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  • 187th Fighter Wing: F-35A Hot Integrated Combat Turn

    DANNELLY FIELD, Ala. –The 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails, conducted their first hot integrated combat turn (ICT) with live munitions for the Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) on Tyndall AFB, Fla., May 7, 2025.The implementation of hot ICTs on fifth-generation fighter jets allows

  • 171st Air Refueling Wing Wins Omaha Trophy

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The 171st Air Refueling Wing has added its name to an elite list of U.S. Air Force units, earning the prestigious Omaha Trophy for 2024 — a rare achievement for a KC-135 tanker unit, especially an Air National Guard Unit.The Omaha Trophy, awarded annually by U.S. Strategic Command

  • DFT Provides Training While Enhancing Welfare

    SEWARD, Alaska - Training and the welfare of service members are just two of the vital aspects of keeping the 138th Civil Engineer Squadron, and the Air Force, mission ready. Recently, the 138th CES participated in a Deployment For Training in Seward, Alaska, that helped facilitate both of these

  • Idaho Guard Airmen Push Limits in Joint Field Training

    IDAHO CITY, IDAHO – The sounds of rotor blades thumped overhead as the rotor wash of a UH-60 Black Hawk kicked up rocks and debris that slammed into the Airmen waiting during a simulated live medevac. Below, Tactical Air Control Party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, Idaho Air

  • Pennsylvania Guard Competes in Governor’s Twenty Marksmanship Competition

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – More than 100 Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed in the annual Governor’s Twenty marksmanship competition here May 9-10.The event, in which 103 service members competed, determines the top 20 marksmen in the state. They earn the right to wear the

  • Oklahoma Air Guard Airmen Maneuver Through TRADEWINDS25

    TETERON BAY, Trinidad – Multi-capable Airmen assigned to the 137th Special Operations Wing mission sustainment team of the Oklahoma Air National Guard strengthened critical self-sustaining skills and assessed their ability to operate in multiple expeditionary environments across the Caribbean during

  • Canine Callie, DOD’s Only Search-and-Rescue Dog, Retires from Service

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – She deployed six times in support of rescue missions across the United States, searching for victims trapped in the wake of floods, tornadoes, an avalanche, a collapsed coal mine tipple and multiple demolished buildings.Throughout her six-year career with the Kentucky Air National