Air Force Features

June 13, 2019
Ensuring Rapid Global Mobility: Travis AFB supports JB Lewis-McChord, March ARB

In February, the unit’s maintainers welcomed 18 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Over the course of the next four months there were three C-17s from JB Lewis-McChord at Travis AFB, at any given time, along with approximately 100 maintainers from the 62nd
June 12, 2019
MTL school: developing stronger, better leaders

Over the years, the MTL course has undergone many changes to benefit not only the MTLs, but the Airmen they lead.
June 12, 2019
Hill AFB F-35As arrive at Spangdahlem AB

Funded through the European Deterrence Initiative, the TSP provides a more robust U.S. military rotational presence in the European theater capable of deterring adversaries and assuring partners and allies of the U.S. commitment to regional security.
June 6, 2019
Air Force Marathon prices to increase June 17

Prices for the full, half and 10K marathons are currently $100, $90 and $45 respectively. All three races will increase by $10 on June 17 while the 5K and Tailwind Trot 1K Kids’ Run, hosted by Wright State University, will increase by $5 and $3 respectively. The Fly! Fight! Win! Challenge will
June 6, 2019
40th HS, local forces rescue man

The 40th Helicopter Squadron received the request June 3 around 10 p.m. to assist the Cascade County Sheriff’s Department in rescuing the man after he fell from a steep cliff and was holding on to a tree root approximately 250 feet from the ground.
June 6, 2019
First Vietnamese student graduates from US Aviation Leadership Program

ALP is a U.S. Air Force-funded program, providing students of partner and developing countries with undergraduate pilot training scholarships.
June 6, 2019
Thunderbirds announce 2020 officer selections

The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Holmes, has officially selected the officers who will be joining the United States Air Force Thunderbirds for the 2020 demonstration season.
June 3, 2019
Reserve Airmen hunt hurricanes

This specialized unit of Reserve Airmen is made up of a five-person crew consisting of a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, aerial reconnaissance weather officer and loadmaster who is also the dropsonde operator.
May 28, 2019
CY19 Air Force Reserve Promotion Announcement: Major

The selection boards convened at HQ ARPC Jan. 28 - Feb. 1, to determine those officers best qualified to assume the next higher grade. Board members selected 955 of 1,262 officers considered.
May 21, 2019
AFRL launches ARCNet, autonomy R&D portal

ARCNet, or the Autonomy Research Collaboration Network, is a new electronic platform and business opportunity which facilitates collaborative research and development related to autonomous technologies for AFRL.
May 20, 2019
Air University Fellows Program offers two-year developmental opportunity for officers as students, faculty

Under the program, high-performing officers earn the opportunity to serve as faculty members before entering or after completing in-resident Air Command and Staff College.
May 20, 2019
SecAF, CSAF visit AU for 66th annual National Security Forum

The NSF is designed to inform community influencers on Air University and the Air Force’s current and future objectives as well as plans for enhancing national security, and is hosted by Air War College on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force.
May 18, 2019
365th TRS rides the AF innovation wave

Instructors from the 365th TRS coordinated to do away with traditional, antiquated paper training materials and transitioned to teach an entire course using tablets, a teaching method today’s Airmen are accustomed to. The first class to use the tablets will graduate in August.
May 17, 2019
Around the Air Force: B-52’s in Qatar / F-35 Training / Grand Forks Redesignation

Today's look around the Air Force - a U.S. bomber task force deployed to Al Udeid Air Base completed its first mission in mid-May, the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, was chosen as a potential new F-35 training squadron, the Air Force is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron
May 17, 2019
Airmen come together for Combat Archer exercise

The Combat Archer exercise, also known as the Weapons Systems Evaluation Program, is the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air live-fire evaluation exercise. Squadron leaders monitor the lifespan of a missile to assess execution performance by maintenance crew members, aircraft armament systems

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