July 21, 2025 Airmen, Soldiers lauded for heroism for efforts during catastrophic flash flooding Early on July 4, almost 30 inches of rain fell within hours across Central Texas’s Hill Country, surging the Guadalupe River and triggering catastrophic flash flooding. Within hours, Texas National Guard members sprang into action, launching search and rescue operations alongside civil authorities.
July 16, 2025 Modernized GPS operating system closer to operational integration The U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command accepted a modernized operating system for Global Positioning System, which is designed to maintain resiliency of the constellation and improve positioning, navigation and timing services to meet user demand now and in the future.
July 1, 2025 101 Critical Days of Summer: Prioritizing safety while embracing season As summer kicks into full swing, the Air Force enters what is known as the “101 Critical Days of Summer,” a period spanning from Memorial Day to Labor Day when off-duty mishaps and accidents historically spike across the Department of Defense.
June 26, 2025 Bag-drag exercise puts training, readiness to test The 315th Training Squadron reinforced combat readiness and focus among intelligence Airmen and officers with a mock deployment and bag-drag exercise held at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, June 25th.
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 14, 2025 Wash rack revival keeps vehicles mission ready To improve vehicle upkeep and operational efficiency, the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron unveiled its updated wash rack at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, May 8, 2025.
May 12, 2025 Achieving accuracy in GPS-denied conditions highlights resiliency of enhanced position, navigation, timing systems The Air Force in conjunction with Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S), AEVEX Aerospace, and Northrop Grumman Corporation, completed a series of demonstration flights, Feb. 3-7.
May 6, 2025 Fluent in Joint Ops: Eliminating communication confusion An air mobility liaison officer’s primary objective is to eliminate communication confusion. Embedded with Army and Marine units, AMLOs act as translators and advocates, ensuring that personnel and cargo movements meet the needs of the Joint Force.
May 5, 2025 T-7A Red Hawk completes successful escape system sled test This test brings the Air Force one step closer to fully qualifying the T-7A Red Hawk's escape system for instructor and student pilots.
April 30, 2025 Air traffic controllers rule sky In the vast expanse of the sky, where military aircraft graze the clouds jockeying for airspace, Offutt’s air traffic controllers are there to help pilots safely navigate on approach to land or ascend upward, onward and beyond.