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  • Airmen in uniform attend a diversity council meeting at Creech Air Force Base.

    AF Diversity Award: Airman paves path to culture of diversity, inclusion

    “It is time for every one of us to strive for understanding and a culture of inclusiveness and belonging across our Air Force,” said Gen. David L. Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the Air Force in a letter titled “Unrest in America.”
  • Air Force awards contract for improved Female Body Armor

    Air Force awards contract for improved Female Body Armor

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Female Fitment Program Office awarded a contract to begin production and development for body armor designed to better protect female Airmen during combat and contingency operations.

  • Air Force provider burnout - pouring from an empty cup

    Air Force medics are on the front lines against COVID-19, and maintaining their mental well-being is critical to keeping them in the fight. Delivering medical care in a pandemic or other crisis creates new mental health challenges, and makes existing challenges more serious. Medics should be aware of the increased risk to their well-being, and how it could affect their work caring for patients. One of the biggest risks for providers is burnout, or compassion fatigue.
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron refuel a French F-2 Rafale over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Jan. 8, 2016.

    Stronger Together: French Air Force combines with CAOC to enhance airpower

    To conduct the synchronization of air assets across more than 4 million miles of U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, a dynamic force comprised of men and women scattered throughout multiple divisions and cells is needed. It is within the Combined Air Operations Center walls where an 18 nation coalition team transforms into a harmonic and well-oiled machine that sees the output of kinetic and non-kinetic air warfare come together every day, every hour. Part of this coalition team is a detachment of the French Air Force that assist in the coordination and deliverance of coalition airpower in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve.
  • Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne S. Bass was selected June 19 to become the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, becoming the first woman in history to serve as the highest ranking noncommissioned member of a U.S. military service. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne S. Bass named Air Force’s 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

    In selecting Bass, incoming Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said Bass brings skills, temperament and experience that the job requires and an outlook on leadership that meshes with his own.
  • Photo shows two F-35 aircraft taking off with mountains in the background.

    F-35 Micro-Lids bring significant savings to Air Force

    Having up-to-date software is essential in keeping our nation’s aircraft on the cutting edge. The 402nd Software Engineering Group F-35 element at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, now has five Micro Low-Cost Integrated Development stations.
  • A team looks on as an aircraft is refueled.

    Offutt reestablishes fuel system lost in flood, increases capability

    For the first time since it was damaged in the March 2019 flood, the Type III Underground Fuel System became operational here June 16, 2020. The underground fuel system allows personnel to refuel aircraft via an underground constant pressure system that takes it directly from fuel tanks located just south of the flightline.
  • Photo shows an Airman working on a laptop next to a stack of boxes with wires coming out.

    52nd Combat Communications Squadron reveals its Flexible Communications Package

    The 52nd Combat Communications Squadron revealed the Air Force’s first Flexible Communications Package at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, June 12.
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    DoD lifts travel restrictions in 39 states, 7 host nations

    The Secretary of Defense signed a memo on May 22, moving to a conditions-based, phased approach to personnel movement and travel.
  • Senior Airman Justin Diaz, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron Fly Away Security Team member, stands on the flight line at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 4, 2020. FAST members are trained Security Forces Airmen who work alongside U.S. Air Force Phoenix Ravens to secure flight lines in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Area of Responsibility and ensure safety of an aircraft and its crew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Shay Stuart)

    A bird’s eye-view of AUAB Ravens, FAST teams

    Aircraft from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, frequently deploy across the 20 nations that make up the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Area of Responsibility to deliver and receive cargo and provide combat and humanitarian support. It takes a team of personnel to see a mission through to the end, among those are Airmen whose duty is ensuring safety of the plane and all aboard once it has arrived at the destination.
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