Sept. 3, 2019 Female Airman earns a Ranger tab U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Chelsey Hibsch became the first Air Force female Airman to earn the tab.
Aug. 21, 2019 Guardsman graduates 3rd fire academy at top of class Airman Kristina Schneider, a 40-year-old mother of two, surprised everyone not only with her age or gender, but also with her level of success in the classroom and outside.
Aug. 1, 2019 621st CRW, joint partners team up for exercise In this joint training exercise, approximately 125 Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing teamed up with about 50 689th Rapid Port Opening Element Soldiers and five Defense Logistics Agency’s Rapid Deployment Team-Blue members to conduct Joint Task Force-Port Opening in order to bring
July 31, 2019 Environmental restoration summits promote whole-of-government response The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, which provides environmental remediation support to Air Force headquarters, major commands and installations, reintroduced the annual summits - an eastern, western and central - in 2016. The goal was to strengthen relationships between the Air Force, state and
July 30, 2019 US, Indonesian forces hunt for cybersecurity threats The exchange falls under the Hawaii National Guard's State Partnership Program and is one of approximately 22 annual exercises between Hawaii and Indonesia.
July 19, 2019 Goodfellow AFB embraces National Defense Strategy Falling under the Air Education and Training Command, Goodfellow AFB builds a more ready, resilient and rapidly innovative force by modernizing learning inside its 250,000 square feet of secure training facilities.
June 26, 2019 2019 DoD Warrior Games underway in Tampa This is the second time the Warrior Games are being held in public venues and not on a military installation. The games are free to watch, open to the public and offer a rare opportunity to watch and be inspired by wounded warriors who have shown incredible resilience as they overcome significant
June 17, 2019 Providing access to space through innovation The U.S. Air Force and Space Command are powered by innovation. Because of this, Vandenberg Air Force Base is continually making improvements to base facilities, equipment and the way Airmen and mission partners do their job in order to complete the space mission.
June 12, 2019 AMLO brings expertise to fight in Syria An AMLO from the 621st MSOS, aligned with the 82nd Airborne Division, recently found himself in Syria working to provide expertise in multiple areas and maintain a runway under harsh conditions.
May 23, 2019 8 FW SJA wins Outstanding Young Military Lawyer Award for Air Force Maj. Christopher Stein, 8th Fighter Wing staff judge advocate, received the 2018 - 2019 Outstanding Young Military Lawyer Award for the Air Force. His exemplary leadership, impact to the local community, remarkable development of subordinates and vast nature of his previous assignments contributed
May 13, 2019 Army GLOs enable joint combat power, battlefield safety The Department of Defense receives a significant amount of its intelligence from the Air Force distributed common ground system, which is an enterprise of globally networked analysts and cyber professionals linked together by a global communications architecture.
May 13, 2019 Atlantic Stripe: Molding, mentoring and developing today’s NCO Multiple leaders came together from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, 3rd Air Force and NATO to provide various leadership perspectives to the class throughout the week.
May 9, 2019 Reserve and Guard build expeditionary medical skills during Joint Medic exercise More than 70 military members, including Reserve Citizen Airmen, Army and Navy Reservists and Texas Army National Guardsmen combined to sharpen their expeditionary mass-casualty stabilization and aeromedical evacuation skills May 4-5.
May 9, 2019 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
April 15, 2019 Airmen, Soldiers build partnership for life-saving mission in Afghanistan The Soldiers and Airmen work side-by-side to execute the personnel recovery mission in Southwestern Afghanistan, standing ready to rescue, recover and return joint and coalition forces in times of danger or extreme duress.