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  • AF Rolls Out Beta Test to Help Meet Airmen's Wellness Needs

    Task Force True North (TFTN) is a Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force-chartered effort to enhance Airman and family well-being, increase resilience, and decrease negative outcomes (suicide, sexual assault, domestic violence and workplace violence). The Task Force underscores the Air Force’s

  • 99th MDG: The backbone of DoD spine surgery

    As one of the more limited Air Force Medical Service specialties, orthopedic spine surgery has only three authorized surgeons in the entire Department of Defense, two of whom are now on the team at Nellis Air Force Base.The 99th Medical Group successfully completed its first set of orthopedic spine

  • Resilient kids, ready Airmen

    One thing Airmen worry about when they deploy is the well-being of their family, especially children who may have a hard time coping with the challenges that come with a parent’s deployment.The impact of deployment on children is a key component of Airmen readiness. Knowing their family is well

  • Her last goodbye

    “The worst part of it all was just thinking about what she was thinking in those final moments as she was standing in the bathroom all alone, and I can’t imagine just how lonely she must’ve felt.”

  • Three ways to protect your health through preventive care

    August is Preventive Health Month — an ideal time to address your health. Preventive health helps you to identify and address health issues before they worsen. Practicing it protects you and your family from disease and illness. Preventive health for you may also mean finding ways to fit more

  • Honoring our roots: Offutt family returns

    On Aug. 13, 2018, one hundred years, to the day of his passing, generations of Lt. Jarvis Offutt decedents gathered around his grave, white roses in hand. In their company were members of the 55th Wing, who call Offutt Air Force Base home, members of the Royal Air Force 56 Squadron, the unit Lt.

  • STEM bus brings science to life at Mountain Home AFB

    The base Youth Center partnered with the Micron STEM Bus to bring the world of science, technology, engineering and math to base children.STEM is an area of focus that looks to prepare children for educational opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The STEM

  • Nursing in uniform made easy

    As the military continues to adapt to women in service, it is also making changes for mothers.Air Force mothers who choose to breastfeed their bundles of joy can wear Air Force Instruction approved undershirts in their Airman Battle Uniform or Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform.

  • Lt. Shaw: 100 years later

    Long before the plot of land that is now Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, became a pre-World War II auxillary air field, its namesake departed for a mission into the hostile German sky, never to return to his family.

  • Walking Parkinson’s Path

    As a veteran from the Vietnam War, his father placed the blame on himself. He had seen studies showing Parkinson’s being passed down genetically from chemicals he had been exposed to during the war. But his son, disagreed pointing out sometimes there is no reason, and it wasn’t his fault.

  • JISP prioritizes JBLE safety, juvenile dependent rehabilitation

    In general, juvenile dependent misconduct on the installation can fall into a legal ‘no man’s land.’ Their actions do not fall under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and local Magistrate Court programs handle misconduct committed by adult civilians. Which is why Col. Sean Tyler, the 633rd Air

  • Siblings sworn to serve

    Family lineage unveiled a career path for a pair of siblings raised in a military household. Traveling from post to post, their father, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, set a precedence for service before self. With a family history tracing back to the American Revolution, military service

  • Col George Day advanced to the rank of brigadier general

    Medal of Honor recipient Col. George “Bud” Day was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general during a Heritage to Horizons summer concert series at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, June 8, 2018.

  • A family legacy: 65 years in the making

    As he rolled open his desk drawer to reveal a military patch once worn by his father, Maj. Phillip’s gaze lingered on the 432nd Tactical Fighter Wing emblem in his grasp. His eyes seemed to search for the memories woven between the black and maroon threads before setting it down next to his

  • RAF Warrant Officer leads renovation of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt’s grave

    The recent restoration of 1st Lt. Jarvis Offutt’s grave was sparked when a Royal Air Force Rivet Joint specialist, assigned to RAF Waddington’s 56 Squadron visited his grave to pay respects to the former squadron member in December 2017, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Nebraska. Offutt had been a

  • 93d AGOW welcomes new commander

    The Battlefield Airmen of the 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing (AGOW) welcomed Col. Paul Birch and said farewell to Col. Jeffrey Valenzia during a change of command ceremony May 23.Maj. Gen. Scott J. Zobrist, 9th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony, offering remarks on what Valenzia has

  • Keep the safety momentum going strong all summer

    Since starting the Quest for Zero campaign in 2014, we’ve seen an approximate 30% reduction in occupational on-the-job injuries. My hope for this summer is that we carry that safety momentum over into the fun and relaxing off-duty activities we participate in with friends and family. An even better

  • Still Serving: Air Force veteran trades uniform for new attire

    Less than two percent of the U.S. population serves within the armed forces. They raise their right hand and swear an oath to serve the country they love. They wear the uniform with pride and fulfill their commitment with honor. When their service to their nation has ended, many re-enter the

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Air Force Assistance Fund begins 45th year of helping Airmen, families

    The 2018 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign has begun and runs through May 4. Air Force bases worldwide participate in the AFAF campaign, which raises money for charities that support Air Force active-duty members, Guardsmen and Reservists as well as spouses, immediate family members and veterans.

  • AFTAC Hockey Team receives special Congressional recognition

    Before the anthem was sung and the puck dropped at center ice, Airmen from the Air Force Technical Applications Center hockey team were recognized by a member of Congress for their charitable fundraising efforts at a game versus Florida Institute of Technology March 24.Rob Medina, Director of

  • Memorial celebrates fallen CRO

    More than 1,000 Airmen, family and friends gathered to say their final goodbyes and honor the life of Capt. Mark Weber during a memorial service, March 21, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga.Weber, a Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) with the 38th Rescue Squadron (RQS), was killed in helicopter crash in Anbar

  • 334th FS shows it has GUTS

    A trip to the hospital the day before couldn’t slow him down. He woke before the sun, nudged his parents awake and was ready to get the day started. He knew adventure lie ahead and he was determined to change the narrative of how the past few months had gone for him.For Dylan Bolles-Prasse, the

  • A-10 pilots make wish come true

    When one 15-year-old, was asked to make a wish to be anything and go anywhere the answer was simple --“I want to be a Flying Tiger.”Pilots from the 23d Fighter Group embraced Jared Storey, who is terminally ill with Osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, as an honorary A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot,

  • Airman soars to new heights with Air Force Honor Guard

    Airmen are called to serve in a range of ways.In one facet of service, the United States Air Force Honor Guard ensures a legacy of Airmen who protect the standards, perfect the image and preserve the heritage at the highest echelon of professionalism.On the other side of the spectrum- Battlefield

  • Vet Clinic provides care for MWDs, family pets

    When a Military Working Dog (MWD) or a service members pet has a health issue where do you take it?One option would be Moody’s veterinary treatment facility (VTF), whose mission is dedicated to caring for the 24 K-9s assigned to 23d Security Forces Squadron as well as pets owned by base members.

  • Airman becomes voice for caregivers

    Her phone vibrates and a ringtone blares as she receives a video call from her husband. Excitement quickly turned to panic as his anxious face and energy projected through the screen. She listens, baffled and worried as he explained he was lost within the familiar surroundings of the town they had

  • Recognizing women who continue to inspire Airmen

    Col. Scott Grover, 366th Maintenance Group commander, and members of the base community participated in a cake cutting and recognition ceremony during International Women’s Day March 8th.

  • Zara Strong: Father gives daughter second chance at life

    “They said I was her best option of survival, but in fact I was the only option.”Overcome by emotions, reality hit Tech Sgt. Jean “Jay” Fleurantin like a ton of bricks when even his own bone marrow would only give his 13-year-old daughter, Zara, a 40 percent chance to beat Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

  • AF, Navy baseball teams square off for 2018 Freedom Classic

    Nearly 50 Airmen attending James C. Binnicker Airman Leadership School at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, hold the flag Feb. 24, 2018, while four F-15E Strike Eagles fly over Grainger Stadium in Kinston, North Carolina, during the national anthem before game two of the Freedom

  • Continuing the legacy: father, son stationed together

    DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz., -- Since the U.S. Air Force’s establishment in 1947, sons and daughters have followed in their parents’ footsteps to serve their country. Rarely, though, do they get the opportunity to serve alongside each other.Following in his father’s footsteps, U.S. Air Force

  • Children's Dental Health Month: What parents need to know

    February is Children’s Dental Health Month and parents need to know what to look out for to make sure their children have great dental health.Teaching children about taking care of their teeth can be challenging, but it’s important to ensure a good foundation for building lifelong habits of oral

  • Staying safe during flu season

    Over the last couple months, the flu has hit more and more people throughout the U.S. and with the peak of the season only about halfway through, the 325th Medical Group is reminding people to take precautions to stay safe.

  • Heritage Flight to bring airpower to Super Bowl LII

    While many families, friends and football fans gather to watch Super Bowl LII, members of the U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight are scheduled to visit Minnesota to represent the Air Force during the event.

  • Blended Military Retirement System to take effect Jan. 1

    One of the most wide-reaching and significant changes to military pay and benefits over the last 70 years goes into effect Jan. 1, 2018, with the implementation of the Uniformed Services Blended Retirement System, known as BRS.

  • AFTAC civilian returns to duty after Hurricane Maria relief efforts

    “They have no power, no running water, limited transportation, little food, and the damage is unimaginable.”Those are the words of Claudette Wells, an acquisition program manager for the Air Force Technical Applications Center here, speaking about the citizens of St. Croix, a U.S. territory. Wells

  • AFTAC names lab after ‘giant’ of nuclear forensics

    The Air Force Technical Applications Center dedicated its research laboratory in Colorado after a pioneer of gas analysis techniques at a ceremony held Oct. 24, 2017.Formerly known as Operating Location GT, the Harkins Laboratory Complex was officially named after Michael Harkins, a nuclear engineer

  • Defying odds: An Airman’s focused journey

    It is 5 a.m. and the sun has yet to rise on a chilly morning where all that can be heard are the crickets chirping at the Main Fitness Center at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Inside, however, the clacking and grunts of those pushing their bodies to their limits fills the room as Staff Sgt.

  • Veterans, Airmen congregate during Safeside Reunion

    Vietnam and Desert Storm veterans came together to bond with the new generation of Safeside members. The three-day event consisted of a memorial service for fallen Safeside members, a current capabilities demonstration and a golf tournament.

  • Air Force diabetes prevention program shows promising results

    With 1 in 3 Americans at risk for diabetes, researchers and health professionals at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center in San Antonio, found it critical to implement and test the Group Lifestyle Balance program. The GLB program is a diabetes prevention program that was originally developed

  • Re-designated 23d Maintenance Squadron continues legacy

    Approximately 800 Airmen from the 23d Component and Equipment Maintenance Squadrons merged to become the 23d Maintenance Squadron, Air Combat Command’s second largest maintenance squadron, during a re-designation ceremony, Nov. 9, here. As these Airmen stood in formation behind unfurled guidons,

  • Korean War veterans reunite for one last hoorah

    A reunion is held for this association every year at different bases around the states.This year, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina had the privilege to host the final official reunion for the group, Oct. 26-28, 2017.

  • Pilot takes familial flight path

    On a windy desert flightline, history nearly repeats itself, and the son of an F-16 pilot receives a glimpse of his father’s past life.

  • Vegas Strong: Airmen and families support victims of shooting

    After the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, the Las Vegas community was left saddened and distraught, but not broken. Airmen from Nellis and Creech Air Force Base sprang into action to help on the domestic battlefield, doing all they could to help victims, their families and their beloved

  • 23d CES speaks up for pets, helps prepare owners

    Members of the 23d Civil Engineer Squadron, along with the American Red Cross, held a National Preparedness Month event, Sept. 23, here.The event revolved around the 23d CES handing out free items to spread awareness about how pet owners can better prepare if a disaster hits.

  • Gold Star survivors are part of Air Force family tree

    Gold Star families are survivors of military service members who lost their lives during armed hostilities, including deployments in support of military operations against an enemy and/or during an international terrorist attack.

  • Air Force Marathon celebrates 70th birthday, community

    Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures welcomed approximately 13,500 runners and walkers from all 50 states and 16 foreign countries to take part in the 21st annual U.S. Air Force Marathon at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Sept. 16, 2017.Gen. Ellen

  • Hero saves newborn minutes from death

    After severe weather left many with property damage and even more without power, a patient missing an appointment might have been easily overlooked.But for Senior Airman Taylor Scherff, 55th Medical Group Pediatric Clinic medical technician, something didn’t sit right. She knew she couldn’t wait for

  • Loadmaster services C-130’s for three decades

    Three decades ago, when an 18-year-old young man joined the Air Force with dreams of being a machinist, he like many other civilians, was nervous from not knowing what to expect as he entered the basic training grounds.As he trembled at the voice and sight of his military training instructor,

  • Moving toward preparedness

    September is National Preparedness Month, and this year’s overarching theme, according to www.ready.gov, is “Disasters Don’t Plan Ahead. You Can.” Each week of the month is dedicated to a specific preparedness-based theme, providing service members and their families the skills needed to remain

  • Living on-base or off, Air Force highly recommends renters insurance

    Airmen and their families leasing or renting housing on or off the installation need to be aware of the importance of renters insurance. Unforeseen fires, floods, theft or accidents can occur in anyone’s residence and Airmen need to understand the importance of protecting their families from

  • Safety's back in school

    If there’s anything I’ve learned as a new mom it’s that if you have kids, you can say goodbye to being on schedule for anything, ever again. My mornings are anything but smooth sailing, but I’ve gotten it down to a science to be at work on time. The only thing that can stop me… those bright yellow

  • Colonel promotes wife, performs last official duty in AF before retiring

    Family is often an integral part of military promotion ceremonies. Spouses, children, parents, siblings and other relatives witness the time-honored ceremony and take part in the tradition of pinning or tacking on the next rank. For Col. Kristine B. Smith, 710th Combat Operations Squadron deputy

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • Cousins climb through AF ranks together

    “If he was a plumber, I would’ve been one too.”He always idolized his older cousin, he was the one that taught him how to ride a bike and how to swim. So when he watched him leave for the Air Force, he knew that was what he was going to do one day.Although separated by miles, their relationship

  • 2017 marks milestones for AF, 4 FW, 911 ARS

    This year marks a significant milestone for the U.S. Air Force. The youngest branch of the armed forces will turn 70, Sept. 18. The Air Force became an independent and separate service from the Army when President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947. The act also created the

  • Air Force salutes ‘Flying Tiger’ after 75 year journey home

    Blood is thicker than water. For the family of an American Volunteer Group pilot killed in a 1941 training accident in Burma, it ran the Pacific Ocean and spurred a search lasting until his remains reached Kansas 75 years later. John Dean Armstrong, a Hutchinson, Kan. native, was buried Saturday,

  • Air Force mitigates online harassment, provides tips

    With the tap of a keyboard, people can post their immediate thoughts to social networking websites—whether it’s good, bad or ugly.Without time to “think it through”, users risk hurting their career and others with defamatory comments or by overstepping their boundaries when sending private messages.

  • Key spouse gives back

    Behind every good Airman is a great support system. Meredith, a key spouse of the 17th Attack Squadron, not only cares for her husband, an MQ-9 Reaper pilot but also works for spouses married to military members across Creech and Nellis Air Force Bases. She serves as an In Gear Career Nevada chapter

  • Wings over Wayne 17 Air Show wows spectators

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base hosted a two-day, free, Wings Over Wayne Air Show, May 20-21, 2017. The event featured more than 20 acts, including demonstrations by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, a 4th Fighter Wing 75th Anniversary review flight and more.The air show

  • America's Armed Forces Kids fun run 2017

    The Youth and Teen Center hosted the Art Blast color run 5K and the America’s Armed Forces Kids fun run on May 20, 2017 at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.“The turnout was amazing,” said Harry Miller, the 49th Force Support Squadron Youth Sports Director.  “In addition to the large number of adults

  • Nellis participates in Pathway from Poverty

    More than 150 volunteers from around the community gathered J.E. Manch and Zel & Mary elementary schools May 12 with one common goal; build a garden for students and their families to sustain healthy relationships and diets.

  • The Pillars IV - Personal Growth

    Whether active-duty Air Force, civilian or contractor, life happens, and you can’t always be prepared for it. An important part of making daily Air Force missions happen is ensuring Airmen are ready for what life hands them. During this podcast, Chaplain (Maj.) Jim Bridgham, wing chaplain, and Capt.

  • National Police Week: Defenders remember fallen

    The 633rd Security Forces Squadron hosted a National Police Week opening ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, May 15, 2017. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726, designating May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week.

  • Photography-- An escape for Holloman Airman

    From a young age, David Long has been interested in photography. It was not until his Afghan deployment that David picked up his camera and continued his passion from where he left off as a younger man. Today, Master Sgt. David Long, the 54th Fighter Group staff F-16 base engine manager, uses

  • Airmen share lives at first Creech Storytellers

    Emotions ran high as four Airmen shared their personal stories of overcoming adversity with Airmen from around the base during the first Storytellers event here, May 10, 2017. More than 200 Creech personnel packed the auditorium to connect with the storytellers and learn experience in their

  • Former 70th ISRW Key Spouse receives commission as USAF 2nd Lt.

    Wife, mother to four, microbiologist and key spouse are just a few titles Christie holds, but she recently added a new title to her list. The wife of Capt. Samuel, 7th Intelligence Squadron, 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Fort Meade, received her commission as a 2nd

  • Airman serves as full-time mom

    There I was staring down at those eight letters that later changed my life forever. Pregnant. I was overcome by a flood of emotions, excited but terrified at the same time. Is this a dream? How will this affect my future? Am I ready?I had only felt like this once before in my life, when I enlisted