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  • 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 changes being made to the numbered Air Force, based

  • 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. (Robert) Yates (27th Fighter Wing commander) told me Get

  • 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. Jones, 116th Operations Group commander, Robins

  • 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 Dr. George Carlson, struck a power line near the

  • 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 center, noticed an envelope with questionable markings.

  • 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, said General Hornburg. The Air Force has needed

  • 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 aircrafts pitch commands during a nose-high unusual

  • 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 have not attended PME to apply for a waiver

  • 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 already been in these higher positions for months or

  • 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 included a short segment with an Air Force face
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