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  • Air Force graduates all-domain operational planners for air components

    HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. – The 505th Command and Control Wing graduated the fifth class of Multi-Domain Warfare Officers, also known by their Air Force Specialty Code-designator “Thirteen Oscar”, during a live-streamed ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 19.For the eighteen students, their

  • Airmen Take to the Sky for Understanding

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – Illinois Air National Guard members boarded a KC-135 Stratotanker, Wednesday at Scott Air Force Base for the first orientation flight of 2021.  Airmen from the 126th Air Refueling Wing participated in the flight to gain a better understanding of the wing’s mission.“It is

  • FITRE breaks through barriers in aircrew training and more

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. – Training is an essential component to Airmen in all stages of their career. From brand new pipeline students to seasoned veterans, Airmen never stop learning and gaining experience to advance the Air Force. At the 189th Airlift Wing, the 189th Operations Group

  • Kentucky Guard achieves COVID vaccination milestone

    The Kentucky National Guard continued Operation Fortified Guardian, in which a surge of service members received their first dose, or second dose, of the COVID-19 vaccination.More than 250 vaccines were administered to Army and Air Guardsmen over the weekend. As of Wednesday, Nov. 10, approximately

  • Kyrgyzstan Native joins Georgia Air National Guard

    From the time America was first colonized at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, it has been widely recognized as a place of opportunities and new beginnings. For centuries, people have left their countries of birth to provide a better life for themselves and their families. That too is the story of Senior

  • ASAB Steps Up Tactical Airlift Abilities with Upgraded C-130 Model

    ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait -- The 779th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron was redesignated as the 61st EAS this week, ushering in the C-130J Super Hercules to replace the legacy H models that have operated at Ali Al Salem Air Base.The arrival of the C-130J, the latest addition to the C-130 fleet,

  • AFSFC initiatives modernize Total Force Defenders

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – When it comes to equipping more than 38,000 security forces members across the Total Force, the Air Force Security Forces Center seeks to give Defenders every advantage over their adversaries. The AFSFC Logistics Directorate is charged with making sure it

  • Iowa KC-135 pilot reads for Veterans Day Story time

    Sioux Center, Iowa -- This week in honor of Veteran’s Day, Iowa Air National Guard pilot, Capt. Andrew Ter Haar was invited to be a special guest reader as part of the Sioux Center, Iowa Community Library Story Time.As a guest reader Ter Haar, who is a resident of Sioux Center, choose to read

  • National Guard, Israel reaffirm 15-year partnership

    TEL AVIV, Israel – The chief of the National Guard Bureau and the commanding general of Israel’s Home Front Command reaffirmed the National Guard Bureau’s 15-year bilateral relationship with Israel here last week.“Our security cooperation partnership in homeland defense has enhanced the safety of