Empowered Airmen

We live in a world that is driven by rapidly changing technology and an environment that includes aggressive and capable global competitors. Airmen are key to cutting unnecessary bureaucracy, recognizing and understanding our competition, and thinking of creative ways we can reshape the design of our Air Force. The Air Force must accelerate, must change, and must prepare for the future!

This page is dedicated towards highlighting the accomplishments of our talented Airmen at all levels and to show the impact they can make when they are informed and empowered to problem solve and make smart recommendations and decisions.

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ACC leads radical change to USAF fleet maintenance, management

Air Combat Command is leading efforts to overhaul how the U.S. Air Force does aircraft maintenance and fleet management this spring.

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Empowering Airmen

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185th ECAB OIR 23-24

102d Public Affairs Detachment

Feb. 1, 2024 | 2:44

Video of the 185th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade deployment in support of OIR 23-24.

The 185th ECAB, headquartered in the Mississippi Army National Guard, mobilized in February 2023 to support Operations Inherent Resolve, Spartan Shield, and New Normal in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and returned home in February 2024.

The brigade consists of units from 11 states' Army National Guard, including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont, organized into three battalions along with the brigade headquarters.

The 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, headquartered in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, headquartered in the Illinois National Guard, and the 642d Aviation Support Battalion, headquartered in the New York Army National Guard, deployed with the brigade Headquarters as Task Force Talon.