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  • Expeditionary Medical Support System Airmen attached to Task Force-Holloman conduct medical procedures in support of Operation Allies Welcome at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Sept. 10, 2021. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan evacuees essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Anthony Sanchez)

    Expeditionary Medical Support System takes care of Afghan evacuees

    U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support System Airmen attached to Task Force-Holloman conduct medical procedures in support of Operation Allies Welcome at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Sept. 10, 2021. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan evacuees essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan.
  • Airmen from the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron watch as Staff Sgt. Thomas Anastasia, 319th Logistic Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, as he drives a forklift carrying equipment used during an exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 18, 2021. A total of 768 items were transported throughout the exercise weighing in at approximately 153,884 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Richards)

    Grand Forks Airmen complete readiness exercise

    The 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 319th Logistic Readiness Squadron participated in an exercise on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., simulating as if their units were tasked to deploy within a 24-hour time period.
  • Female Airman poses for photo

    Non-combatant evacuation operations through the eyes of an American Airman

    I am an American Airman. I am a Warrior. I have answered my Nation’s call. Three simple lines that translate into something so much bigger. At first glance these are just words, but to Air Force members they are easily recognized as part of a creed. They’re not just words, but a promise that defines who we are and what we stand for.
  • Security Forces defends AUAB and evacuees

    Security Forces defends AUAB and evacuees

    Security Forces members can usually be found at the gate checking IDs, in their car patrolling the base or training with their K-9s to defend the installation. However, for the Defenders of the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, they also took on the responsibility of ensuring the safety of thousands of qualified evacuees after Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, became the main stopover location for those evacuating Afghanistan on Aug. 14, 2021.
  • During their deployment rotation, the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Flight oversaw the throughput of 86.5 million gallons, maintaining the Department of Defense’s largest tactical fuel site.

    380th POL’s million-gallon duties

    When it comes to providing direct support to the aircraft of Al Dhafra Air Base, including the E-3 Sentry, KC-10 Extender, and RQ-4 Global Hawk, the various types of fuel required play a key part in the mission. Fortunately, ADAB has some of the most talented Airmen in the world handling that fuel.
  • Air Force Honor Guard members fold the U.S. flag during the interment of retired Col. Richard E. Cole.

    Last of Doolittle Raiders memorialized during ceremony at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston

    Remembered as a man who faithfully served his country and was a devoted father and a man of faith, Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, the last of the Doolittle Raiders, was honored and posthumously promoted to the rank of colonel during a Sept. 7 ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Golf Course ballroom.
  • The joint exercise allowed multiple agencies to join forces to strengthen and refine Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karla Parra)

    332 AEW Synchronizes Alert Responses

    During an alert exercise, multiple agencies from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing collaborated to strengthen and refine Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems tactics, techniques and procedures.
  • Bert Carleton poses with Gen. Claire Lee Chennault

    310th Force Support Squadron command carries on Grandfather’s legacy

    “His inspiration is what helps me stay in the Air Force,” Lt. Col. Melissa Burton, Commander of the 310th Force Support Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, said of her grandfather. “His legacy that he provided me, and the legacy I hope to leave other people, is where I am. I stay to support the world’s greatest Air Force; to help others achieve their goals.”
  • A U.S. Air Force Airmen pulls yellow chocks from underneath an F-15E Strike Eagle

    Gunfighters at Pacific Iron 21

    Gunfighters deployed in July and August for Operation Pacific Iron to develop a lethal, agile and resilient force posture while applying concepts such as; Agile Combat Employment, Dynamic Force Employment and Multi-capable Airmen.
  • Cory Bartholomew, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 Dragon Lady instructor pilot, dawns his parachute harness prior to entering the jet Dec. 22, 2020, at Beale Air Force Base, California.

    United we stand

    A total of 2,996 individuals were lost on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Twenty years ago, the day started off as any other. In New York City, the sky was blue and cloudless, the temperature in the mid-sixties and the city bustling with its normal morning commute. Ferries, taxis, subways and air traffic were flowing with the Big Apple’s usual murmurs. What happened next, will live on in U.S. history forever.
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