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  • Newly commissioned 2nd lieutenant is AFVentures Fellow

    Air Force 2nd Lt. Sarah Soliman discovered what it meant to serve while working as a contractor for the military in Southwest Asia. After recently commissioning, she was awarded an inaugural spot in the AFVentures Fellows program while awaiting her career-specific training in cyber.The competitive

  • McEntire JNGB supports Seymour Johnson AFB exercise

    F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, and C-130J Hercules military transport aircraft from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, descended onto the home of the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing as a part of Exercise Agile Lion Jan.

  • Communications key for post-disaster command and control

    Disasters occur throughout the world, often with little or no warning. In Arkansas, the 189th Airlift Wing’s Rapid Augmentation Team and Mobile Emergency Operations Center (MEOC) provide quick support and relief to communities affected by tornadoes, flooding and other natural events. Communication

  • Michigan-Latvia partnership supports Special Ops exercise

    Two men stand at the main desk inside Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center’s base operations facility. Together, they review the flying schedule, weather forecast and airfield status updates on a large, wall-mounted monitor at the start of a new workday.They wear different uniforms, but their

  • AFWERX empowers Airmen as catalysts for innovation

    Technology is shaping the modern civilian world. But as innovation evolves, so does the mission of Air Force warfighters.The Air Force has taken steps to encourage Airmen, education outlets, and new technology companies to be catalysts for change by partnering with AFWERX. The organization was

  • International military friendship extends to 2nd generation

    They say history has a way of repeating itself, and for the Smith and Radke families, that is certainly true.In 1984, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Lee Smith, a navigator with the 907th Airlift Group, and German Air Force Capt. Erhard-Ingo Radke, the chief of the Air Traffic Control Tower and Approach

  • F-16 maintenance discovery changes Air Force training standard

    The Colorado Air National Guard's 140th Wing Aircraft Structural Maintenance and Non-Destructive Inspection section made a significant finding on the F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft that has led to a fleet-wide investigation."Even the most minor cracks in an aircraft structure, ones that are not even

  • 103rd defenders build resilience through jiu-jitsu

    A red mat hits the floor, and a large area that typically serves as Bradley Air National Guard Base’s emergency management classroom becomes a makeshift gym for Airmen of the 103rd Security Forces Squadron.The group of defenders meets throughout the month during their physical training time to

  • 158th FW flies south for winter, trains at Southern Lightning

    Women and men of the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National Guard are training at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, until late March for the Southern Lightning training event.More than 100 Airmen from primarily maintenance and operations Groups will fly and maintain F-35 operations throughout

  • Puerto Rico Airmen process relief support from Ohio, NM ANG

    Puerto Rico Air National Guard's 156th Mission Support Group Airmen are providing the gateway to support efforts for units that traveled to Puerto Rico after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake caused damage in five southwest municipalities on the island.Specialized teams of Airmen from the Ohio and New