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  • ACC announces Services award winners

    Air Combat Command officials announced the 2003 ACC Services individual awards Tuesday.  The winners will represent the command in the Air Force-level competition.The award winners are:Field Grade Officer Lt. Col. Frank D. Ladson, Shaw AFB, S.C. Company Grade Officer 1st Lt. Julie A. Hamiel,

  • COMACC addresses e-mail use

    For todays warrior, information overload is a common occurrence and the amount of e-mail we receive and send must be reduced. Specifically, the time spent opening, reading, sorting, and filing e-mail is becoming unmanageable. Thats why I asked the ACC Administrative Communications office to develop

  • ACC commander names top Airmen

    Gen. Hal M. Hornburg, commander of Air Combat Command, has announced ACC's top Airmen, who will compete for honors as the 2004 Air Force Twelve Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year.The nominees were announced during an April 15 banquet here honoring the 24 Airmen from Headquarters ACC,

  • ACC launches F/A-22 Web site

    Air Combat Command Public Affairs has launched an F/A-22 Raptor Web site dedicated to providing information about the aircraft and the warfighters affiliated with it.The F/A-22 is the latest air superiority fighter in the Air Force inventory and is considered crucial to the successful execution of

  • ACC to honor top Airmen

    Air Combat Command officials will honor the commands Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year nominees at a banquet here April 15.The 24 nominees for the ACC-level awards represent the Headquarters ACC staff, the Air Intelligence Agency, the Air Warfare Center, and 8th, 9th and 12th Air

  • Injured airman returns to Minot as a hero

    A 5th Security Forces Squadron Airman whose actions have been attributed to saving another Airmans life at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, returned here March 22.Airman 1st Class Joshua Beach used self-aid buddy care procedures on Airman 1st Class Anthony Pizzifred, also a member of the 5th SFS,

  • AIM-9X makes operational debut

    The newest version of the Sidewinder missilethe AIM-9Xwas fired for the first time in an operational environment March 17 at Tyndall AFB, Fla., during an air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program mission.This was the 67th AIM-9X launch, with the previous 66 conducted by test aircraft and test

  • B-1 crew provides CAS, destroys heroin cache

    A 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron crew here recently completed a marathon mission that included providing close air support to U.S. troops and the destruction of a heroin cache.The mission, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, lasted 21.3 hours and centered around call from friendly troops

  • Integrity First: Allow honesty to thrive

    A young staff sergeant, fresh from Airman Leadership School, is eager to show his new charges what a great leader he can be. Trying to be a good guy and a popular boss, he tells his troops that its okay to skip a couple of particularly difficult tasks and that he will cover for them. A junior

  • Vietnam Vet finds old friend at Cannon

    Retired Col. Robert Kruse flew here this week to visit an old friend -- a friend everyone who enters the bases front gate notices every day. I was reading a book on F-100s a couple of months ago and it had a list of every Hun on static display, said Col. Kruse. Imagine my surprise when I found the

  • Two F-117A pilots reach 1,000 hours

    Two pilots reached 1,000 flying hours in the F-117A Nighthawk when they touched down on the runway here March 29. Lt. Col. Frank Rogers, Detachment 1, 53rd Test and Evaluations Group Operations director here, and Maj. John Markle, 7th Combat Training Squadron Assistant Operations director here are

  • Beale wins Installation Excellence Award

    Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced Mar. 29 the selection of Beale AFB as the Air Forces winner of the 2004 Commander in Chiefs Installation Excellence Award.The award comes with $1 million for quality-of-life improvements and recognizes the outstanding efforts of the people who

  • Mighty Eighth returns to historic home

    Eighth Air Force officially re-opened its historic headquarters building in a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Mar. 26, two years after the building was struck by lightning and burned for more than 12 hours.Guest speakers at the ceremony included Lt. Gen. Bruce Carlson, 8th Air Force commander, Mr.

  • Minot cops capture AF awards

    Only the Best Come North held true as the Air Force announced its 2004 selections for the best security forces units March 27.The 91st Security Forces Group took the best overall Air Force security forces group award while the 5th Security Forces Squadron won service-wide honors as its best large

  • ACC personal safety survey ends today

    The Air Combat Command Personal Safety Survey released March 24, ends today.The survey provides a chance for every military member assigned to Air Combat Command to speak up about sexual harassment and sexual assault.Participation is key to the success of this survey, said General Hal M. Hornburg,

  • Airman, warrior and mentor

    There are countless stories of leadership throughout the history of the United States Air Force -- chronicles of men and women who by force of will, vision and personality, found themselves in the right place at the right time to inspire airmen to new heights. They are the kind of people who, long

  • Gen. Bill Creech: A lasting legacy

    In late 1950, the Chinese entered the Korean War and quickly surrounded elements of the famed 27th Infantry Regiment. A young Air Force lieutenant, working as a forward air controller, along with his enlisted driver managed to sneak through the battle lines and evade the enemy. After eluding

  • PRM and the art of hog farming

    One of the advantages of growing up on a hog farm is that education comes quick and lessons have a way of staying with you forever. The following is absolutely true: On a blustery spring day when I was about twelve, Dad asked my brother and I to take the manure spreader out and unload it on the

  • Langley teams with Habitat for Humanity

    About 50 base members and the local community braved the cold, wet weather to take part in a historic and special ground-breaking ceremony recently. It was historic, because it is the first time that the base has partnered with the Habitat for Humanity. It was special, because the Hampton home

  • Reshaping 8th Air Force

    Computer information is one of the new focus areas helping to reshape 8th Air Force, the numbered Air Force commander said when he visited Minot Air Force Base recently. Lt. Gen. Bruce Carlson spoke to base Airmen about the importance of information operations, the future of the B-52s and other

  • OSI detachment wins ACC award

    The Office of Special Investigations detachment here is the best small OSI Detachment in Air Combat Command. The Cannon investigators garnered the award, along with individual awards for the OSI superintendent and information manager, after a banner year. When I arrived here in June, Col.

  • Senior officer assignments announced

    Air Combat Command officials have announced the following senior officer assignments: Col. Patrick J. Sheets, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, Southwest Asia, will become deputy director, Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization, JCS/J8, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Col. James J.

  • OSS aids pilot in peril

    The 27th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Operations Flight here proved once again why they were named the best in Air Combat Command this time, by coming to the aid of a civilian pilot who was just minutes from running out of fuel in nasty New Mexico weather. The a civilian aircraft, flown by

  • Response to letter highlights base capabilities

    Emergency response forces put new equipment to the test while responding to a report of a suspicious letter at the post office here recently. Though the letter turned out to be harmless, base officials took no chances when Airman Nicholas Albright, who works in the base information transfer

  • Air Forces newest wing activates at Hurlburt

    The Air Force activated its newest wing during a ceremony here March. The former Air Force Command and Control Training and Innovation Group is now officially the 505th Command and Control Wing. Gen. Hal M. Hornburg, Air Combat Command commander, presided over the ceremony. This is a good deal,

  • Officials release Predator accident report

    Operator error caused an RQ-1L Predator remotely piloted aircraft to crash Dec. 11, 2003 in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, according to Air Force officials. Based on an Accident Investigation Board report released today by Air Combat Command, the pilot over-controlled the

  • On target, on time: Waiver program helps airmen sew on stripes

      Five hundred eighty promotion selectees in Air Combat Command, most unable to attend required enlisted Professional Military Education due to deployments, have been able to sew on their ranks on time under the PME waiver program. The program allows newly selected E-5, E-6 and E-9 promotees who

  • Charter Chief chats about change

    When Chief Master Sgt. Jim "Flasch" Flaschenriem pinned on his stripes on Dec. 1, 1959, there was no tradition to the event.   As one of the first to be promoted to the highest enlisted rank, he said it "wasn't very exciting." "When the first chiefs were made, most of us who were promoted had

  • Predator spotlighted in national news

    FOX News gave America an inside look at the mission of the Predator recently as reporter Trace Gallagher spoke with several members of the 11th and 15th Reconnaissance Squadrons live from Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field. The interviews began just after 5 a.m. from there, nearly every hour

  • Army recognizes airmens efforts

    Two 386th Air Expeditionary Wing members recently earned Army Commendation Medals from the 94th Movement Control Team here. Master Sgt. Donald Easthouse and Staff Sgt. Wendi Atchley, both members of the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, were honored for their support of the sister

  • Dyess unit wins AF maintenance award

      The 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here recently earned the Air Forces 2003 Maintenance Effectiveness Award for a large squadron. Winning the Maintenance Effectiveness Award at Air Combat Command is a huge accomplishment, but to take top honors at the Air Force level is beyond words, said Col.

  • ACC dispatches sexual assault assessment teams

    Three six-person Sexual Assault Assessment Teams departed here March 2 with orders to conduct an all-inclusive review of sexual assault response programs throughout Air Combat Command. The ACC effort is part of an Air Force-wide sexual assault assessment initiative directed by Secretary of the Air

  • A-10 accident report released

      Mechanical failure caused the pilot of an A-10 to crash in a military training range near Las Vegas, Nov. 18, according to a report Air Force officials released today.  The pilot ejected safely in the Nevada Test and Training Range about 45 miles northwest of Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. He did

  • Brothers in arms

      In the womb they were so close, according to doctors, that their heartbeats were synchronized. Not much has changed for Ivan and Evan Godwin since their birth at Beale AFB, Calif. in 1962. Their lives have been full of the normal pushing, pulling and competing associated with twins. However, at

  • ACC warriors featured in Airman

      Two Air Combat Command warriors deployed to Iraq are part of feature in the February edition of Airman magazine that highlights life at Tallil Air Base, Iraq. Tech. Sgt. Christopher Sekula, deployed from Dyess AFB, Texas, and Maj. Phil Kase, deployed from Nellis AFB, Nev., are included in the

  • ACC announces Media Contest winners

      Public affairs officials have announced the winners of Air Combat Command's annual Media Contest.Contest judges scored 152 publication, writing and photography entries for technical quality and value to Air Force internal communications programs. ACC's first-place winners will compete in the Air

  • DoD and the anthrax vaccine

      I want to address the recent controversy created by a Dec. 22 U.S. District Court decision to order a preliminary injunction against our anthrax vaccination program and the subsequent lifting of that injunction on Jan. 7. Although the litigation has not been resolved, were pleased the court

  • B-24 pilot receives DFC, Air Medal

      A B-24 bomber pilot received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal he earned in World War II from Air Combat Commands vice commander in a ceremony here Feb. 11 that re-lived the perils airmen faced during the 1940s. Then a first lieutenant, Kenneth Kinsinger earned the Distinguished Flying

  • Logistics officers learn about ALC mission

    A group of logistics and maintenance officers here traveled to the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., recently to learn more about the center's maintenance operations. 2nd Lt. Matthew Dougherty, assistant officer in charge of one of the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance

  • No Regrets: chief reflects on career

      Thirty years ago, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Curran wanted little more than to get out of his parent's house and to see the world. Today, he can hardly believe where the Air Force has taken him. "I don't even know if there was a goal when I first joined," Chief Curran said. "The turning point

  • ACC chief's conference grooms new chiefs

      Air Combat Command's newest chief master sergeants and chief selects convened at Offutt's Dougherty Conference Center recently to discuss the dynamics of being a chief in today's Air Force. "This is a great opportunity to get E-8s and new E-9s together to present them a strategic vision of not

  • Band delivers 'Valentine' for deployed troops

    The U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, based at Langley Air Force Base, Va., is offering some deployed airmen in the region a chance to participate in its new Valentine Program. The year-round program allows deployed troops to send a free compact disc of love songs to that special someone

  • IDEA wins NCO $10,000

      An NCO assigned to the 4th Component Maintenance Squadron here earned $10,000 from the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program. Tech Sgt. Scott Weimann used the IDEA program to propose a new method for replacing damaged electrical connectors on the F-15E's amplifier assembly -

  • Pilot ejects safely at air show

    Capt. Christopher Stricklin ejects from the USAF Thunderbirds number six aircraft less than a second before it impacted the ground at an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Sept. 14. Stricklin, who was not injured, ejected after both guiding the jet away from the crowd of more than

  • Thunderbirds accident report released

    Pilot error caused a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 aircraft to crash shortly after takeoff at an airshow Sept. 14 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The pilot ejected just before the aircraft impacted the ground. According to the accident investigation board report released today, the

  • 10 tips for sticking to fitness resolutions

    It happens every New Year. The gym fills up and aerobic classes overflow with new faces eager to make a change. Thousands of Americans will decide to get fit and lose weight in 2004, and what better time because the New Year is a time for new beginnings.   But by the time February rolls around,

  • Trading Spaces: ACC poised to fix substandard housing

    A recent episode of the popular television show Trading Spaces gave two designers $100,000 to renovate a couple rooms in two houses over two days. Air Combat Command will do something a bit more ambitious over the next few years: spend about a billion dollars to renovate or replace all of its

  • General expects AEF return to steady state

    The Air Force expects to return to its regular steady state deployment schedule under the Air and Space Expeditionary Force plan within the next several weeks, said the man whos responsible for running the system. Speaking to military members and local community leaders during a visit here Jan. 9,

  • 728th ACS helps National Guard unit prepare for deployment

    The 728th Air Control Squadron helped the Army National Guards 653rd Range Extension Company prepare for a deployment to Iraq recently. The Army National Guard contacted Air Combat Command requesting help on validating communication equipment used for fax, internet and telephone communication. ACC

  • For sisters, service is the tie that binds

    Two sisters living half a country apart and working completely unrelated jobs find the military tie that unites them may be the strongest bond they have. Master Sgt. Mary Mercado, 5th Bomb Wing career assistance advisor, said the closeness she shares with her sister, Army Staff Sgt. Jodi Renner,

  • Langley airmen get look at new uniform

    Two members of the Air Force uniform board visited here this week to introduce the test Air Force utility uniform to the base populace.The board members talked about the test uniforms at 14 meetings throughout the week and one mass briefing at the base theater Wednesday, said Capt. David Burnett,

  • ACC: Turbine blade caused F-16 crash

    Failure of a turbine blade caused an F-16C to crash in an unpopulated area near Rosepine, La., Sept. 22, according to a report Air Force officials released today.The pilot ejected in a sparsely wooded area about 12 nautical miles southwest of Fort Polk Army Airfield.The aircraft, assigned to the