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Aug. 9, 2024
Cable Dawgs are wired for challenges

Airmen across the installation rely on the 325th Communications Squadron cable and antenna systems unit, or “Cable Dawgs.” Whether it’s sustaining network functionality or enabling unrivaled air combat power, Cable Dawgs are the backbone for effective communications across Tyndall, encompassing the
June 15, 2023
AF hosts humanitarian aid disaster relief training exercise for AOCs, historic first FAA participation

505th Combat Training Squadron Airmen executed a Regional Air Movement Coordination Center exercise to test the capabilities of air operations centers and train two air component specialty teams to respond to a humanitarian aid/disaster relief, or HA/DR, operations at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 15
Aug. 17, 2022
Hiker rescued through Civil Air Patrol, Air Force, Army National Guard, Oregon officials' teamwork

Civil Air Patrol’s National Cell Phone Forensics Team provided coordinates that led to the helicopter rescue Aug. 14 of a seriously injured hiker near Mount Washington, about 90 miles northeast of Eugene, Oregon.
Dec. 15, 2021
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.
Aug. 25, 2021
AFRCC controllers perform a life or death mission

“These things we do, so others may live,” reads a statement displayed on the door of the First Air Force’s Air Force Rescue Coordination Center operations floor at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. It’s a statement to reaffirm the commitment of the Airmen assigned to the AFRCC to saving lives. The
July 9, 2021
Advanced LEAP Scholars Host Virtual Subject Matter Expert Exchange

Through the Training Partnership Request program, Spanish Language Enabled Airman Program scholar Master Sgt. Victor Perez recently provided language support to a Search and Rescue Subject Matter Expert Exchange between the U.S. Air Force, the Mexican Air Force, the Secretariat of National Defense
April 8, 2021
1AF leadership gets overview of air and space mission sets during visits to Peterson and Buckley Air Force Bases

On March 11, the U.S. Air Force named First Air Force as the air component to U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM). Last week, starting with two visits to bases in Colorado, the 1AF team became actively engaged in learning more about the potential of its new role and expanded responsibilities.
Jan. 28, 2021
1AF’s Air Force Auxiliary pilots help with distribution efforts for Operation Warp Speed

Before the sun rose, two Civil Air Patrol pilots completed their preflight checklist inside a hangar at Bemidji Regional Airport, Minn. Lt. Col. Robert Bowden and Maj. Rod Rakic knew what was at stake: time-sensitive distribution of COVID vaccine to Native American Tribes in the Midwest. The mission
May 5, 2020
First Air Force’s Auxiliary supports FEMA for COVID-19 test transport

The New Mexico Wing of Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, transported COVID-19 test kits from a meat packing plant in southern New Mexico to the Scientific Laboratory Division of the state Department of Health in Albuquerque for processing.
July 2, 2019
AFRCC holds change of command

The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center received a new commander during a change of command ceremony today.After two years as the AFRCC commander, Lt. Col. Evan H. Gardner relinquished command to Lt. Col. Gene M. Manner, who had been serving as the AFRCC director of operations.

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