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  • Red Flag 21-3

    Joint force trains against stronger Red Flag threat

    Deep in the Nevada desert, exercise Red Flag-Nellis 21-3 provides world-class joint force training through a stronger, more dangerous threat.
  • Members of the 20th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) pose for a photo before the 20th Fighter Wing headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, July 28, 2021. The 20th CES was recently awarded the Department of Defense Environmental Restoration, Installation award for initiatives put in place to protect human health and the environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. K. Tucker Owen)

    20 CES wins Environmental Restoration, Installation award

    The 20th Civil Engineering Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base has been awarded the Environmental Restoration, Installation award for its forward leaning approach to environmental restoration. The Department of Defense Environmental Restoration, Installation award recognizes a base’s efforts to protect human health and the environment by cleaning up hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants and munitions in a timely, cost-efficient, and responsive manner.
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    Survivors of human trafficking recount experiences, provide advice

    The Combating Trafficking in Persons Program Management Office recently stood up a website featuring videos called "Survivor Voices of Human Trafficking." In the videos, survivors discuss what they wish they had done differently and how others could have helped.
  • Retired Chief Master Sgt. Ruth Urbina, a U.S. Air Force Wounded Warrior program ambassador, shares her battle with post traumatic stress disorder with Airmen July 28, 2021, at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. Urbina served more than two decades in the communications career field. (U.S. Space Force photo by Joshua Conti)

    Wounded warriors share message of resilience in Florida

    On the day a bullet tore through his legs inside an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. August O’Niell, 414th Combat Training Squadron Detachment 1 flight chief in charge of ground operations at Davis-Monthan, Air Force Base, Arizona, said his world changed. Maj. Marie Perkins, 633rd Medical Support Squadron chief information officer and information systems flight commander at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in October 2018. Established in 2005, the AFW2 program provides care and assistance for wounded, ill or injured Airmen and Guardians from the time of their injuries until they transition back to military duty or civilian life.
  • Lt. Col Zachary 'Rooster' Probst taxis a F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 84th Test and Evaluation Squadron before a test near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 14, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven)

    F-16 Receives In-Flight Software Update During Recent Flight Test

    For the first time, an F-16’s Electronic Warfare System received an in-flight software update as part of an Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) demonstration during a recent test sortie at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
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    20th CES maintains readiness at Silver Flag

    Members of the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron attended Silver Flag, a 10-day training course to bolster contingency readiness of total force Airmen.
  • Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass laughs

    I am part of Team 19

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass flew into Lincoln Airport on one of Offutt Air Force Base’s aircraft, the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center, after spending a few hours learning about their day-to-day mission.
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    Sword Athena 2021 Drives Positive Change for Servicewomen & Families

    A coalition of volunteers from across Air Combat Command came together to identify, tackle, and propose solutions to female- and family-centric barriers to readiness during the second annual Sword Athena 2021. The grassroots event culminated in an outbrief to Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of ACC, in late May.
  • A U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye takes off

    Air Force, Navy units provide joint command and control for the high-end fight

    A joint team of Air Force and Navy command and control units exercised advanced joint command and control during two air dominance events at Tyndall Air Force Base recently. Throughout the month of May, Tyndall hosted two simultaneous large force exercises preparing the Joint Force for operations in a highly contested environment—Checkered Flag 21-2, Air Combat Command’s largest air dominance exercise, and Combat Archer, the Air Force’s Weapon System Evaluation Program for air-to-air live-fire evaluations.
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    DoD directs employees to start wearing face masks again

    Following guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Defense Department has directed employees working in areas at high risk for transmission to begin using face masks again as a measure to prevent the continued spread of the COVID-19 virus, especially the fast-moving, highly-transmittable Delta variant.
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