15 May 2020

15th OWS creating margin with Ready Month

The 15th Operational Weather Squadron has introduced a new scheduling model this year to improve readiness, morale and the ability to train. Dubbed “Ready Month,” the plan provides the opportunity for one of the squadron’s four operational flights to come off 24/7 operations for a month to focus on specialized deployment training, team and individual resiliency and flight-wide professional development, while still providing an additional stand-by margin of continuous surge capacity to the operations floor when required.

15 May 2020

Loud and Clear: 5th Combat Communications Group keeps warfighters connected, communications on point during pandemic

The 5th Combat Communications Group has been working hard to ensure war fighters around the world can stayed connected to execute the mission. The group, fondly called the 5th MOB at Robins, provides a variety of critical communication assets, such as radio, phone and internet to support a customer base as small a couple of Airmen to even as large as an entire wing anywhere in the world it is needed.

13 May 2020

Making history, reserve pilot flies the U-2 for the first time

For the first time in Air Force history and the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, reservist Maj. Jeffrey Anderson, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, qualified to fly the U-2 Dragon Lady.

13 May 2020

Offutt reaches another milestone in commercializing IT services

Offutt Air Force Base achieved a critical step towards moving network operations to a commercially managed service when an Operational Readiness Review was completed March 23.

13 May 2020

Multi-domain warfare officers, delivering critical capabilities

The 505th Command and Control Wing (CCW) virtually graduated the second class of the newly created multi-domain warfare officer career field on May 8th at Hurlburt Field, Florida. 

11 May 2020

Environmental Assessment gives Tyndall green light to rebuild into ‘Installation of the Future’

After receiving a devastating hit from Category 5 Hurricane Michael a year and a half ago, Tyndall Air Force Base is now set to purge the last of its significantly damaged facilities and start rebuilding from the ground up. To reach this vital starting point, the 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Program Management Office and Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center collaborated to complete the Tyndall AFB Programmatic Environmental Assessment.

8 May 2020

We Have the Watch! America’s AOC monitors the skies over the continental U.S.

Undeterred by the current COVID-19 global pandemic, members of the 601st Air Operations Center and 101st Air and Space Operations Group are hard-at-work to ensure the skies are safe over the continental United States. The air defense of our nation is a no-fail mission and our number one priority. Our Airmen are committed to defending our country around the clock and the safety and health of our members, both military and civilian, is paramount.

8 May 2020

Are you ready for hurricane season?

May 3-9 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week and hurricane season is less than a month away, starting June 1. Are you ready?

7 May 2020

First group of Airmen from Hill’s 34th Fighter Squadron return home

Airmen from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings returned home following a six-month deployment to the Middle East. The 34th Fighter Squadron’s deployment, which started in November, 2019, was first F-35 Immediate Response Force deployment as well as the second F-35A Lightning II combat deployment.

1 May 2020

Eyes in the sky: Team JSTARS stays focused on mission, keeps warfighter support on target

U.S. adversaries are always at work, plotting our forces’ demise, but the 461st and 116th Air Control Wings are working together as an integrated force that always has the warfighter’s back around the clock.