Accelerate Change: 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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Video by Airman 1st Class Elijah Strickland
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B-roll: 2d Weather Squadron monitors at Holloman Solar Observatory
49th Wing
April 30, 2026 | 1:36
B-roll footage of personnel assigned to 2d Weather Squadron Detachment 4 performing day-to-day operations at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Feb 9, 2026. The Holloman Solar Observatory supports operational readiness by monitoring solar patterns that may impact military communications, navigation and other systems. This b-roll includes footage of a solar telescope, weather-monitoring equipment, lensing components and more. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Elijah Strickland)
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