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May 30, 2025
Expeditionary Maintenance Flight hones ability to quickly return damaged aircraft to service

Airmen from the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex 402nd Aircraft Maintenance Group’s Expeditionary Maintenance Flight, or EDMX, completed a wartime aircraft battle damage repair, or ABDR, exercise in April at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, demonstrating their ability to quickly return damaged
May 28, 2025
City of Montgomery signs landmark lifeguard partnership agreement with Maxwell AFB

In a groundbreaking agreement demonstrating strong community partnership, the City of Montgomery, Alabama, will provide seasonal lifeguard services for the swimming pool located at Maxwell.
May 28, 2025
Rehearsing emergency plans for hurricane season

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard conducted its annual Hurricane Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge May 21, uniting key personnel across multiple commands to refine emergency response plans ahead of the 2025 hurricane season.The ROC Drill
May 28, 2025
Officer overcomes PTSD, suicides of eight teammates

From adrenaline-filled sniper missions in the Middle East to managing key aspects of Air Force acquisition programs, Capt. Joshua Willis has lived a life of contrasts.
May 27, 2025
Historic Flight: AETC commander becomes first non-test pilot to fly T-7A Red Hawk

On a clear spring morning over the Mojave Desert, Air Force Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, made history as the first non-test pilot to fly the T-7A Red Hawk. The milestone flight took place April 30 at Edwards Air Force Base, underscoring the program’s
May 27, 2025
Exercise Grindstone tests earthquake response

PADUCAH, Ky. – The Kentucky Air National Guard staged a major earthquake-response exercise here last week, deploying more than 30 Airmen and three aircraft to establish a regional cargo hub, process relief supplies, provide fuel for helicopter operations and manage aeromedical evacuations at two
May 27, 2025
Air traffic controllers ensure situational awareness, safety during Checkered Flag

Checkered Flag (CKF), one of the Department of Defense’s largest air-to-air exercises, is a large-scale aerial exercise designed to integrate fourth- and fifth-generation airframes to enhance mobility, deployment and employment capabilities of aviators and maintainers. Although all roles share
May 22, 2025
Airmen train for emergency management deployment

SALINAS, Puerto Rico - The Puerto Rico Air National Guard’s 156th Civil Engineer Squadron recently hosted 14 Air National Guard units for an emergency management Deployment for Training. Air Guard units from the U.S. Virgin Islands, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Hawaii, Oklahoma, California
May 22, 2025
Back-to-Back? First Command looks to repeat success with another fatality-free summer

Don’t look now, but the 101 Critical Days of Summer kicks off this weekend. Air Education and Training Command achieved the holy grail of summer safety last year … zero fatalities! It’s looking to repeat that success again this year.
May 22, 2025
T-7A Red Hawk: Flight confirms safety, progress

In a significant demonstration of progress and commitment to modernizing pilot training, Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, became the first non-test pilot to fly the T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer aircraft here April 30.

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