Air Force Features

Aug. 27, 2023
AFW2 roadshow visits Minot AFB

The AFW2 team, including program managers and ambassadors, visited Airmen from the 5th SFS and the 91st SFG. They shared stories from their careers and how they came to be a part of the AFW2 Roadshow team.
Aug. 27, 2022
2022 Warrior Games: A look back

The Warrior Games is a Paralympic-style adaptive sports event showcasing the power of adaptive sports as part of recovery and the overall long-term resiliency of wounded, ill and injured service members from around the DoD.
April 19, 2022
DAF releases pregnancy, postpartum experience survey

The survey was sent to approximately 17,000 members and solicits feedback on topics including prenatal care, delivery, fitness, pregnancy loss, postpartum mental and physical recovery, infertility, and postpartum experiences.
Jan. 3, 2021
Newly-acquired AFRL test aircraft to aid personnel recovery research

The CubCrafters XCub aircraft was ferried from Yakima, Washington, to Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport near Dayton, on its journey to the Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing’s contracted research flight test organization facility, Dec. 21.
Oct. 26, 2020
910th AW provides mosquito control aerial spraying to support hurricane recovery efforts

At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and upon approval by the Department of Defense, U.S. Northern Command activated the 910th AW following Hurricane Delta to assist civil authorities in Louisiana.
Oct. 25, 2020
AFIMSC key to disaster recovery at installations

When natural disasters strike installations, Air Force leadership immediately begins recovery operations to get missions up and running again as soon as possible.
June 18, 2020
AFW2 to host virtual powerlifting competition June 19

The Air Force Wounded Warrior Program, or AFW2, will host its first ever virtual powerlifting competition June 19 on Facebook Live.
May 12, 2020
Environmental Assessment green lights Tyndall AFB to rebuild into ‘Installation of the Future’

The 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Program Management Office and Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center collaborated to complete the Tyndall AFB Programmatic Environmental Assessment – one of two major National Environmental Policy Act actions required before reconstruction can begin at the
April 29, 2020
How leaders helped Airman find support to overcome invisible wounds

Maj. Chris Harmer left an abusive childhood home and joined the Air Force in 2004 to be part of something larger than himself.
Feb. 3, 2020
40th Helicopter Squadron rescues missing snowmobilers

The crew responded to King’s Hill, a local recreation site, to locate and retrieve the snowmobilers who were reported missing after the 341st Missile Wing command post received the distress call.
Sept. 10, 2019
Tenn. ANG uses satellites to support humanitarian relief for Bahamas

The 118th Intel Group is providing humanitarian relief support using commercial satellite imagery and off-the-shelf technology from commercial open sources. This technology helps identify safe routes from airfields to distribution centers, medical facilities, schools, hotels and freshwater sources.
Sept. 4, 2019
National Guard positioned to respond to Hurricane Dorian

As Hurricane Dorian makes its way along the Florida coast, the National Guard is in place to respond, said Gen. Joseph Lengyel, National Guard Bureau chief, during a Pentagon press conference Sept. 3
June 14, 2019
Interagency exercise paves way for progressive training

The training simulated a hostile’s attempt to capture a nuclear asset. Security forces Airmen, who arrived by both Humvee and helicopter, began to combat the threat and worked their way toward retaking control of the launch facility. After neutralizing the threat, recapturing and securing the launch
May 29, 2019
Recovery operations under way at Wright-Patterson AFB

A total of 12 houses were deemed uninhabitable after a tornado swept through the Prairies at Wright Field housing area late on May 27.
March 28, 2019
Goldfein, Wright praise Team Offutt, community

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited Offutt Air Force Base, March 27, to see flood damage and to speak with hundreds of base personnel who helped with preparation and, now, recovery.

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