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  • Davis-Monthan named top base in the Air Force

    The Office of the Secretary of Defense named Davis-Monthan the top base in the Air Force for the second time in six years. The base won the 2018 Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award, which recognizes the outstanding and innovative efforts of the service members who operate and maintain

  • I-WEPTAC delivers innovations to Air Force leaders

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Innovation was alive here this week, as senior leaders heard proposals May 16 to address some of the greatest challenges facing the agile combat support community at the conclusion of the 2nd Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics

  • Small chapel team praised as best in Air Force for 2017

    After being honored with the best small chapel award for Air Combat Command two times, it has finally happened. The 70th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing Chapel has been named the Air Force’s Best Small Chapel of the Year for 2017.

  • 723d AMXS, Army depot rebuild Pave Hawk

    Airmen from the 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron along with machinists from the Corpus Christi Army Depot conducted a full-structural tear down and restoration on an HH-60G Pave Hawk. Once the aircraft was torn down, Airmen and the machinists performed repairs on all of its components prior to

  • Thunderbirds show season to resume at JBLE

    Gen. Mike Holmes, Commander of Air Combat Command, has authorized the resumption of Thunderbird performances starting at AirPower over Hampton Roads at Joint Base Langley-Eustis 19-20 May, 2018.

  • A day in the life: Mental health supports Airmen, readiness

    As with any Air Force healthcare provider, Capt. Daniel Gibson, a clinical psychologist with the 92nd medical group, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, relies on a collaborative, patient-centered approach to care.The mental health clinic at Fairchild Air Force Base uses a collaborative approach

  • Moody conducts one-day operational safety review

    In accordance with direction from Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein, the 23d Wing held a one-day operational safety review of all flying and maintenance functions, May 14, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga.The safety review followed a series of recent aviation mishaps and

  • SFS celebrates 2018 Police Week

    Members of the 4th Security Forces Squadron, Team Seymour and Soldiers from the Fort Bragg Special Reaction Team celebrate Police Week, May 15, 2018, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Participants included Airmen from base along with the Goldsboro Police Department. Events included

  • F-22 Demo Team brings show home to Hampton Roads

    “Seeing them fly at Langley every day never gets old,” said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeff Baskin, Air Combat Command F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team dedicated crew chief. “I am excited for our neighbors to see the F-22 show, and hope it makes them proud.”

  • Pit Stop Alamogordo

    Holloman Air Force Base recently introduced the Hollamo Express, a unique bus service exclusive to Holloman’s military service members and dependents. Airmen can use the bus service as transport to a list of drop-off locations in the city of Alamogordo, free of charge.

  • NDI Airmen acquire new X-ray system

    The 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection flight received game-changing equipment in January.The equipment, which is a next-generation X-ray processing system, is projected to provide the numerous agencies at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, served by the nondestructive

  • Chiefs take off for Razor Talon

    335th Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagles during exercise Razor Talon, May 11, 2018, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Razor Talon is a monthly, large-force training exercise for joint East Coast tactical and support aviation units.

  • 380th Air Expeditionary Wing supports RAF Lakenheath

    A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, prepares to receive fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Stratotanker from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing over Southwest Asia, April 21, 2018.

  • Police week honors fallen defenders

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base will participate in National Police Week from May 13 – May 19, 2018.Police Week is held each year to commemorate fallen law enforcement officers and highlight the security forces mission.

  • Embedded care teams work to improve Airman resiliency

    For Airmen at the 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, stress is an occupational hazard. Pressing deadlines, a heavy workload and constant pressure are requirements of the mission.They are also one of a growing number of units combating those stressors with an embedded care

  • Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

    Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.

  • National Nurse’s Week

    The Military Health System is observing National Nurse’s Week May 6-12, 2018. During this week, civilian and military nurses across the Department of Defense are honored for their selfless contributions to the lives of their patients. This year’s theme is ‘ThankUNurses: Inspire, Innovate,

  • Three-day exercise tests readiness of SJ Airmen

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Airmen ran through a gauntlet of tests during a three-day force protection condition, active shooter and mass casualty exercise May 7-9, 2018.The exercise was conducted to test the base and local first responders’ ability to react to a variety of scenarios, all

  • Analyst eliminates threats faster through innovative targeting

    In the field of missile targeting, Staff Sgt. Sean, mobile missile targeting analyst, 20th Intelligence Squadron, is one of the most innovative and motivated members of 25th Air Force. As a member of the Ballistic Missile Projects Team, Sean developed mobile missile targeting strategies, led the

  • Mental Health trailblazes new IOP in ACC

    Moody Air Force Base’s Mental Health Flight refocused its treatment strategy, Feb. 5, by instituting a new intensive outpatient program (IOP) that gives Airmen the help they need from Airmen like themselves.This new program is designed to provide a more streamlined service for the nearly 7000

  • Reorganization brings structure, leadership to treaty monitoring center

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center here successfully completed its reorganization April 9-13 after more than five years of planning “Historically, AFTAC has been structured around mission areas – techniques to gather information with mission area managers who were experts in their

  • Force improvement led by junior Airman

    Upon graduating from college, she worked as an admissions counselor. However, she was looking for something bigger than herself, bigger than what she was used to. She wanted a more fulfilling career, something that made her feel like she was a part of a team. But after waiting nearly two years for a

  • OAY Spotlight: Beaming leadership earns ACC award

    Every year the Outstanding Airmen of the Year awards are earned by service members who exemplify what it means to be a great Airman in the U.S. Air Force.This year U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Melissa Beam, Air Combat Command Air Force Specialty Manager, earns the Air Combat Command Senior

  • OAY Spotlight: First shirt makes major impression

    Air Combat Command recently presented awards for the Outstanding Airmen of the Year to recognize the best Airmen in ACC.One of the Airmen recognized was the ACC First Sergeant OAY, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Simorrah Majors, 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance Reconnaissance wing first sergeant.

  • Rations fuel the Marauders

    The 386th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron rations team, which consists of six Airmen, unload up to 10 food trucks every week, as well as unload and deliver six truckloads of bottled water. Even though the rations team at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia doesn’t prepare or cook the

  • Skymaster relives glory days at Shaw

    Far from the jungles of Vietnam where it served in the war effort from 1969 to 1970, an O-2 Skymaster sits perched above Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

  • D-M Airman awarded ACC Company Grade Officer of the Year

    Capt. Ridge Flick, 354th Fighter Squadron Weapons and Tactics chief, was named the 2017 Air Combat Command Company Grade Officer of the Year.The ACC Company Grade Officer of the Year is awarded to an officer that shows extraordinary leadership, expertise and commitment not only in their career

  • Holloman Air, Space Expo

    Holloman hosted the Air and Space Expo ‘Legacy of Liberty,’ May 5, 2018. This open event to the public was an opportunity to invite our local community members and guests, and to showcase the mission of the U.S. Air Force and the 49th Wing.

  • Airmen, jets return from Japan deployment

    Airmen and F-35A aircraft from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing returned here May 4-5 following a six-month deployment to Kadena Air Base, Japan. The deployment was part of a routine “theater security package” that demonstrates continuing U.S. commitment to stability

  • MQ-9A ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION RELEASED

    An MQ-9A crashed May 6, 2017 in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility after the ground control station lost downlink from the aircraft on final approach, according to an Air Combat Command Abbreviated Accident Investigation Board report released today.

  • Iraqi Air Force aerial porters load cargo like the best

    In a small office space at Al Muthana Air Base, U.S. Air Force 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group air advisors and Iraqi airmen enjoy a small cup of tea together. Iraqi Air Force Col. Yossif Halo, the base air terminal operations center commander, sits with the team and casually highlights the

  • Application deadlines approaching for Air Force youth camps

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The summer adventure season is about to start, and there’s still time for Air Force youth to apply for more than 20 camps available at locations across the United States.  The 2018 Air Force Youth Program camps cover a wide variety of interests, including

  • Medical Airmen recognized as 2018 Heroes of Military Medicine

    On May 3, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine recognized four distinguished medical Airmen for their dedication to our nation’s service members at the 2018 Heroes of Military Medicine Awards held in Washington, D.C.

  • Smart automation, AI to accelerate materials discovery, innovation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --To meet the demands of the ever-increasing pace of technological development in order to create the next generation of Air Force technology, researchers are challenged to find ways to shrink the timeline for materials discovery, development and

  • Military honors nurses during National Nurses Week

    American poet and writer Maya Angelou said, “They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you make them feel.” This reference to the impact nurses have on their patients rings true every day, especially for those who help and heal our nation’s military. In their honor next week, the

  • Reaper showcased at JB Charleston Air & Space Expo

    Remotely piloted aircraft pilots, sensor operators and maintenance personnel from Creech Air Force Base, Nev., showcased their MQ-9 Reaper alongside science, technology, engineering and math displays April 27-28, 2018, at the Joint Base Charleston Air & Space Expo at JB Charleston, S.C.

  • Air Force photo contest begins, theme is “Freedom”

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The 2018 Air Force photo contest, managed by the Air Force Services Activity, officially began this week. This year’s theme is “Freedom” with the contest running through May 31.“Freedom is the power or right to act, speak or think and holds a different

  • Beale Air & Space Expo 2018

    Beale Air Force Base hosted an Air and Space Expo this past weekend with an itinerary filled with performances of aircraft representing different generations of air power.

  • NDI: going beyond what eyes see

    Non-Destructive Inspection technicians examine and inspect numerous aircraft parts and components to ensure that they are in usable condition using various methods such as X-ray, florescent dye penetrant, oil analysis and ultrasonic scanning.

  • Raiders announce draft picks at Nellis AFB

    The Oakland Raiders announced their day three draft selections April 28 from the Thunderbirds Hangar on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The NFL organization choose Nellis as the location to help grow ties and strengthen alliances with a community they will be a part of when the team relocates to Las

  • New Horizons Embedded Health Engagement provides unparalleled training

    As with most tasks, hands-on education remains one of the most effective training methods of both learning and maintaining skills. For some medical professionals participating in Exercise New Horizons 2018, hands-on training comes in the form of fully submerging into local clinics.

  • First Sergeant continues career after tumor, hearing loss

    More than ten years ago, while stationed in Hawaii, Master Sgt. Geoffrey VanDyck, had the constant feeling of water in his ear. He knew something was wrong. Nothing seemed to relieve the feeling, so his medical provider sent him to an ear, nose and throat specialist. After an MRI, the cause of his

  • Fabrication flight: masters in metal

    Metals technicians support the mission by utilizing fabrication techniques to repair and overhaul countless tools and aircraft parts. The technicians strive to exercise safe and precise fabrication techniques to be able to sufficiently handle their intense workload.

  • Lupus Awareness Month: Being visible for an invisible disease

    According to the Lupus Foundation of America, I am the perfect target for a disease such as this. I am a 26 year-old black woman and one of five million people to develop a form of lupus. It’s unknown as to why women of color are three times more likely to develop lupus than Caucasians, but anyone,

  • U.S. Armed Forces’ most senior NCO visits Tyndall

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Within the U.S. military, there are specialty positions to assist with a plethora of complex issues that affect all ranks and all branches. One such position is the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

  • Kids gear up to deploy

    The event allowed children the opportunity to experience what their parents go through while preparing to deploy. Children participated in obstacle courses, watched demonstrations and toured various aircraft and vehicles used by Airmen at Moody.

  • 81st FS receives new A-29s, prepares for future

    A new wave of A-29 Super Tucanos arrived in support of the 81st Fighter Squadron’s training mission, April 24 and 26, here.The A-29s will aid in the continuation of the Afghan light air support training mission, which ultimately provides Afghan pilots with the capabilities of finding, tracking, and

  • BACN goes global after delivering CENTCOM comms for 9 years

    Making BACN a program of record is a way to formalize requirements and set up a predictable budget. The change happened officially March 30. For a system that has proved its value to warfighters for nearly a decade, becoming a POR means the program office here can bring better communications to any

  • Firefighters combine forces, improve life-saving skills

    Firefighters from the 23d Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) along with firefighters from the Valdosta Fire Department (VFD) conducted joint live-fire training, April 24-25, here. The training was geared towards allowing the firefighters to gain more experience fighting aircraft fires and being able to

  • Air Force ramps up flying ICU teams

    When the U.S. military needs to transport critically injured patients by air, it calls on Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Teams. The Air Force is increasing CCATT capabilities to meet the needs of the warfighter.

  • F-16C TRAINING MIDAIR COLLISION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION RELEASED

    Two F-16Cs collided head-on and crashed during training at Bulldog Military Operation Area near Louisville, Georgia., June 7, 2016, after a pilot failed to ensure flight path deconfliction and separation of aircraft, according to an Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released

  • Little guy, big fixed heart: part II

    When Ashley and Tech. Sgt. Ben Mockovciak, 372nd Training Squadron Detachment 202 F-16 tactical aircraft maintenance instructor, learned their son Noah, barely one month old, had experienced a heart attack, their world was turned upside down.

  • ACC Airmen of the Year 2018

    General Mike Holmes, Commander Air Combat Command hosted a ceremony on Friday April 20th to celebrate this years outstanding Airmen across ACC.

  • AF announces changes to Courses 14 and 15

    Effective immediately, Air Force officials have removed the requirement to complete Courses 14 and 15 for all Airmen serving in the active component. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen will have the option to complete their enlisted professional military education through distance

  • DoD’s sole nuclear surveillance unit undergoes organizational change

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center, the sole agency in the Department of Defense that conducts global nuclear surveillance, underwent a full-scale organizational change April 1 to better align the center’s vital capabilities to improve mission effectiveness.The reorganization, which was

  • Little guy, big fixed heart: part I

    When Ashley and Tech. Sgt. Ben Mockovciak learned they would soon be parents, they were overwhelmed with the exciting idea of welcoming a healthy, beautiful child into their family.

  • Therapy dog has paw-sitive impact on Airman morale

    When Lady comes bounding into a room, surprisingly graceful and hidden under a coat of thick white dog fur, the atmosphere changes. People emerge from their cubicles out of curiosity, they pet her and they laugh as she nuzzles their legs. Lady is a five-year-old, 80-pound Great Pyrenee with a job to

  • Another tool in the toolbox

    It is a cool, fall day and the sun shines through the car window warming your face. Suddenly, the truck jerks and tumbles off the road. Your teammate is thrown from the truck, and flung out of sight. You exit the truck and find your teammate critically injured. He is presumably dead. There is no

  • CE test warfighting capabilities

    The 355th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in an airfield damage response and assessment exercise at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base March 28-30, 2018. The exercise was held to evaluate their response to a damaged airfield in a simulated deployed environment.

  • Airman to attend medical degree prep

    Staff Sgt. Shane Berger, an airborne linguist with the 755th Operational Support Squadron, was one of nine enlisted Airmen selected to attend a medical degree preparatory course.The Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program gives selected Airmen an opportunity to complete the preparatory

  • AFREP saves millions in funding

    When an Air Force asset is deemed unusable, there is a select group of experts that step in to breathe new life into the component; these professionals use their wide range of skills and resources to tinker with objects that would otherwise be tossed away, giving other units a chance to save time

  • AFPC adopting innovative officer assignment system IT platform

    Talent Marketplace is an innovative technological platform supporting the officer assignment system that aims to increase flexibility and transparency for officers and commanders. It is the final piece of the revised officer assignment system triad, which includes advanced assignment notification to

  • F-22 Raptor Demo Team rockets through FIDAE

    U.S. Air Force members from the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, based out of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, performed at Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio air and trade show in Santiago, Chile April 2-7, 2018.

  • Artificial intelligence proves beneficial for ISR data interpretation

    The 526th Intelligence Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada recently hosted an Artificial Intelligence and Design Thinking seminar at AFWERX Vegas. Event Guest Speaker Chief Master Sgt. Ian, superintendent of the 9th Intelligence Squadron at Beale AFB, California, introduced more than 100

  • Airman’s dream becomes reality through Career Intermission Program

    1Lt. Travis Barrino, a former enlisted chaplain’s assistant, used the Career Intermission Program to make his dream of becoming a chaplain a reality. The Career Intermission Program is designed to allow Airmen the flexibility to manage short-term conflicts between service responsibilities, family

  • Rescue community integrates training

    An aircraft crashed. Both pilots successfully ejected, but have wounds varying from traumatic brain injuries to deep cuts and contusions. Having received intelligence, pilots and crew of an HC-130J Combat King II take off, followed by two HH-60G Pave Hawk’s that carrying teams of pararescuemen.Their

  • April: Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It is every Airman’s responsibility to understand the importance of changing the Air Force culture by bringing awareness to sexual assault.

  • Mountain Home AFB environmental efforts blossom

    Mountain Home AFB’s actions to become more environmentally friendly have helped reduce pollution, save landfill space, conserve resources and heped pave the way for other organizations to run similar operations.

  • CATM arms Airmen to deploy

    During CATM Airmen must demonstrate quality safety standards while handling and shooting their weapons proficiently in order to be eligible to deploy. Throughout the class the instructors emphasized: weapon handling techniques, proper sight usage and internal weapon cleaning procedures.

  • JBLE Airmen help students make strides in STEM

    They may still be learning how to tie their shoes and memorizing multiplication tables, but a group of students from Bethel Manor Elementary School in Hampton have no problem teaching a robot how to walk. The Hampton school’s science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, club has blossomed

  • F-35 completes most comprehensive flight test program in aviation history

    The F-35 Integrated Test Force, based at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, has completed more than 65,000 test points, 9,200 test flights, and six major test aircraft detachments on board L-class and Nimitz class carriers on both U.S. coasts.

  • When you can give, the Air Force Assistance Fund gives back

    Since 1942, the AFAF campaign has been run by the Air Force family to help the Air Force family. Whether we are aware of it or not, each of us knows someone who has been helped by the Fund. Anything we can do today helps ensure that assistance will be available for other Airmen and other families

  • A-10 THUNDERBOLT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION RELEASED

    Air Combat Command Headquarters Public Affairs Directorate115 Thompson Avenue, Suite 211 Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. 23665-1987Main Line: (757) 764-5007Email: accpa.operations@us.af.milRelease No: 0401 Apr 12, 2018Two A-10C’s collided over the Nevada Test and Training Range on Sept. 6, 2017, due

  • Families, friends welcome back members of the 4th FW

    Airmen from the 4th Fighter Wing greet their families and friends upon return from deployment, April 9, 2018, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Hundreds of families and friends waited for their loved ones at one of the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron hangar. Several members of the

  • FEDVIP brings vision coverage to TRICARE beneficiaries

    Only half of the 61 million U.S. adults who are at high risk for serious vision loss visited an eye doctor in the past year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Eye exams can help keep your vision strong, diagnose potential issues early, and prevent diseases that may lead to

  • With help from Airmen, Boy Scouts earn prestigious merit badge

    Nearly 100 Boy Scouts from 25 troops across Central Florida traveled to Patrick AFB March 31 to earn the much-sought-after Nuclear Science Merit Badge with the help of Airmen from the Air Force Technical Applications Center here.AFTAC, the Department of Defense’s sole nuclear treaty monitoring

  • Hunter laid to rest after 50 years MIA

    U.S. Air Force Col. Edgar “Felton” Davis, an RF-4C Phantom navigator during the Vietnam War, was laid to rest after 50 years deceased with full military honors April 6, 2018, in his hometown of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Davis was shot down over Laos Sept. 17, 1968 during a reconnaissance mission

  • ATC Airmen orchestrate sound of freedom

    During a symphony, the conductor stands above his team and raises his baton, directing a multitude of individuals operating different equipment and creating something beautiful to the ear. Without worry for their fellow instrumentalists, the musicians train their eyes on the individual in front of

  • Air Force lab puts medical devices through their paces

    “We break stuff,” said Lt. Col. Brandi Ritter, chief of the Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity, showing off the facility where her unit tests the devices medical Airmen use to complete their mission.

  • Team Seymour helps repatriate remains of Goldsboro native

    U.S. Air Force Col. Edgar “Felton” Davis, an RF-4C Phantom navigator during the Vietnam War, was laid to rest after 50 years deceased with full military honors April 6, 2018, in his hometown of Goldsboro, North Carolina.Davis was shot down over Laos Sept. 17, 1968, during a reconnaissance mission

  • Munitions life: from storage to target

    The life-cycle of a munition can be easily explained—the building of the munition, transportation to the aircraft, loading to the aircraft, taking off of the aircraft, then finally putting the munition on target.

  • IQT molds BDG Airmen

    Approximately 35 Airmen from the 820th Base Defense Group (BDG) participated in Initial Qualification Training (IQT), March 26-28, here.The training is given to all new Airman coming into the BDG as an opportunity to learn a baseline of basic combat skills that would be needed to successfully

  • Optimizing Airman Performance: Beale initiates Task Force True North

    Recently, Beale Air Force Base and three other installations were selected to test an initiative called Task Force True North (TFTN), which is a program to increase the mental, emotional and spiritual capacity of the force by anticipating and meeting our Airmen and their families’ need to respond