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  • Spring is on its way!

    This spring the Air Force Safety Center introduces the #DAFRider video series giving riders another avenue to acquire skills, learn standards and build the rider mentality. The series is intended to help motorcycle riders with lessons learned and illicit ideas on riding topics to highlight

  • Combat communications vital to ABS, Lead Wing success

    The 35th Combat Communications Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, partnered with the 23rd Wing to provide rapid communications support for exercise Ready Tiger from Feb. 28 through March 4 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

  • Jolly Green II brings ACC’s CSAR mission into the future

    Air Combat Command’s newest Combat Search and Rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, will be fully operational in fall of 2021 to replace its predecessor, the HH-60G Pave Hawk, to better serve the personnel recovery mission in the future fight.

  • AFCENT strengthens partnerships during Joint Air Defense Exercise

    Service members from Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Army Central Command, coalition partners, and regional partner nations conducted Joint Air Defense Exercise 22-01, a theater-wide large-scale integrated air and missile defense exercise, Feb. 14-18,

  • 386th Medical Group: Helping service members thrive

    To remain healthy and fit to fight, the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group offers a variety of mental health services, including assessments, therapy and counseling for service members on base. The four-member mental health team consists of a clinical psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker,

  • “Repetition, diligence, focus,” Al Udeid improves readiness posture

    For four days, Feb. 14-17, and with the participation of coalition partners from the Royal Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force, personnel assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing transformed the modern-day saying “stay ready so you don’t have to get ready,” from a concept to reality during Grand

  • Combat Air Forces wings transform for future fight

    ACC is evolving its organizational structures, warfighting concept of operations, force presentation and generation models, and how it prepares its Airmen to ensure they are ready for a battlespace that is vastly different than what they have experienced over the past two decades.

  • RAAF participates in Exercise Lightning Spear 2021

    New F-35As from the Royal Australian Air Force’s No 77 Squadron participated in Exercise Lightning Spear 2021, a live-missile firing event supported by the 53rd Wing and Eglin Air Force Base.

  • More than just US; Tyndall supports international training missions

    The 308th Fighter Squadron traveled to Tyndall to finish six student pilots’ basic course training on the F-35A Lightning II as well as continue training programs for transitional students and instructor pilots. The 308th FS training organization is unique as it caters to both domestic and foreign

  • Team AUAB trains with QEAF fighters

    When someone thinks of firefighters, the first thing that comes to mind is a depiction of them saving kittens from a tree, Dalmatians, or riding in the iconic fire truck. United States Air Force firefighters, specifically the ones at Al Udeid Air Base, take on a lot more than one would think.

  • Multi-capable F-16 maintainers refuel multiple aircraft

    332d Air Expeditionary Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft maintainers recently epitomized the Multi-Capable Airman concept by refueling a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a hot-pit exercise in Southwest Asia, Feb. 5, 2022. These Airmen employed their new skills to hot-pit refuel a 384th

  • Intel provides Airmen the ‘why’

    The 23rd Wing implemented current intelligence briefs to multiple professional development seminars with the first one at Airman Leadership School, Jan. 31, 2022.

  • PSAB Physical Therapy team keeps Airmen fit to fight

    From bad backs to rolled ankles, injuries to service members inhibit the sustained combat operations here at Prince Sultan Air Base. By providing preventative and rehab care to service members deployed to the base, the PSAB physical therapy team is on the front lines in the battle against

  • Legion Pod reaches IOC

    The Air Force reached initial operating capability on its latest infrared search and track pod integrated on the F-15C Eagle, Jan. 21, 2022. The IRST pod, known as the Legion Pod, is a sensor that uses the infrared spectrum to help pilots to track and engage enemy aircraft in environments, where

  • ACC's Agile Combat Employment just got more AGILE

    Air Combat Command has made significant progress on a number of Agile Combat Employment initiatives, including the creation of an agile battle lab. As the command continues to anticipate changes and adapt to ACE concepts, innovation and integration has never been more important Air Combat Command

  • Search and Rescue: taking survival skillsets to new heights

    U.S. Air Force members from the 563rd Rescue Group forward deployed to Camp Navajo, Arizona, from Jan. 24-28, 2022, to complete cold weather survival training while implementing agile combat employment by operating and flying out of a contingency location at a higher elevation of about 7,100 feet.

  • Young F-35A maintainers benefitting from Red Flag experience

    Maintainers from the 421st Fighter Generation Squadron and the 419th FW's 466th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are currently deployed to Red Flag, the Air Force’s premier combat exercise. They are generating multiple F-35A sorties twice a day to support the exercise’s large, complex scenarios. For

  • 41 RGS begins first HH-60W phase inspection

    The 41st Rescue Generation Squadron began the first-ever phase inspection of an HH-60W Jolly Green II rescue helicopter Jan. 6, 2022. The roughly 42-day inspection will serve as preventative maintenance and reveal how well the Whiskey has stood up to its first 720 flight hours.

  • Moody’s AFREP enhances ACC combat capability

    Members of Moody’s Air Force Repair and Enhancement Program have been repairing seven gull fuel testers since October of last year. A gull fuel tester is a fuel systems appliance that analyzes the wiring within an aircraft for the fuel capacity and resistance, which mainly affects the indication

  • 700 ASUS brings back-up cloud to AOCs

    The 700th Air Support Squadron here is standing up an Air Force-owned and managed data back-up cloud service to support all of the service’s Air Operations Centers worldwide.Having a self-sustaining, AF-owned data back-up cloud is essential to the future fight, especially as cyber becomes

  • Red Flag-Nellis 22-1 kicks off with allied forces

    Nearly 100 aircraft and 3,000 personnel have arrived at Nellis Air Force Base to participate in the first Red Flag exercise of 2022. Aimed at providing realistic training and increasing combat effectiveness, the exercise will run from Jan. 24 to Feb. 11.

  • 55th Wing receives Lead Wing designation

    The 55th Wing is one of five Air Combat Command wings designated as a Lead Wing as Combat Air Forces transition to the Air Force Generation model. The goal of the Lead Wing is to increase a wing commander’s ability and speed in planning, synchronizing and executing operations in a contested

  • 388th Fighter Wing heads to Red Flag 22-1 as lead wing with F-35A

    Starting this week, the 388th Fighter Wing is serving as the lead wing at Red Flag, the Air Force’s premier combat exercise, which takes place at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, several times throughout the year. The 421st Fighter Squadron and 421st Fighter Generation Squadron, alongside Reservists

  • Air Combat Command Names Lead Wings 

    The commander of Air Combat Command has designated five units as Lead Wings as part of the combat air force’s transition to the service’s new force generation model. 

  • Team Moody activates 74, 75 FGS

    The 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron deactivated and the 74th and 75th Fighter Generation Squadrons activated at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Jan. 14, 2022.

  • New fitness components available to test takers on January 1, 2022

    All Air Combat Command (ACC) Airmen are now able to take the new Air Force Fitness Test Components as of January 1, 2022. The new components, announced earlier this year, are the Hand Release Push-Ups, Cross Leg Reverse Crunch, Plank and a High Aerobic Multi-Shuttle Run.

  • Mission Defense Team working to achieve IOC

    Franklin D. Kramer, former assistant secretary of defense, wrote in the Cyberpower and National Security publication that the United States must create an effective national and international strategic framework for the development and use of cyber as part of an overall national security

  • CSAF signs Agile Combat Employment doctrine note

    Working with experts across the service, the Curtis E. LeMay Center developed Air Force Doctrine Note 1-21, Agile Combat Employment, to serve as the foundation of ACE operational doctrine. It provides guidance for Airmen to rapidly innovate and generate discussion across the force to develop new

  • Airmen hand-paint F-35s for high-tech stealth

    With stealth designed in from Day One, the F-35 has an unmatched ability to evade enemy detection and enter contested airspace. The F-35’s aligned edges, reduced engine signature, internal carriage of weapons and fuel and embedded sensors all contribute to its unique stealth performance.

  • DAF authorizes pass for COVID booster

    “We strongly encourage all Airmen, Guardians, and DAF federal employees to receive a booster. As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, we need to do everything possible to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities—that means getting a booster,” said Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz

  • Saviors in the Skies

    Members of 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron tested their operational capabilities of in-air medical care for both service members and service animals by simulating treatment for a critical care patient, a surgical litter patient, and a military working dog.

  • Air Force operational C2 advisors provide more than just advice

    The U.S. Air Force’s senior advisors in the Operational Command Training Program, or OCTP, had a busy 2021, connecting the strategic-level Joint All Domain Command and Control, or JADC2, concept to operational-level command and control organizations.

  • Robins to begin retiring JSTARS

    The Air Force authorized Air Combat Command and the Georgia Air National Guard Dec. 6 to start divesting the E-8 JSTARS fleet beginning with four aircraft in fiscal year 2022.

  • F-15C Eagle Weapons School sunsets at Nellis

    The United States Air Force is continuing to modernize its future fighter force, and part of that evolution includes the sunset of the F-15C Eagle division of the United States Air Force Weapons School Weapons Instructor Course.

  • RSAF, USAF conduct combined operations in KSA

    In the desert skies above Taif’s King Fahad Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Airmen from the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing integrated with Royal Saudi Air Forces to execute a combined training exercise. Conducting combined air-to-air training, the exercise allowed both nations to further cultivate

  • Airborne Air Control; managing the battle space

    Checkered Flag 22-1, a large-force aerial exercise hosted by Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, provided over 90 fourth- and fifth-generation airframes from across the Department of Defense an opportunity to complete air-to-air combat missions over the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.A battle space this large

  • ACC Concludes Agile Combat Employment C3 Ops Rehearsal

    Airmen from Air Combat Command, United States Air Forces in Europe, Pacific Air Force and civilian counterparts came to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., to test technology and tactics during the Agile Combat Employment Command, Control and Communications Operations Rehearsal from Dec. 6-13, 2021. The

  • AFNORTH’s CAP takes flight to assist tornado recovery

    Air Forces Northern (AFNORTH)'s Civil Air Patrol aircrews are flying storm surveys to assist the National Weather Service and the Kentucky Emergency Management Agency in gauging the official intensities of the deadly tornadoes that ripped into the Midwest on Dec. 10.

  • Working at remaining resilient during the holidays

    Holidays are a time for traveling and preparing to spend time with families. This can be an exciting time, especially since COVID-19 has been keeping families apart, but for some, this is can be a really hard time to cope with since many may not be surrounded by loved ones.

  • Department of the Air Force releases COVID-19 policy

    The Department of the Air Force released its policy Dec. 8 outlining the way forward for Total Force military members serving in the Air Force and Space Force who have requested separation or retirement prior to Nov. 2, 2021, or whose COVID-19 medical exemption or religious accommodation was denied.

  • DoD Civilian Trio Backs ASAB with Vital Support

    Steven Liddy is the inspector general assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing IG, the first civilian to hold that title in an AEW. Liddy, along with two other civilians, Fernando Brown, the 386th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron community services flight commander and Thomas Bradley, the

  • Fueling the force with POL

    The 325th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s petroleum, oil and lubricants flight is a key element in Tyndall’s ability to project unrivaled combat airpower as they provide critical support and coordination for all missions.

  • 55th Fighter Generation Squadron return Viper into the fleet again

    November 9, 2021, was the three year anniversary since F-16 Viper 6084 hydroplaned during take-off, collapsed on the nose gear and skidded off the runway. While the pilot walked away unharmed, the same could not be said for the aircraft. With the depot being full, the 55th Fighter Generation

  • Sixteenth Air Force Chief looks to grow multi-capable warfighters

    Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth M. Bruce, Jr., Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) command chief visited Grand Forks Air Force Base on Dec. 7, 2021, to tour base facilities and various agencies around 319th Reconnaissance Wing and meet the Airmen and Guardians behind the uniform who keep the mission

  • A journey to a better state of mind

    Mental health has become an important conversation amongst U.S. military leaders across the globe. These invisible illnesses have affected many uniformed service personnel to include even the most senior-ranking members.

  • Offutt dog handler gets valuable training during his MWD’s surgery

    While deployed in Kuwait in May with his military working dog (MWD), Staff Sgt. Steven Ramirez of the 55th Wing Security Forces Squadron felt a lump on his dog’s torso. Lumen, a 7-year-old bomb-sniffing dog, didn’t appear to be in any physical pain but Ramirez took him to see the veterinarian for an

  • PSAB’s 378th EMXS hosts integrated hot pit training

    Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, recently traveled to Prince Sultan Air Base to take part in an integrated hot-pit training with Airmen from the 378th EMXS. Designed to expand the scope and lethality of the Air Force’s wartime capabilities, 379th

  • 20th MDG improves partner squadron readiness

    Beginning in October 2018, the Air Force started embedding Airman Resiliency Teams of medical support Airmen into heavy workload and high pressure units to increase operator readiness. The 20th Medical Group has assumed the responsibility of enabling the teams embedded into the 25th Attack Group by

  • Mosaic Tiger 22-1 highlights ACE in austere locations

    Although the Mosaic Tiger 22-1 exercise operated mainly from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, its success would not have been possible without simulated contingency locations. Among many things, this Lead-Wing exercise tested the ability of purpose-built rescue and attack assets to conduct operations

  • Defenders: Protecting the mission

    When entering an Air Force installation, the first encounter will be with a Security Forces Defender, guarding the base and monitoring who enters the installation. Although Defenders are seen checking credentials, their duties do not end there.

  • 461st ACNS equips JSTARS to support DoD warfighting mission

    The 461st Air Control Networks Squadron with the 461st Air Control Wing provides the necessary means for the E-8C JSTARS aircraft to communicate with other agencies and branches through secure transmissions and give them the ability to navigate while in flight.

  • 388th OSS enhancing combat capability by taking on F-35A software

    Communications Airmen in the 388th Operations Support Squadron recently completed a combat training exercise successfully testing the first all-military support for the F-35A Lightning II’s Autonomic Logistics Information System. In the 388th Fighter Wing, the job of creating the first Air Force

  • Athletic trainers keep pilots in seat

    The 20th Operations Group has implemented Air Combat Command’s new Optimizing the Human Weapons System program across Shaw’s three combat fighter squadrons, providing targeted care to 20th Fighter Wing aircrew.

  • Seymour Johnson leads the way in Razor Talon

    Exercise Razor Talon is a quarterly Agile Combat Employment and large-force composite exercise that allows the Air Force to train in a fully-developed threat scenario environment with joint and combined warfighters across multiple domains. The Fourth Fighter Wing led the 4th quarter iteration of

  • Lightning Technician Program Airmen Complete Validation Exercise

    The 388th Maintenance Group completed a validation and verification exercise of its Lightning Technician Program last week. The Lightning Technician Program (LTP) is a section within the 421st Fighter Generation Squadron that is comprised of 48 multi-capable Airmen from five different AFSCs. LTP

  • Checkered Flag 22-1 comes to a close at Tyndall

    U.S. Airmen, Sailors and Department of Defense contractors and civilians participated in Checkered Flag 22-1 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 8-19, 2021. Checkered Flag, hosted by the 325th Fighter Wing, is one of the DoD’s largest air-to-air exercises and serves to integrate fourth- and

  • SFS practices expeditionary skills in joint training

    The 20th Security Forces Squadron conducted a two-day joint exercise focusing on expeditionary skills at McCrady Training Center. To provide a unique approach to the exercise, SFS coordinated with the South Carolina Army National Guard to provide transportation to the training area in a UH-60

  • F-15E’s take part in Dual Capable Aircraft NucWSEP

    F-15E Strike Eagles from Air Combat Command participated in Dual Capable Aircraft Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., earlier this fall. As part of the “4+1” future fighter plan, the F-15E provides a complimentary tie from fourth-generation DCA platforms with

  • Prime BEEF exercise develops agile, multi-capable Airmen at Nellis

    In steps to innovate and modernize the Department of Defense, approximately 200 Airmen assigned to the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Prime Base Engineer Emergency Forces participated in an Agile Combat Employment exercise Nov. 8-10, 2021, at Camp Cobra in Area II of Nellis Air Force Base.

  • Winter's beauty can be deadly

    As winter approaches, days are colder, snow begins to fall and the calmness of the season can be anticipated; however, the season can also bring stress, anxiety, frustration and constant fatigue when thoughts turn to the holidays and the multitude of activities that comes with them.

  • Airpower starts with Airmen

    Leadership from the 355th Maintenance Group recently came up with a course designed to help A-10C Thunderbolt II maintainers at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 16-21, 2021.

  • 20th Fighter Wing immerses FAIPs in combat mission

    Air Combat Command First Assignment Instructor Pilots familiarization initiative exposes FAIPs to the Viper mission at Shaw Air Force Base. This immersion gives FAIP a look into the flying aspect of the mission and showed them what future operational pilots can expect if they are assigned the F-16.

  • U.S., Bulgarian aircrews “ACE” Castle Forge together

    Green-suited men and women emerge from open cockpits, their yellow helmet visors flashing against the sun’s rays. Others scurry to tend the F-15E Strike Eagles, tools in hand. Rock music blares across hot concrete. There are smiles all around.All this can only mean one thing: the “Rocketeers” of the

  • Tyndall’s Checkered Flag; promoting air dominance

    The skies over Bay and Gulf Counties are busy as personnel and aircraft from across the country have come to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, for Checkered Flag 22-1 which runs Nov. 8 through Nov. 19, 2021. Checkered Flag is one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises,

  • 319 LRS trains multi-capable Airmen

    The 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron held a training exercise on Oct. 16 and Oct. 18, 2021, to enhance squadron readiness. The two-part exercise employed the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept, which focuses on growing multi-capable Airmen that can accomplish tasks outside of their career field

  • Gunfighters Maintain Mission Readiness in Gunslinger 21-06

    Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho completed their Phase II Exercise, Gunslinger 21-06 on Oct. 25-29, 2021. Members from across the 366th Fighter Wing completed their second Phase II exercise this month, to test each functional area’s capability and readiness during war operations through simulated

  • 388th MUNS tailors munitions course to F-35A

    Airmen in the 388th Fighter Wing have created the first combat-coded F-35A Combat Munitions Training course to keep ammo troops familiar with every weapon in the Lightning II’s arsenal. The 388th Munitions Squadron is responsible for receiving, storing, building and transporting weapons to the

  • Moody Hosts 505th CCW for C2 Training

    Moody's 23rd Wing is fully embracing the lead-wing concept through its adoption of an A-staff and is working to apply that concept in accordance with the command and control framework.

  • DM held Combat Rescue Officer Phase II Screener

    DM recently held the CRO Phase II Screener for the first time, October 2021, where 16 members from various Air Force career fields, both officers and enlisted, and cadets from multiple Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Detachments, the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy West Point.

  • Airfield Management; providing a safe and effective airfield

    The Airmen of the 325th Operations Support Squadron airfield management flight are a part of the foundation of total air dominance. Tyndall is home to the Weapons System Evaluation Program East and Checkered Flag, both Department of Defense exercises held regularly to ensure DoD assets are prepared

  • 84th RADES optimizes TPS-75, AF’s primary ground deployable radar

    The Control and Reporting Center team at the 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, evaluated the U.S. Air Force's primary ground deployable radar, the TPS-75 at the Oregon Air National Guard's 116th Air Control Squadron, Camp Rilea, Oregon, Sept. 7 – 24.

  • Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

    U.S. Air Force tactical air control party (TACP) Airmen deployed to the 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers (JFOs) in-training, and the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Task Group Typhoon

  • Seymour Johnson maintainers keep jets, alliances ready at Castle Forge

    Since Oct. 6, F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, have been thundering over the Black Sea region alongside allies from the Bulgarian, Greek, and Romanian air forces. This multinational operation, Castle Forge, is all