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  • U.S. Airmen assigned to the 20th Operations Support Squadron weather flight office work together to monitor local weather at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, June 21, 2019.

    Rain or shine, weather flight protects flightline

    The 20th Operations Support Squadron weather flight Airmen’s discipline, attention to detail and continued emphasis on the hard-earned basics are what stand between unseen deadly flying conditions and the pilots of Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
  • U.S. Air Force integrated avionics specialists from the 94th Aircraft Maintenance Unit perform maintenance on an F-22 Raptor at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 22, 2019.

    Giving F-22 Raptor its senses

    The F-22 Raptor is one of the U.S. Air Force’s fifth generation fighter aircraft, performing both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions allowing full realization of operational concepts vital to the 21st century fight. With the combination of sensor capability, integrated avionics, and advanced situational awareness technology, the F-22 Raptor airframe allows the pilot to track, identify, shoot and neutralize threats before being detected.
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Benjamin Gantt, 20th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron (OMRS) commander, right, assumes command of the 20th OMRS from Col. Christian Lyons, 20th Medical Group commander, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, July 18, 2019.

    20th MDG realigns squadrons for more efficient medical care

    The 20th Medical Group held a change of command and redesignation ceremony, July 18. During the ceremony, the 20th Dental Squadron was deactivated and the 20th Aerospace Medicine Squadron was redesignated as the 20th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Slotten, 421st Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II pilot, drags a fuel hose to an F-35A at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 11, 2019. Slotten was stationed at Spangdahlem from 2004 to 2006 as an Airman first class fuels distributor operator. He visited his old unit and became requalified to refuel aircraft to encourage Airmen who may want to follow in his footsteps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valerie Seelye)

    Keep on truckin': F-35 pilot requalifies to refuel aircraft

    Several F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrived here as part of a Theater Security Package. For one pilot, the Spangdahlem flightline was familiar territory. U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Slotten, 421st Fighter Squadron F-35A pilot, who was stationed here in 2004 as an Airman first class fuels distributor operator, visited his old unit and became requalified to refuel aircraft July 11.
  • ACC commander dogfights son in Twitch live-stream

    ACC commander dogfights son in Twitch live-stream

    The commander of Air Combat Command and his son fought each other live on a Twitch stream June 29, 2019, in a combat flight action video game.
  • An F-22 Maintainer marshals U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul “Loco” Lopez, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team pilot, before takeoff at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, June 6, 2019.

    Heritage Flight honors last D-Day celebration

    The U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight team conducted a flyover in honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the last celebration at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, June 6, 2019. The four-ship formation included U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul “Loco” Lopez, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team pilot, Maj. Garret “Toro” Schmitz, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team pilot, Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Lighting II Demonstration Team pilot, and Mr. Andrew McKenna, Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation P-51 Mustang pilot.
  • A U.S. Air Force Airman gets her head measured at the Female Fitment Event at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, June, 4, 2019. The event allowed female aviators the chance to have their measurements taken and used for the designing of female flight equipment prototypes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marcus M. Bullock)

    Female aviators help bring in new age of flight equipment

    Female flight equipment is on its way through a major overhaul. The biggest change coming to the equipment, it is being designed with measurements from female aviators. Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, held a Female Fitment Event June 4, 2019, where U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy female aviators gathered to have their measurements taken which will be used to design new prototypes for female flight equipment.
  • U.S. Air Force Col. James Sampson, Air Force Medical Operations Agency chief medical consultant, views a medical shelter facility with virtual reality goggles during the Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging Summit at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, June 4, 2019.

    JBLE hosts medical equipment summit

    The Air Combat Command Surgeon General Office hosted the Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging Summit at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, June 4, 2019. Members from various U.S. Air Force major commands attended the summit to view demonstrations and capabilities that may boost efficiency in the Expeditionary Medical Systems field. Summit attendees, including members from the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Combat Command, Pacific Air Forces and the Air Force Medical Operations Agency, examined modern medical shelter options in an effort to revitalize patient care in challenging environments.
  • Tech. Sgt. Allen Fanter, the non-commissioned officer in charge of cargo operations for the 388th Maintenance Group, stands next to a cargo container in a hangar at Aviano Air Base, Italy during Astral Knight 2019. Fanter is the man tasked with making sure everything needed for a deployment gets to where it needs to be. This is one of more than a dozen movements Fanter has overseen since the 388th and 419th Fighter Wing's received their first F-35As in 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Micah Garbarino)

    Load 'em up: F-35A from A to B? Ask Fanter

    How do you pack an F-35A into a C-17? Or move nearly 300 Airmen, and all the equipment, to support 12 aircraft around Europe for two months? Or make sure you have enough of everything that you’ll need, and almost nothing that you don’t? For nearly 5 years at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, the answer has been, “Ask Fanter.”
  • Honorable Matthew P. Donovan, acting Secretary of the Air Force, is greeted by U.S. Air Force Col. Brian Laidlaw, 325th Fighter Wing commander, June 2, 2019, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

    Acting SecAF Matthew P. Donovan visits Tyndall

    Honorable Matthew P. Donovan, acting Secretary of the Air Force, visited Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, June 2, 2019, after assuming the position June 1.
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