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  • Jackson Barracks to Gain ANG Cyber Operations Squadron

    The Department of the Air Force has selected Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, as the preferred location for an Air National Guard cyber operations squadron.  The 122th Air Support Operations Squadron will be inactivated at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, as part of the 2025 defense budget divestment of 50%

  • Air Force updates physical fitness program

    ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - In support of the Department of the Air Force “Culture of Fitness” initiative, the Air Force unveiled changes to its Physical Fitness Assessment and a new fitness program, which will apply to Total Force Airmen.   Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, the Air Force will pause all PFA

  • Joint Service Teamwork Forged During Exercise Sage Eagle

    FORT ANDERSON-PINN-HILL, Va. - Army Green Berets and supporting elements assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group teamed with security forces airmen from the Air National Guard for Sage Eagle 25-4, a joint training exercise designed to enhance the services' interoperability and readiness, conducted

  • Senate confirms Lohmeier to be nation’s 29th Air Force Under Secretary

    WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Mr. Matthew Lohmeier was confirmed July 24 by the Senate as 29th Under Secretary of the Air Force, placing a former fighter pilot and Space Force Guardian in the Department’s second highest-ranking civilian leadership post.With a 52-46 vote, Lohmeier joins the Department of the

  • REFORPAC 2025: US Air Force executes unprecedented surge into Pacific theater

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) - Over the last week, U.S. Pacific Air Forces accomplished a rapid, mass deployment and reception of personnel, equipment and aircraft to multiple locations in the Indo-Pacific theater of operations for Exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025.“We’ve seen

  • Air Force increases tanker capability at Eielson AFB

    WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Department of the Air Force has made a final decision to increase the size of its existing Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, by adding an active duty component.The department plans to add four additional KC-135s and additional

  • Adapt, overcome, conquer: Iron Hand 24-06

    At Shaw Air Force Base, the 20th Fighter Wing teaches, trains, and performs every day in missions and exercises such as Iron Hand, forging a culture of commitment, courage, and mastery.