004 United States Air Force Innkeeper Award in the large category.Since 1981, the Air Force annually recognizes its best of the best in lodging by bestowing the Innkeeper awards. The award recognizes Air Force lodging operations that provide the most outstanding

  • Unit donates flags, time to adopted school

    Members of the base honor guard here raised a flag at the Southside Community School in Tucson, Ariz., in a ceremony Aug. 16.To kick off the school year, the 25th Operational Weather Squadron donated an all-purpose American flag and 14 individual classroom American flags to the school. The flag replaced one the school had on its flagpole when it

  • DoD honors Tucson citizen

    Defense Department officials named the recipient of the 2003 Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award Aug. 12.Dorothy Hunt Finley, a Tucson, Ariz., citizen dedicated to showing continuous support to the base here and the U.S. armed forces, was chosen to receive the annual award.The award, named in honor of Zachary and

  • ACC vice commander to command U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force

    The secretary of defense announced Aug. 19 that President George W. Bush has nominated Air Combat Command vice commander, Lt. Gen. Bruce A. Wright, to be the commander of U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander at Yokota Air Base, Japan.In these two command positions, General Wright will be the senior U.S. military representative in Japan and

  • President Bush nominates new ACC commander

    The secretary of defense announced Aug. 19 that President Bush has nominated Lt. Gen. Ronald E. Keys, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air and Space Operations, Headquarters United States Air Force, for appointment to the rank of general and assignment as commander, Air Combat Command, headquartered here.Pending Senate confirmation of his promotion and

  • Air Force general denies Schmidt appeal

    A U.S. Air Force general has denied the appeal of an Illinois Air National Guard F-16 pilot over the punishment he received for his role in a 2002 friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan.Gen. Hal Hornburg, commander of Air Combat Command headquartered here, denied Maj. Harry Schmidts appeal on Tuesday, Aug. 3. The appeal asked General Hornburg to set

  • New initiative to improve junior officer leadership engagement, mission effectiveness

    Air Combat Command will begin testing a new initiative designed to improve junior officer leadership engagement and mission effectiveness, and to take better care of Airmen and their families in the short term while helping develop leaders for the out years.The Command Opportunities for Lieutenants initiative will begin testing at Seymour Johnson

  • ACC releases F-15E accident report

    A bird strike caused an F-15E Strike Eagles engine to fail, forcing the crew to eject during a training mission May 6, 2004, near Callaway, Va., according to Air Force investigators. The mishap crew comprised of a pilot and weapons system officer ejected safely and was uninjured. The $42 million aircraft, assigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th

  • COMACC to be inducted into Order of the Sword

    Chief master sergeants assigned to Headquarters, Air Combat Command surprised their boss, Gen. Hal M. Hornburg, ACC commander, with an invitation to be inducted into ACCs Order of the Sword during a meeting here July 27.The Order of the Sword is the highest honor the enlisted force can bestow on a leader, said Chief Master Sgt. Rodney E. Ellison,
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