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  • First ever Lead Wing Command and Control Course taught at Dyess

    The 7th Bomb Wing leadership teams across Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, were taught their first Lead Wing Command and Control Course by the 705th Training Squadron from Sept. 19-22, 2023. The course is designed to prepare individuals qualified to become A-staff for operations in support of an Air

  • Generate Airpower, Check: Kadena ACEs no-notice exercise

    Airmen from the 18th Wing partnered with deployed Airmen from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to launch multiple F-15C/D Eagles, F-15E Strike Eagles and F-35A Lightning IIs during a a no-notice agile combat

  • Tiger wins Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award

    Staff Sgt. Samantha Furtaw, 391st Fighter Generation Squadron weapons expediter, was recently awarded the Lance P. Sijan Leadership award from Air Combat Command. Her recognition serves as a resounding testament to the enduring values of diligence, resilience, and unwavering dedication.

  • U.S. facilitates Philippine Air Force AOC, ISR training

    At the request of the government of the Philippines, the 505th Training Squadron located at Hurlburt Field, Florida, sent a team of U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit instructors to Villamor Air Base, Philippines, from Aug. 10-19. The instructors trained twenty-eight members

  • Around ACC Happy Birthday Air Force

    The 18th of September marks 76 years since the National Security Act of 1947 established the Air Force as a separate military branch.  Since its inception, the Air Force has been characterized by innovation and the continuous pursuit of excellence by our Airmen.

  • SecAF announces Air Task Force model

    Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall announced the Air Task Force as the next step in the Air Force’s Force Generation model during the Air and Space Forces Association’s 2023 Air, Space and Cyber Conference.

  • AFIMSC announces 2023 I-WEPTAC topics

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center has announced its 2023 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference topics, and four Mission Area Working Groups are well on their way to finding solutions to the Department of the Air Force’s biggest agile combat support

  • AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

  • 82nd ATRS facilities near completion

    With construction nearing completion, the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron prepares to take ownership of their new large and small boat facilities. The facilities sustained significant damage following the impact of Hurricane Michael in 2018 and are a part of the Department of Defense’s largest rebuild

  • DOD Honors Prisoners of War, Those Missing in Action

    National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the third Friday in September, honors U.S. service members who were prisoners of war and those still missing in action from every conflict since, and including, World War II.

  • US, UAE conduct joint professional development course

    Military personnel from the U.S. Air Force and the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces conducted a joint professional development course, at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE, Aug. 24, 2023, strengthening interoperability and reinforcing the partnership between the two nations.

  • JBLE Airman strengthens partnership with Ukraine

    On Feb. 12, 2022, Senior Airman Kostiantyn Khymchenko’s life took an unexpected turn when he received a phone call. One of four Airmen in Air Combat Command who spoke Ukrainian, Khymchenko was the first to say yes to a deployment to native home under attack. Khymchenko was named one of the 12

  • Virtual Flag integrates warfighters for joint operations in INDOPACOM AOR

    The Distributed Mission Operations Center located at Kirtland Air Force Base, hosted its joint Virtual Flag exercise Aug. 25-29, 2023. The 705th Combat Training Squadron employs a number of U.S. Air Force, joint, and coalition simulators and emulators, to include the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control

  • ACC Commander announces new William Tell Award

    Gen. Mark Kelly, commander Air Combat Command announced the establishment of the William Tell Competition “Lt. Col. James Harvey III F-15 Wing Award” during the competition’s ceremony dinner Sept. 10th. The new award is named in honor of Harvey, a member of the storied 332nd Fighter Group of the

  • 552nd Air Control Wing posturing for BMC2 evolution during Agile Thunder

    The 552nd Air Control Wing concluded Agile Thunder, a readiness exercise at Tinker Air Force Base, Hill AFB, and Mountain Home AFB Aug. 14-25, 2023. Agile Thunder is a two-week exercise providing the units a chance to demonstrate operational readiness and agility while generating, employing, and

  • Unleashing aerial potential: Marine Corps harnesses Air Force RPA expertise

    The Air Force’s successes for more than 16 years with the MQ-9 Reaper means their Marine counterparts don’t have to reinvent the wheel. The two branches joined forces, with the Air Force enabling the Marine Corps to move fast in standing up the Medium Altitude Long Endurance portion of the Marine

  • ACC enlisted induct Gen. Kelly into Order of the Sword

    Air Combat Command's enlisted force honored their commander with an induction into the Order of the Sword at the Riverview Event Center on Aug. 30. The Order of the Sword is the highest honor the enlisted corps can bestow upon a senior ranking officer in the Air Force.

  • AFW2 roadshow visits Grand Forks AFB

    AFW2 ambassadors and program staff visited Grand Forks AFB Aug. 24 - 25 as part of their roadshow. During the two-day visit, four AFW2 ambassadors and program team members gave briefings to various squadrons, allowing the volunteers to share their personal testimonies. Peer and social support, a key

  • Air Force, Army Battle Labs work with DARPA on ASTARTE, new C2 capability

    The 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, also known as the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System Battle Lab, recently experimented with joint partners that helped evolve a new joint airspace management and joint fires capability at Nellis Air Force Base,

  • Agile Spartan 23.2: RJ’s stay on watch

    In a dynamic display of agility and combat effectiveness, a U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint assigned to the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, recently showcased its indispensable role during Operation Agile Spartan, Aug. 18-24, 2023.

  • AFCOCOMP 2023: Competition Breeds Excellence

    Eight ammo teams from eight different Major Commands competed at the Air Force Combat Operations Competition, at Beale Air Force Base, for a chance to be named the best of the best ammo team by winning the Sierra Trophy. 

  • Continuing the Legacy

    One hour after graduating Air Force Basic Military Training, a young Airman catches a glimpse of his freshly pressed blues reflecting off the glass of his father’s memorial display case. Inside 16th Air Force Headquarters, Airman 1st Class Andrew “Andy” Garshasb looked at his father’s flight suit,

  • No Comms; No bombs

    Whether it’s daily maintenance on the Air Force’s most advanced network architecture, notifying the installation about natural disasters or combating adversary cyber-attacks, the 325th Communications Squadron is at the forefront ensuring mission success.

  • What is Assessment & Selection?

    Air Force Special Warfare Guardian Angel and Special Tactics (GA/ST) operators, comprised of pararescuemen, combat controllers, special reconnaissance Airmen, special tactics officers and combat rescue officers. To prepare for Assessment & Selection, enlisted candidates complete the seven-week

  • 461st Spark Cell sparks game-changing ideas

    An Airman with the 461st Air Control Wing Liberaiders at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, hopes a new device will make work safer and quicker for aircraft maintenance teams.

  • AFCENT Special Operations Task Group prepares JASSM capabilities

    U.S. Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) service members demonstrated the capability for the MC-130J Commando II to load, unload, forward arm, and arm the aircraft with the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles, or AGM-158 JASSMs, as part of Rapid Dragon, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 6, 2023.

  • AFIMSC hosts final combat support training range evaluation

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out its combat support training ranges proof of concept exercises by hosting six days of unit-led training. During the culminating event, Mission Support Group Airmen from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and Defenders with

  • SERE-iously prepared for every situation

    The two-man SERE team from the 325th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape is new to Tyndall, but not unfamiliar to operational fighter wings across the Air Force. As the “Installation of the Future” continues to evolve into a fully combat-capable F-35A Lightning II

  • Jamaican-born Airman reconnects with her roots

    Senior Airman Oshin Mullings, a physical therapy technician with the 633d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, recently traveled to Jamaica as part of a 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Surgeon General Embedded Health Engagement Team, to collaborate with

  • ACC’s Det 4 activates at Langley AFB

    Air Combat Command’s Directorate of Plans, Programs, and Requirements held an activation and assumption of command ceremony on August 18, 2023, to mark the activation of Detachment 4. The Det provides data and analytic support to ACC’s Numbered Air Forces, Wings, and Air Operations Centers.

  • The FACT-Lite helped ensure mission success during Northern Edge 23-2

    The 366th Comm Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, employed a compact PACSTAR system that enabled SIPR and commercial internet during exercise Northern Edge 23-2 demonstrating U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific region. The integration of cutting-edge network security technology like the

  • Kicking Mules validate, verify hot refueling procedures

    The 95th Reconnaissance Squadron validated and verified recently developed RC-135 hot refueling procedures at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Aug. 14, 2023. The 95th RS assigned to the 55th Operations Group, Air Combat Command, stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The squadron is

  • AFFORGEN Ready: PSAB establishes first command under new deployment model

    The 378th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) has established the 378th Air Base Group (ABG) during a ceremony on Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2, 2023. The 378th ABG will include nine expeditionary squadrons within the 378th AEW. These include the 378th Expeditionary

  • First all-Reserve AEW stands up for Patriot Fury in Peru

    In late June 2023 a contingency response team, a group of Airmen specifically tasked with setting up an airfield, landed at Chiclayo and began to establish the basis of what would be required to stand up the first entirely U.S. Air Force Reserve air expeditionary wing (AEW), to support 12th Air

  • 552 ACW supports Northern Edge 23-2

    Members of the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron, 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base supported Northern Edge 23-2 at Kadena Air Base, Japan during the period of June 26 through July 22. NE 23-2 tested command and control capabilities throughout the Indo-Pacific providing the 552 ACW

  • 552 ACW in control at Red Flag 23-3

    Members of the 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron, 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma, participated in Red Flag 23-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 17- August 4, 2023.

  • 4th Fighter Wing selects team to participate in William Tell competition

    After a 19-year hiatus, the 2023 William Tell Air-to-Air Competition is scheduled to take place September 11-15, 2023, at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia. 4th Fighter Wing best team members, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base were chosen based on their experience and performance.

  • Western Air Defense Sector controllers participate in RAZOR TALON 23-1

    The Western Air Defense Sector’s 225th Air Defense Squadron successfully launched a new Battle Management Team construct here July 24-28, 2023, as part of Exercise RAZOR TALON 23-1. RAZOR TALON was hosted by the 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, providing realistic

  • ACC Summer Cohort Program resumes

    For the past 3 years volunteer Airmen, mostly contracted from the Department of Defense, have attended the Data and Tech Futures Division summer cohort program where contracted current college, graduate students or interns get to apply data science, computer science and software development

  • Red Flag 23-3: Uniting U.S. Armed Forces

    Red Flag 23-3 has come to a close for more than 2,000 U.S. Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, Navy and Air National Guard that ran from July 17 to August 4. Although it started here, it concluded with multiple units dispersed to parts of Southern California.

  • Red Flag 23-3: Agile Combat Logistics Support

    The 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron exercised equipment coordination and movement between Nellis Air Force Base and various locations throughout Southern California in support of Red Flag 23-3.

  • 39-year-old Airman with doctorate arrives at AFTAC

    In October 2022, however, Flight 039 from Squadron 433 had a particularly unusual trainee report for BMT:  a 39-year-old former college professor with a Ph.D. in Kinesiology. Trainee Ryan Miskowiec reported for duty after temporarily saying goodbye to his wife and four children who remained in Baton

  • 23rd MDG hones mission readiness skills

    To enhance mission readiness, the 23rd Medical Group participated in exercise Ready Eagle at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia July 26-28, 2023.The three-day exercise aimed to not only test the Medical Group in their readiness, but also that of the first responders across the base.

  • Long awaited F-35 aircraft touch down at Tyndall

    As the Air Force continues to evolve by modernizing its capabilities and maintaining air superiority in an ever-changing global security landscape, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida has officially transitioned from an air dominance training mission to a fully combat capable F-35A Lightning II fighter

  • 173rd FW Instructor Pilot selected as newest Thunderbird demo pilot

    The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, known as the “Thunderbirds”, recently announced the latest addition to their team for the 2024-2025 season, Maj. Tyler Clark, a 173rd Fighter Wing instructor pilot and chief of scheduling, is the first Air National Guard fighter pilot selected

  • Edwards AFB Hosts U.S. Air Force Weapons School Capstone

    Edwards AFB hosted the Air Force Weapons School capstone recently. Dozens of combat aircraft assigned to the Weapons School participated in the extensive training event. The Weapons School trains tactical experts and leaders to control and exploit air, space and cyber on behalf of the joint force.

  • Air Force MQ-9 Reaper makes debut at Marine Corps exercise

    A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper participated in a Marine Corps Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) for the first time ever here from July 24-28, 2023, an event that saw joint cooperation between the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

  • Royal Air Force flies with 82nd Reconnaissance Squadron

    For over a decade, the U.S. Air Force and the United Kingdom Royal Air Force have been partnering together to enhance crew training, technology development, maintenance and aircrew co-manning. This year marks the first time an RAF flight lieutenant was integrated into the RC-135 Rivet Joint program.

  • ACC opens new Better Research Better Results Data Lab

    The Air Combat Command Directorate of Intelligence opened a new data lab, called the Better Research Better Results or BRBR Shop, July 20, 2023. The renovated building pays tribute to the previously housed barber shop, which now aims to enhance collaboration efforts both virtually and in-person with

  • Every day is International Day of Friendship at 16th Air Force

    International Day of Friendship is about building bridges between communities to inspire peace, a day celebrated on July 30, 2023. 16th Air Force continues to build bridges amongst our Allies and partners, and even provides them the opportunity to integrate directly into the organization’s

  • AOC FTU hosts ACC Joint Airspace Conference ‘23

    In conjunction with Air Combat Command Personnel Recovery and Joint Integration Division, the 505th Training Squadron hosted the Joint Airspace Conference June 27-28 at Hurlburt Field, Florida.  The conference, which addressed current and relevant joint and combatant command airspace issues and

  • 55th Operations Group establishes new detachment in Alaska

    In an effort to respond more quickly to long standing and ever-increasing combatant command and national intelligence requirements in the Indo-Pacific region, the 55th Operations Group Detachment 1 was recently established at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The new detachment will initially serve

  • Red Flag building receives an upgrade

    A six-year construction project is complete just in time for Red Flag 23-3, taking place here from July 17-August 4. With expanded square footage and an operational upgrade to building 201, the newest additions to the Red Flag headquarters exemplify how Nellis is bringing the future faster.

  • 12th ACCS flies last mission with KOMODO 1 crew

    After 27 years of decorated and dedicated service, the 12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron flew its last operational flight as KOMODO 1 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, on July 12, 2023.

  • Frontline Medicine: The 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron GST in Action

    Last month, Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron (EMDS) Ground Surgical Team (GST) had the opportunity to forward deploy to an undisclosed location, while focusing on providing medical care in austere environments and exposing the team to the logistics of traveling as a mobile

  • OPS Air Force; Moody hosts ROTC, USAFA cadets

    More than 80 U.S. Air Force Academy and Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from across the nation visited Moody Air Force Base, Ga. from June 21 to Aug. 5. Operation Air Force, the summer immersion program is designed to give visiting cadets a first-hand experience of the Air Force mission and

  • RS23 Space Team ACEs Space Deployment

    A coalition space team made history during exercise Resolute Sentinel 23, executing the first-ever defensive space control operation in U. S. Southern Command history and demonstrating the real-world impact of Agile Combat Employment operations for space.

  • Air Force announces the 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2023

    Air Force officials have selected the service’s top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2023 which includes Air Combat Command's Senior Airman Kostiantyn Khymchenko, from the 633rd Civil Engineering Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

  • Red Flag 23-3 kicks off at Nellis

    Southern Nevada residents may notice an increase in military aircraft activity from July 17 through August 4 as Nellis begins Red Flag 23-3. Red Flag is one of the U.S. Air Force’s largest combat training exercises. The 414th Combat Training Squadron hosts Red Flag with a mission to maximize the

  • Physical therapy ensures combat readiness

    The 4 OMRS physical therapy clinic at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, gives active duty service members the steps forward in order to recover in a safe, and effective manner after an injury or physical problem.

  • C-21 mission departs AUAB

    Marking the end of 32 years of operations in the Middle East, the C-21A Learjet took its last flight out of Air Forces Central's Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 30, 2023, setting course for its new home at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

  • 20th EMS exercises contingency breakout procedures

    The 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS) precision guided munitions (PGM) Airmen exercised contingency breakout procedures on live munitions at Shaw Air Force Base, June 27, 2023. The contingency breakout exercise simulated a rapid response force generation scenario to strengthen the Agile