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  • Air Operation Squadron Change of Command

    Lt. Col. Patricia Nadeau assumed command of Air Combat Command’s Air Operations Squadron from Lt. Col. Joshua “Otter” Blakeman during a change of command ceremony on May 18, 2023.

  • AOC FTU augments Austere Challenge 2023

    The 505th Training Squadron sent air operations center subject matter experts to Ramstein Air Base to support U.S. European Command’s execution of exercise Austere Challenge 2023 from May 5 - 12 to practice coordinating a response to a fictional major crisis.

  • HH-60W brings rescue to new heights

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base received the first of its new HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters in May 2023 as the wing continues developing and fortifying their Airmen for tomorrow’s fight.

  • The life and death of WSEP missiles

    Tyndall Air Force Base is one of the select few locations in the U.S. Department of Defense where weapons system testing with live-fire missiles is a regular activity. Tyndall’s prime access to the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (EGOMEX) provides aircraft of all shapes and sizes with an airspace large

  • Sharing the love and thunder: F-35A Lightning Mission

    In preparation for the incoming F-35A Lightning II fighter mission, local civic leaders and Airmen from Team Tyndall had the unique opportunity to tour the Lockheed Martin F-35 production facility in Fort Worth Dallas, Texas, April 26, 2023. No matter the installation, community support is vital to

  • Recruiters enlist Raptor for Twin Cities rock tour

    The unchanging horizon moves by slowly on an April morning as the Heartland of America Band’s two-vehicle convoy traverses the midwestern landscape of Iowa enroute to Minneapolis, where the band’s rock ensemble will rendezvous with area recruiters for a four-day concert series at local colleges and

  • Victory in Europe Day pioneered 16th Air Force’s missions

    Today, marks the end of World War II in Europe, a day that is known as Victory in Europe or V-E Day. Celebrations rang out around the world following the U.S. and Allies formally accepting Nazi Germany’s surrender on May 8, 1945.

  • U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors deter aggression over Baltic skies

    U.S. Air Force fifth-generation fighters supporting NATO Allied Air Command’s Air Shielding mission along the Eastern Flank executed an Agile Combat Employment deployment to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, May 8, 2023, to deter aggression in the Baltic Sea region.

  • Grand Forks team takes small UAS program to new heights

    U.S. Air Force leaders say small drones are now one of the top threats faced in combat environments. The airmen of Grand Forks Air Force Base are meeting this threat through innovation, forward thinking and embodying what it means to be ‘combat ready.’

  • ACC SG hosts post-nuclear training exercise

    Air Combat Command’s Office of the Surgeon General recently hosted a three-day post-nuclear training exercise in which Airmen from the 187th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 633rd Civil Engineering Squadron, 192nd Civil Engineering Squadron and the 633rd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron learned

  • FY22 DAF Annual Safety Awards Released

    Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt has released the recipients for the fiscal year 2022 Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards, as well as the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Awards. Winners named include Air Combat Command's

  • Whiskey inbound

    The 55th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base received their first HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter, also known as the whiskey model, May 3, 2023.

  • Engineering the spectrum

    After years of hard study, people reach their goal and earn a college degree. Many people consider this as one of the sweetest moments in life, a culmination of hard work and commitment that for many people began in their teens. But now comes the big question: What do you do after college? For many

  • AASAB launches its first-ever MCA program

    The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing kicked off its first ever multi-capable Airmen training program, April 24, to provide Airmen from across the wing the opportunity to learn key functions of various career fields outside of their primary Air Force Specialties. The goal of this training was to enhance

  • Security Forces Qualification Course

    The Security Forces Qualification Course is a standardized firearms training event that was developed and tested over the course of a full year at 15 different bases, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

  • US, Belgian Forces forecast weather together during Southern Strike

    Airmen assigned to the 4th Operations Support Squadron weather flight worked hand-in-hand with a Belgian Air Force weather forecaster to understand similarities and differences between their processes during exercise Southern Strike 2023, April 17 to 28, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training

  • Mississippi Guard hosts Southern Strike exercise

    The U.S. Air Force’s newest concepts, Agile Combat Employment, is the focus of the Southern Strike 2023 exercise at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center. F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, supported the large-scale, joint and international

  • ACC wins Readiness Challenge IX

    Airmen representing Air Combat Command and the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron from Nellis Air Force Base took the title at Readiness Challenge IX, the Department of the Air Force’s annual civil engineer skills competition, April 24 to 28.

  • 319th RW hosts first Combat Lifesaver course

    Approximately 30 personnel including airmen from the 319th Medical Group; 319th Security Forces Squadron; soldiers from Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, North Dakota Army National Guard and a member from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection joined to complete a

  • SLR: creating new legacy

    New developments in Satellite Launch and Recovery (SLR) and Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) are underway at the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing to revamp remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) operations.

  • No power, no problem: preparing for the unexpected

    As part of a Department of the Air Force initiative to ensure base operations remain smooth despite a power outage, an Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise (ERRE) took place here April 5, 2023. Creech is one of only five Air Force bases that will conduct an ERRE for Fiscal Year 2023, as mandated by

  • First E-11A BACN arrives at Robins

    An E-11A BACN, Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, arrived on April 24, 2023, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The arrival of the first BACN, often pronounced bacon, established one of the four new mission sets coming to Robins AFB, and falls under the newly activated 18th Airborne Command

  • Additional Strike Eagles arrive to aid Kadena Eagle phased return

    U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from the 391st Fighter Squadron out of Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on April 22, 2023, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the phased return of Kadena’s fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the U.S.

  • 332d Air Expeditionary Wing participates in mass casualty training exercise

    The 332d Expeditionary Medical Squadron recently planned and executed a base-wide mass casualty training scenario, which included integration with a host nation medical evacuation air ambulance center, a host nation medical center, the 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group, and additional squadrons from

  • Releasing the Krakens: 39 EWS, Unit of the Year

    The 39th Electronic Warfare Squadron, dubbed the “Krakens”, executed a variety of Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) missions to support warfighters at a level that won them the first 350 SWW Unit of the Year Award.

  • HQ CCC: “Providing the Reins of Command” for 80 Years!

    When Lt. Col. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold led his flight of ten Martin YB-10 bombers, July 19, 1934, from Washington D.C. to Fairbanks, Alaska and back, he could never have realized that today’s Cyberspace Capabilities Center would exist as a direct result of that mission. In 2018, the Air Force’s cyber

  • 20th SFS innovates with effects-based posting

    The 20th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) is currently trialing effects-based posting, an innovative new system of posting SFS defenders here to maximize efficiency while maintaining effective security protocols in an effort to creatively use time and manpower to benefit Shaw’s SFS defenders as well

  • 379th EMXS and 379th ELRS Partner to Deliver Humanitarian Aid

    Airmen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group and 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron teamed up to gather over $79K in supplies for victims of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck central Turkey and Syria in February.

  • Forging the future through children

    The 325th Fighter Wing recently invited children, teachers, and board members with the Bay County Elevate Bay program to tour Team Tyndall’s “Installation of the Future”. The Elevate Bay program aims to support and encourage at-risk children in Bay County by connecting them with role models from the

  • ACE exercise advances 9th Reconnaissance Wing, 55th Wing operations

    The 9th Reconnaissance Wing alongside the 55th Wing completed Dragon Flag EAST after two-week joint operations April 7 at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The 9th RW from Beale AFB, California, and the 55th Wing from Offutt AFB designed and executed Dragon Flag EAST to simulate Agile Combat

  • Air Force recognizes Lance P. Sijan Award winners

    The Air Force recognized the Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award recipients from 2019 to 2022 during an award ceremony at the Pentagon. Recipients for the respective year from Air Combat Command were Col. Carl F. Miller for 2019, Capt. Charles E. Aly for 2021, and Senior Master Sgt. Karla J. Pelavo and

  • A-10 makes final descent

    Time flies when you're having fun … An A-10C Thunderbolt II made its final descent into Davis Monthan, Arizona from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, April 5, 2023 after 14,125 flight hours. After 43 years of dedicated service, the A-10 will make the sunny Arizona desert its new home, where the 309th

  • Raptor pilots test AF's next-gen helmet

    Developmental flight tests are underway for the Air Force’s new Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet. The NGFWH program goal is to provide pilots a more comfortable, stable, and balanced platform to accommodate helmet-mounted devices usage without imposing neck strain and discomfort to the user.

  • Israeli Air Force Adir participates in Red Flag for first time

    The Israeli Air Force returned to Nellis Air Force Base to participate in Red Flag 23-2, this time with its F-35I Adir. The large-scale exercise took place from March 13 to 24, challenging participants to adapt to and overcome complex, multi-domain scenarios, all while up against Nellis’

  • Boom operator returns to the controls 50 years after retirement

    It can take many years to master a skill, but that’s not the case for muscle memory. Muscle memory is influenced by everyday activities such as typing, driving, or even brushing your teeth. The day-to-day repetition is eventually performed with little to no effort. Retired Master Sgt. Eugene T. Beal

  • The 43d Fighter Squadron's final sting

    Since 2002, the 43d Fighter Squadron has been training and preparing F-22 Raptor pilots for global air dominance. Amidst the 325th Fighter Wing’s mission transition from training to warfighting, the F-22 B-Course began moving to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, making the eight student pilots of

  • 552nd ACW Bids Farewell to First AWACS

    Airmen from the 552nd Air Control Wing gathered to bid farewell to aircraft 0560, during an event commemorating the aircraft’s rich history March 31. Aircraft 0560 is the first E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning Air Control System aircraft to retire from the fleet this year. The final destination for

  • Shaw performs as core wing during Red Flag-Nellis 23-2

    The 20th Fighter Wing (FW) recently deployed to participate in Red Flag-Nellis (RF-N) 23-2, marking the wing's first deployment there since 2021. This iteration of RF-N 23-2 enabled the 20th FW’s more inexperienced combat aviators to have outstanding training opportunities, all while allied partners

  • Team Moody prepares to deploy

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 23rd Wing and 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing, take a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear class as part of a pre-deployment requirement at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, March 8, 2023. The 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and 75th Expeditionary Fighter

  • 388th FW maintainers design and produce cheaper, tougher F-35 equipment

    Two 388th Logistics Support Squadron maintainers are accelerating change by using their design skills to create sturdier covers for air data ports on F-35A Lightning IIs.Their design protects a critical part of the aircraft and can be produced in-house, reducing the replacement cost of a failed part

  • 332 AEW demonstrates ACE capabilities during Operation Agile Spartan IV

    The 332d Air Expeditionary Wing concluded Operation Agile Spartan IV, a capstone event that further validated the 332d AEW’s use of Agile Combat Employment in practice. Multiple Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) wings participated in the weeks-long exercise to demonstrate their ability to operate

  • CONR-1AF (AFNORTH & AFSPACE) welcomes Lt. Gen. Nordhaus

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla.— Leadership of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region – First Air Force (Air Forces Northern and Air Forces Space) changed hands during a change of command ceremony held here Friday.

  • Grand Forks airman named Air Force security forces member of the year

    Senior Airman Moejha Calmes works in the 319th Security Forces Squadron as a command support staff scheduler whose main task is to focus on personnel and administrative duties. Over the past year, she found innovative ways to advance the squadron’s readiness programs leading to being named the 2022

  • WiSE holds speed-mentoring event to educate about STEM careers

    Women engineers and scientists from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, met with female high school students from NUAMES High School in Layton during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) event March 30, 2023. This question-and-answer event is one of many that the Hill AFB WiSE, or Women in

  • Hill Defenders conduct near-peer adversary training exercises

    Airman with the 75th Security Forces Squadron trained in a series of near-peer adversary field exercises in the Base Operations Readiness Training Area here from March 18-28. The exercises charged Defender flights with an air base ground defense mission at a forward operating site during a near-peer

  • The first FTU F-22s touch down at JBLE

    The first two F-22 Raptors, part of the incoming Formal Training Unit aircraft fleet, touch down at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Mar. 29, 2023. JBLE has been working hard over the last four years to prepare for the bed down of 30 additional F-22 Raptors and the establishment of the FTU.

  • CAS aircraft arrive in Middle East

    The first A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 31, 2023. The combat air support aircraft arrived ahead of schedule following the approval for the platform to return to theater. They will fall

  • Breathing AIR into MDF reprogramming

    The Crows at the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing (SWW) are evaluating a new process that could change how the U.S. Air Force approaches Electromagnetic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming (EWIR) to better adapt to wartime reprogramming timelines and support Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operations through

  • 71st Fighter Squadron receives first F-22s

    The 1st Fighter Wing and 71st Fighter Squadron welcomed its first two F-22 Raptors, tails AF040 and AF042, from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to their new home on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 29, 2023.

  • Defender, Right Out the Gate

    The teams who man the BADC work around the clock to support a mission that requires quick responses and constant vigilance. The level of responsibility for such a position is primarily reserved for more seasoned security forces Airmen, but within the BADC team at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi

  • Breaking Ground for Fallen Airmen

    Since 1947, the mission of long range detection has been the responsibility of what is now known as the Air Force Technical Applications Center, and over the course of those 75 years, 81 Airmen – civilian and military alike – have died while in active government service. AFTAC alumni are leading a

  • 552nd ACW conducts aircraft weather flush exercise

    The 552nd Air Control Wing completed a weather flush exercise which tested E-3G Sentry pilots, associated air crews, maintainers, support squadrons and ultimately demonstrated their ability to react to a weather emergency at Tinker Air Force Base, March 21. Fourteen aircraft were generated to be

  • 9th Reconnaissance Wing and 55th Wing Conduct Dragon Flag EAST Exercise

    Approximately 60 Airmen and 1 U-2S Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., repositioned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to further develop the wing’s readiness capabilities via Dragon Flag EAST, Mar. 25. In accordance with the National Defense Strategy, this

  • The ISR Mission

    Semper Paratus, Latin for “always ready,” makes up the 9th Reconnaissance Wing’s mantra. The 9th RW at Beale AFB is one of twelve units in the Sixteenth Air Force that falls under Air Combat Command. The mission here is to deliver persistent, integrated reconnaissance to the nation, largely in part

  • 386 AEW highlights partnership on Media Day

    The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing hosted a Media Day March 21, 2023 at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, highlighting how partnerships with Kuwait and coalition partners advances the base’s warfighter support and ability to project decisive combat power for a safe and stable Middle East.

  • Lead Wing completes SOUTHCOM exercise Operation Forward Tiger

    After three weeks of training and multinational integration, exercise Operation Forward Tiger came to an end March 4, 2023. The focus was on enhancing interoperability in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief designed to strengthen the longstanding partnership between the Dominican Republic

  • Integrating with neighbors provides lasting results

    After nine months of planning, the Fuerza Aérea de Republica Dominicana and the U.S. Air Force partnered for an airshow at San Isidro Air Base, Dominican Republic, celebrating the FARD's 75th anniversary and demonstrating joint capabilities, last month.

  • SJAFB tests new in-flight bladder relief system

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is the first to ground test this new in-flight bladder relief system for female pilots. Four other Air Force bases will be used for ground testing as well and the feedback from these events will result in an improved system for female aircrew. Once ground evaluations

  • Air Force incorporates Agile Combat Employment in RED FLAG 23-1

    As flying units from around the globe converged at Nellis Air Force Base for RED FLAG 23-1, the 505th Command and Control Wing welcomed the 355th Wing’s Command and Control Force Element, or C2FE, from Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, to execute as the first Lead Wing C2FE in a Tier 1 Large Force

  • 621 CRW supports AGF 23-1; 366 FW Lead Wing certification

    Agile Flag 23-1 provided as a large, total force exercise at Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia, and it was where 102 Devil Raiders participated Feb. 28 to March 8 to provide one of Air Combat Command's Lead Wing, the 366th Fighter Wing from Mountain Home, Idaho, a relevant, combat credible

  • CAF, JDF, USAF exercise interoperability to enhance emergency response

    U.S. Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces and Jamaica Defense Forces personnel conducted a Disaster Relief Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) and exercise at the Canadian Operational Support Hub - Latin America and the Caribbean (OSH-LAC) in Jamaica, February 25-28, 2023. The event was part of

  • 82nd ATRS Detachment 1 trains using QF-16 Vipers at Holloman

    On clear and sunny days, the orange-winged QF-16 Vipers can be seen soaring through the sky… sometimes on their way to be shot down during an exercise. Det 1, at Holloman Air Force is a detachment from Air Combat Command's 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, who provide

  • Squadron unveils one stop website for enlisted promotion study materials

    For many years, Airmen have had to search multiple websites and resources to find the necessary material for their enlisted promotion studies. All of this is now a thing of the past thanks to the Studies and Analysis Squadron (SAS) at Air Education and Training Command (AETC) creating The AF

  • Share Your Story, Why I Ride - Preseason Motorcycle Kick-off

    The Preseason Motorcycle Kick-off focus is designed to build awareness and personal accountability of riding a motorcycle and the hazards associated with riding. To also encourage Airmen and Guardian riders to be committed to training, being prepared, and equipped for every ride.

  • Meet the 2023 Air Combat Command Demonstration Team Pilots

    Air Combat Command recently announced the 2023 ACC demonstration team pilots. Throughout a nine-month air show season, the single-ship demo teams travel across the United States to connect with the American public and veterans. The teams highlight Air Combat Command’s combat capabilities through

  • International Air Attachés visit ACC

    Air Attachés from 14 different allied and partner nations visited Air Combat Command during an orientation tour of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia and the surrounding area, March 1, 2023.

  • Red Flag Nellis 23-2 underway

    With the arrival of the U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Marine Corps and the Israeli Air Force, the 414th Combat Training Squadron is ready to begin Red Flag-Nellis 23-2, which runs March 12-24. Red Flag is one of the U.S. Air Force’s largest combat training exercises designed to improve the

  • AFCENT celebrates key partner FMS success

    The Royal Bahraini Air Force, the United States Air Force and Lockheed Martin celebrated the first F-16 Block 70 delivery to Bahrain during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, South Carolina.

  • Capt. Lindsay "MAD" Johnson announced as new A-10 Demo Team commander, pilot

    Capt. Lindsay “MAD” Johnson was certified as the new A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team pilot by Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 3, 2023.Johnson will be replacing Maj. Haden “Gator” Fullam as the commander and pilot of the A-10

  • RTAs strengthen resilience across Grand Forks AFB

    In order to build combat-ready airmen, the Air Force Enlisted Force Development Action Plan states that airmen must form resilience-building habits that focus on connection among the mind, body, spirit and relationships. Comprehensive Airman Fitness provides a framework for this concept that focuses

  • The Jolly Green step into new course

    Since 1994, the U.S. Air Force and Army have worked together at Fort Eustis to train new maintainers on the HH-60 helicopter, in a relationship that has been a great benefit to both services. With the arrival of the new Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue, the Army and Air Force platforms