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    ACC to conduct experiment testing agility and lead wing concepts during AGILE FLAG 21-1

    Air Combat Command will conduct an experiment known as Agile Flag 21-1 from Oct. 21-29 to test agile combat employment and a new lead wing deployment concept. During Agile Flag 21-1, the 366th Fighter Wing from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, will test its ability to deploy as a lead Air Expeditionary Wing with a wing-level air staff. The unit will employ mission generation, command and control, and base operating support elements from its main operating base at Tyndall AFB, Florida, while supporting a forward operating base at Hurlburt Field, Florida, and a contingency location at Eglin AFB, Florida.
  • A male Airman faces the back of an MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft underneath an aircraft sunshade. The Airman is holding a walkie talkie in his right hand, and close to his face. The Airman's back is to the camera and his front is lit by a bright light. Four maintenance Airmen are working on the aircraft.

    DoD activates MQ-9s for imagery support in wildland fire fighting

    At the request of the National Interagency Fire Center and upon approval by the DoD, U.S. Northern Command Airmen at the 432nd Wing activated to support efforts to fight the California wildland fires.
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    IPAP application season open through Jan 2021

    The Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP) is accepting applications through January 22, 2021 from active duty enlisted and officer service members interested in caring for Airmen, Space professionals and their families.
  • Airmen stand out on the flightline awaiting deployment.

    Gamblers deploy ‘double’ downrange

    Airmen assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron and 77th Fighter Generation Squadron deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.
  • Ramp service technicians assigned to the 437th Aerial Port Squadron load a mobile field hospital onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 19, 2020. Aircrew assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron transported the large mobile hospital to Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 19, where it will be used to support the Caribbean nation’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation, made on behalf of the American people, cost $753,000 and is part of U.S. Southern Command’s ongoing assistance to nations responding to the global pandemic in the Caribbean and Latin America funded by the command’s Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP). The command has also delivered mobile field hospitals to Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic and, in total, will donate 24 field hospitals to 11 countries. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Lance Valencia)

    U.S. Air Force Transports Large Field Hospital to Jamaica Donated by Southcom to Support Island’s COVID-19 Response

    A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft transported a large mobile field hospital from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., to Kingston, Jamaica in the Air Force South AOR on Sept. 19, where it will be donated to healthcare providers and used to support the Caribbean nation’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • A member of the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) air traffic control tower directs aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 24, 2020. A letter of agreement was recently implemented between the U.S., QEAF and Qatar Civil Aviation Authority to better work together to ensure safe air space operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)

    AUAB, Qatar sign agreement on air space operations

    An Air Traffic Control Letter of Agreement was signed by U.S. personnel, the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) and Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) to better work together to ensure safe air space operations at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
  • A Special Tactics Airman with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron fires an M4 carbine during Jaded Thunder at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 20, 2018.

    Special Tactics unit surpasses 6,900 days combating war in Middle East

    For the men and women of the 17th Special Tactics Squadron, since their initial response to the GWOT there have been no breaks in deployments and combat operations for over 6900 days in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, FREEDOM’S SENTINEL and RESOLUTE SUPPORT. In order to be welcomed into the Special Tactics community, aspiring conventional TACP Airmen undergo a harrowing week-long assessment at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The assessment is designed to test the candidates limits and determine if they have what it takes to join the ranks within ST. Candidates are then are hand-selected into the 17th STS. For anyone wanting more information on how to join the 17th Special Tactics Squadron, email SDScreening@jdi.socom.mil
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    Gen. Mark Kelly takes command of ACC

    Service members of Air Combat Command welcomed their new commander during a change of command ceremony Aug. 28 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Gen. Mark Kelly took command from Gen. Mike Holmes during a ceremony presided over by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. who shared some words of encouragement to Kelly and highlighted his accomplishments.
  • Lt. Gen. being Promotion to General

    Lt. Gen. Kelly pins fourth Star

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. promoted Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, incoming commander of Air Combat Command, to the rank of general during a promotion ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, August 28, 2020. This promotion comes after a 34-year Air Force career and following his assignment as the deputy chief of staff operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
  • Major General Chad Franks assumes command of the 15th Air Force

    Fifteenth Air Force activates, consolidates ACC’s conventional forces

    Fifteenth Air Force activated Aug. 20, integrating wings and direct reporting units from 12th Air Force and Ninth Air Force to form a new numbered air force responsible for generating and presenting Air Combat Command’s conventional forces.
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