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  • Wall of Achievers adds a new member

    Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.-- A new photo was added to the Enlisted Heritage Hall’s Wall of Achievers, Dec. 9, 2022, during a small ceremony at the hall on Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex, Ala.Brig. Gen. Donna M. Prigmore, Oregon Air National Guard commander, received the honor, increasing the

  • Thunder air show draws large crowds for 75th Air Force celebration

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AFNS) -- Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the banks of the Ohio River April 23 for the annual Thunder Over Louisville air show, which marked its return with more than 30 aircraft to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Air Force.Featured performers included the U.S. Air

  • Female Fitment Program: a 75-year journey

    Women have had to adjust to wearing suits and equipment designed to fit men… Improved, form-fitting uniforms have been a goal. Former Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David Goldfein, 2018The Female Fitment Program and the development of Air Force uniforms and equipment specifically created for women

  • Civil Air Patrol celebrates 80th anniversary

    MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) – Civil Air Patrol members throughout the United States and in overseas squadrons are celebrating the organization’s commitment to community service today — a commitment that began Dec. 1, 1941, and has continued for 80 years.

  • AMS commissioning program marks 50th remembrance

    MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. -- It was a commissioning program that sent 14,641 new U.S. Air Force officers into service in the Air National Guard, starting five decades ago. But the program departed the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center campus in East Tennessee in 2009.The