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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Empowering Airmen

CMSAF shares time with Airmen during BMT graduation

Acting SecAF visits Hill AFB, focuses on supporting Airmen and Guardians

CSAF joins KC-46A operational survey sortie

48th CES enhance mission readiness through virtual reality

Airmen prepare a F-16 Fighting Falcon for takeoff

Video by Sgt. 1st Class Ben Houtkooper

Brig. Gen. Mike Wickman speaks with Al Hurra

34th Red Bull Infantry Division

March 4, 2019 | 10:50

The Deputy Commanding General for Maneuver for the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Red Bull Infantry Division and Task Force Spartan, Brig Gen. Mike Wickman, speaks with a reporter from Al Hurra about Task Force Spartan's mission as a part of Operation Spartan Shield.

Task Force Spartan is a unique, multi-component organization, made up of active Army and National Guard units, rounded out by U.S. Army Reserve support units.
Through Operation Spartan Shield (OSS), Task Force Spartan maintains a U.S. military posture in Southwest Asia sufficient to strengthen our defense relationships and build partner capacity.

Units supporting OSS provide capabilities such as aviation, logistics, force protection and information management, and facilitate theater security cooperation activities such as key leader engagements, joint exercises, conferences, symposia and humanitarian assistance/disaster response planning.

More than 650 Soldiers of the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Red Bull Infantry Division Headquarters are on a 10-month long deployment in Kuwait to provide leadership, command, control, and in-depth staff analysis for Operation Spartan Shield.

The deployed Soldiers come from more than 220 communities throughout Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, and several other states. They are expected to return home from deployment in late July of 2019.