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May 16, 2024
Airman Accelerators become agents of change to reduce issues that cause negative impacts

The Airman Accelerator Program challenges 82nd Training Wing students to identify issues that negatively impact training, procedures, or quality of life and then propose a solution. The 82nd Training Wing started the AAP in May 2023. Since then, 25 Airmen in Training have been certified as Airmen
May 15, 2024
Fuel spill exercise helps prep wing to safeguard community

U.S. Air Force firefighters assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, pour out water to simulate a fuel spill, May 9, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The exercise simulated scenarios where responders practiced containment and mitigation techniques for fuel spills. Exercises like these are
May 15, 2024
Motorcycle training course

A motorcycle safety course participant maneuvers through cones during a motorcycle safety training course held at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., May 11, 2024. The annual course, offered by the Space Launch Delta 30 Safety Office, aims to protect riders in visual awareness training and hands-on
May 14, 2024
Exposed to extreme G-forces at dangerous altitudes, pilots' health focus of human performance team

Effectively operating a Fourth or Fifth-Generation fighter jet requires the human body to surpass extraordinary physical and mental heights. Spending hours upon hours strapped into the confined space of a cockpit, fighter pilots endure a constant barrage of extreme G-force at dangerous altitudes
May 14, 2024
Joint Personnel Recovery Agency leads joint force missions through Fairchild’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape program

The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency leads Department of Defense and interagency personnel recovery operations by providing the Joint Force with strategic direction and oversight, operational support, capability development, training and education to improve personnel recovery readiness and
May 13, 2024
Keesler hosts Special Olympics summer games, ensuring safe, fun time for athletes

Keesler welcomed athletes participating in the annual Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games, May 10-12.
May 13, 2024
Aircrew Human Performance Summit seeks to enhance performance of pilot athletes

The 33rd Fighter Wing hosted the second inaugural Aircrew Human Performance Summit in Fort Walton Beach, FL, April 29 - May 3, 2024. The conference brought together subject matter experts within the aircrew performance community in an effort to re-optimize for great power competition. Aircrew
May 13, 2024
Hurricane Awareness Tour promotes weather readiness

To promote the importance of preparing now for hurricane season, which starts June 1, the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew with their WC-130J Super Hercules and a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane experts visited five Atlantic Coast cities as part of this
May 9, 2024
Luke launches 100,000th F-35 sortie, with ode to maintainers who keep aircraft flying, safe

The 56th Fighter Wing produced its 100,000th F-35 Lightning II sortie, May 9, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
May 9, 2024
Altus readiness, deployment exercise tests aircrew skills in austere environment

Airmen across the 97th Air Mobility Wing participated in a readiness and deployment exercise, April 29 - May 3, 2024. The installation performed various simulated activities, posturing to improve overall readiness of the Mighty 97th.

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