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  • 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

  • Rescue Group Airmen help save hiker in Chiricahua National Monument

    A joint rescue mission with the 563rd Rescue Group, the Arizona Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team and the Arizona Department of Public Safety saved an unconscious and severely hypothermic 67-year-old hiker at the Chiricahua National Monument in Wilcox, Arizona, Jan. 8, 2022.

  • 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.

  • Thunderbirds Kick-Off Inaugural Training Trip

    The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” kicked off their first ever winter training trip in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, Jan. 10. The Thunderbirds’ training season, ranging from November through March, is a time to integrate and synchronize as a team and practice

  • 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.

  • My flight on a KC-135

    On December 14 I had the privilege of flying in a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild AFB, to learn about pilot training, aircraft, air-to-air refueling, and the airmen who fulfill those missions. We arrived at the Deployment Processing Center at Shaw AFB and were greeted by Mrs. Lisa Allen,

  • Air Force Cyber Enlisted Airmen transition to Operational AFSC 

    Effective Nov. 1, 2021, all cyber enlisted Airmen have transitioned from the 3DXXX Cyberspace Support Air Force Specialty Code to the 1D7XX Cyber Defense Operations AFSC. The one-to-one transition and implementation of the new AFSC for cyber enlisted Airmen is part of a multi-phased approach that

  • Fuels Airman Drives Innovation Through 3-D Printing

    It is hard to predict how the coronavirus pandemic might negatively affect readiness. But thanks to the innovation and problem-solving experience of SrA Houston Sasser, 633d Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels training supervisor, and two of his wingmen, they were able to present an idea and produce

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 386th Contracting Works Behind the Scenes

    Within the first couple of weeks the 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron starting their deployment, the Noncombative Evacuation Operation was initiated, which called the contracting office into action over the next couple of months.

  • 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.

  • Defenders protect ASAB from drones

    The 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron works within the Wing Operations Center at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, to monitor and detect the area around the base to protect service members from possible drone threats.

  • 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.

  • Shaw honorary commanders observe mission from above

    Most people observe F-16 Fighting Falcons take on thousands of pounds of fuel during air to air refueling via photographs. Recently, a group of Sumter community members received the opportunity to watch the action live and in living color. On Dec. 14, members of the Shaw Air Force Base honorary

  • 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.

  • Generations of aviation

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Will Piepenbring is invited to a WWII living history event in Douglas, Georgia, Dec. 4, 2021. He talks about his love for aviation and how his grandfather inspired him to fly.

  • 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

  • Florida nuke experts witness payload launch into orbit

    Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Technical Applications Center had the rare opportunity to see the realization of their work aboard the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program Satellite 6, or STPSat-6, and witness the fruits of their labor hurtle into the atmosphere from Space Launch

  • Al Dhafra SFS Defends Against Potential UAS Threat

    Specialists with the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron not only provide base defense at Al Dhafra Air Base from traditional ground-based threats, but are also on alert for threats posed by Unmanned Aerial Systems. Counter-UAS responsibilities is a growing part of the Security Forces

  • JBLE Med lab tech learns resilience, growth while deployed

    Staff Sgt. Aubrey J. Eckley, a medical laboratory technician assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group here, wasn’t expecting to spend time at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, when she originally deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as part of

  • ACNS Airmen accelerate change to make PACAF combat ready

    Two Airmen with the 552nd Air Control Wing’s Air Control Networks Squadron office were recognized recently for self-initiating and providing outstanding training and ground support to Pacific Air Force units increasing their mission capabilities and ensuring their unit was combat ready. “These guys

  • 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.

  • AF to field new bladder relief device, working toward “suite of options”

    The Air Force is slated to receive the first shipment of the Omni Gen. 3 Skydrate, an improved in-flight bladder relief device, early next month. The Air Force recognized that current devices were not optimized for long-duration sorties, and as a result, aircrew were routinely dehydrating themselves

  • 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

  • Grassroots innovation at Nellis impresses chief scientist

    In August 2020, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of staff of the Air Force, released his strategic approach, “Accelerate change or lose,” and followed it up with a charge to leadership across the Air Force to allow more spaces for innovation.

  • 16th Air Force Leaders talk Information Warfare at Alamo AFCEA

    Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) leaders gathered with cyber, intelligence, and industry professionals to exchange insights on current developments in cyberspace, future challenges in transforming to multi-domain operations strategically, and military cyber and Intelligence, Surveillance and

  • Team accelerates change through ‘Agile’ deployment

    Since Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. took the helm as the United States Air Force chief of staff, “Accelerate change or lose” has been his primary call to action. Brown’s orders have included speeding up the decision-making process and allowing more space for Airmen to innovate.In response, the 332nd

  • Carrying on the fight

    Deployed members participated in the 2021 Al Udeid Air Base Suicide Awareness Challenge at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 22, 2021. This event tested participant’s resiliency, brought attention to suicide among military members and emphasized that reaching out for help is a sign of strength.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Air Force discusses modernization of operational C2 systems

    The 505th Command and Control Wing hosted a team from the 700th Air Support Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, to familiarize the wing’s units to the Kessel Run All-Domain Operations Suite, or KRADOS, operational command and control tools and discuss the modernization of operational C2

  • 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.

  • For the Last Time

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Katie Lunning was halfway through her first deployment as a Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) nurse when evacuation operations out of Afghanistan began.

  • 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.

  • 363d ISR Wing NCO action’s saves life from potential fire

    (Editor’s Note: The last name and location of the Airmen in this article has been withheld for operational security purposes.)As she was on her way to work with her daughter, one Airman from an undisclosed location, noticed an odd reflection on a house ahead. As she got closer, she saw smoke and was

  • 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,

  • From crash to recovery: Pilot, maintainers show resilience

    A pilot climbs into the cockpit of an aircraft, which looked much different than it did on the day a catastrophic gun malfunction stopped the landing gear from deploying and ripped off the canopy mid-flight. On a basic surface attack in 2020 Capt. Bye, 75th Fighter Squadron chief of standardization

  • 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.

  • ACC leaders select Spark Tank finalists

    Air Combat Command leaders announced the command’s two 2022 Spark Tank finalists here today, Nov. 1. The Air Force’s annual Spark Tank competition, which began in 2017, offers an opportunity to empower Airmen to challenge their environments and find innovative solutions to fix processes within their

  • Defender balances cultures, career

    Two cultures. Two military branches. Two degrees. These are just some of the attributes and achievements of Tech. Sgt. Madia Daniel, a first generation Liberian American who applied the lessons from her immigrant family to succeed while having joy. These pursuits are inspired by her parents’

  • 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.

  • DICE kits to assist intel analysts

    The 23rd Wing is one of the first lead wings to implement the Deployed Intelligence Combat Element (DICE) kit in an effort to support Agile Combat Employment. The DICE kit allows intel analysts to establish secure communications downrange with a smaller footprint in the area of responsibility.