Aug. 16, 2024 Around the Air Force: Risk and Readiness, Bamboo Eagle, and Wargame Indo-Pacific In this week’s look around the Air Force, CSAF Gen. David Allvin’s campaign focuses on risk management, exercise Bamboo Eagle showcases reoptimization, and a new table-top game teaches Airmen the basics of warfare.
Aug. 1, 2024 Investigation finds inadequate risk management, ineffective crew resource management factors in CV-22 crash that destroyed aircraft, killing all eight on board The aircraft, assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 353rd Special Operations Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, was participating in a joint inter-operability exercise when the mishap occurred.
July 10, 2024 VIDEO: AIRMAN DEVELOPMENT COMMAND'S ROLE IN REOPTIMIZATION FOR GREAT POWER COMPETITION Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Chad Bickley, AETC command chief, discuss how the the command is at the forefront of the Air Force's readiness and most significant organizational change in just over three decades.
July 2, 2024 Hurricane Hunters fly Beryl The 53rd WRS, a component of the Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, has been flying data-gathering missions into Hurricane Beryl, the first major hurricane of the season.
June 26, 2024 Base strengthens defenses against potential flood waters Offutt Air Force Base leadership, under the direction of Col. Mark Howard, 55th Wing commander, took proactive steps in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to strengthen flood defenses around the base perimeter. The initiative is a direct response to rising water levels in the
June 4, 2024 Security forces 'Gear for Life' kit enhances operational efficiency, safety A four-year initiative to modernize the day-to-day equipment active-duty security forces use has reached its fifth and final phase.
May 23, 2024 Pilot fit facility outfits 1,000th F-35 pilot with helmet, survival gear Leadership from the 33rd Fighter Wing, Joint Program Office, and Lockheed Martin Corporation gathered here to celebrate the facility’s significant milestone as the 1,000th F-35 pilot to be outfitted received his flight helmet and survival gear May 22.
May 20, 2024 Airmen recount harrowing combat rescue that took place during blinding sandstorm On April 16, 2004, the 41st Rescue Squadron and Pararescuemen from the 38th Rescue Squadron fought bad weather and faced enemy surface-to-air threats to save the lives of five U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook aircrew who had crashed in a sandstorm on the desert plains of Iraq.
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 6, 2024 Seat belts work! Airman rescues mother, three children after SUV tumbles on bridge Capt. Bryon Adams Jr, chief, A2 operations division, CONR-1AF (AFNORTH and AFSPACE), crawled through broken glass into an overturned SUV to rescue a mother and her three children following a rollover accident near Tyndall AFB, Fla.