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  • The U.S. Air Force has deployed MQ-9 Reaper aircraft and approximately 90 Airmen to the 71st Air Base at Campia Turzii to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in support of NATO operations.

    MQ-9s execute new mission in Romania

    Among those Airmen are MQ-9 maintainers and launch and recovery aircrew from the 31st Expeditionary Operations Group, Detachment 1, who support Agile Combat Employment concepts, fly freedom of maneuver missions and integrate with joint and coalition forces in the region.
  • 350th EARS provides fuel to F-15

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

  • Around the Air Force: Diversity & Inclusion - Leadership Qualities - Palace Chase

    This week’s look around the Air Force highlights the newly established Office of Diversity and Inclusion, new feedback for officer and senior noncommissioned officer evaluations and record retention levels stand to benefit the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. (Produced by: Staff Sgt. Eric Mann)
  • Maj. Gen. Marcelite J. Harris was the first woman aircraft maintenance officer, one of the first two women air officers commanding at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the first woman deputy commander for maintenance. She also served as a White House social aide during the Carter administration.

    5 African American women who made U.S. military history

    February is the celebration of African American history and the accomplishments of Black people around the world. There are many female pioneers in African American history with various accomplishments that come to mind. Some of these pioneers are Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, Madam C.J. Walker and Shirley Chisholm. Many black women also broke barriers while serving in the U.S. Military. These women worked on the front lines or provided support to U.S. soldiers and civilian employees.
  • Participants engage in a simulated scenario during the Spartan Warrior 21-1 exercise at Einsiedlerhof Air Station, Germany, Jan. 25-28, 2021. This training provides a venue to forge strong partnerships in support of U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command campaign objectives of building alliance distributed training capacity and capability, enabling joint and NATO interoperability with the integration of doctrine.

    Spartan Warrior 21-1 enhances joint interoperability capabilities

    Spartan Warrior 21-1 finished at the Distributed Training Center, at Einsiedlerhof Air Station, Germany Jan. 25-28. Spartan Warrior is the DTC’s premier tactical-level virtual Large Force Employment exercise.
  • Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin presents a coin for exceptional performance to Tech Sgt. Mayra Corona, 341st Medical Group Military Health System Genesis project coordinator, Jan. 29, 2021, during a trip to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Brosam)

    VCSAF visits Malmstrom AFB, sees accelerating change

    Malmstrom Air Force Base welcomed Gen. David Allvin during his first visit to the field as the Air Force’s vice chief of staff, Jan. 29.
  • Virtual meeting

    CMSAF joins 300-plus Airmen in EPME virtual-training discussion

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass joined a teleconference with more than 300 Airmen enrolled virtually in the Noncommissioned Officer Academy and Airman Leadership School with instructors at the Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center in East Tennessee.
  • Shown are the official photos of the U.S. Army chaplains, Lt. George Fox, a Methodist minister; Lt. Alexander Goode, a Jewish rabbi; Lt. John Washington, a Roman Catholic priest; and Lt. Clark Poling, a Dutch Reformed minister. All four perished with the sinking of the SS Dorchester (SC-290583) after being struck by a German torpedo, Feb. 3, 1943. In 1988, Congress honored them by establishing Feb. 3 as Four Chaplains Day. (Courtesy photo)

    To care for Airmen more than anyone thinks possible: Four Chaplains Day

    Four Chaplains – U.S. Army chaplains, Lt. George Fox, a Methodist minister; Lt. Alexander Goode, a Jewish rabbi; Lt. John Washington, a Roman Catholic priest; and Lt. Clark Poling, a Dutch Reformed minister – gave their lives as their final act reinforcing today’s vision of the Air Force Chaplains Corps: “To care for Airmen more than anyone thinks possible.”

  • Department of the Air Force institutes Office of Diversity and Inclusion

    In June 2020, former Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett stood up a Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, which has evolved into this new office. The organization will work directly for the secretary of the Air Force and continue to address the strategic impact of diversity, inclusion and equity on Airmen, Guardians and their families.
  • Members of the Aerial Surveillance Radars Branch began flight testing the first production-ready Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program radars on the RQ-4 Global Hawk in 2011. After delivering MP-RTIP radars for use in similar NATO aircraft in late 2019, the team spent 2020 providing sustainment support to NATO, repurposing spare parts to other branches in the Theater Battle Control Division, and closing out all remaining contracts (Courtesy photo).

    Hanscom AFB branch provides radars to NATO, completes mission

    After delivering MP-RTIP radars for use in similar NATO aircraft in late 2019, the team spent 2020 providing sustainment support to NATO, repurposing spare parts to other branches in the Theater Battle Control Division, and closing out all remaining contracts.

  • Air Force announces Airmen leadership qualities

    The Airman leadership qualities are expected to form the basis for the future officer and enlisted performance reporting systems. The alignment between evaluating units and evaluating Airmen is intended to further emphasize and accelerate an understanding and adoption of the associated leadership qualities.
  • Aircraft sit on the flight line.

    Joint training forges winning warfighters

    It’s one hour before their first Red Flag 21-1 mission, and U.S. Navy Airmen from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, pour out of their building onto the Nellis Air Force Base flightline to prepare their jets for launch.
  • A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., arrives at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of a Bomber Task Force deployment, Jan. 26, 2020. The aircraft, from the 96th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La., deployed in support of Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with allies, partners and joint forces.

    B-52s arrive at Andersen AFB for Bomber Task Force deployment

    Four U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress returned to the Indo-Pacific region Jan. 28 for a Bomber Task Force deployment, conducting operations out of Andersen Air Force Base.
  • Master Sgt. Christopher Resio, an Air Force Reserve in-service recruiter at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, is one of many Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard recruiters ready to help active-duty Airmen continue serving in the Air Force as force-shaping actions were made necessary by record Air Force retention levels in 2020

    Reserve, Guard ready to take force-shaping troops

    The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard to benefit from active-duty Air Force force-shaping actions made necessary by record Air Force retention levels.
  • The newly completed primary school in Magogoni Village awaits the welcome of more than 120 students through the doors in Lamu, Kenya, Jan. 9, 2021.

    Camp Simba enriches education for Kenyan students

    After three years, two separate deployment rotations and donations from more than 30 individuals, class is now back in session for students from Magogoni, Kauthara, Bora Imani and Sina Mbio villages in Kenya.

  • Innovation leads to OSI cold case closure

    Two years ago, Patrick Pipkins, Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent, did what his chief of the OSI Cold Case Team called, “some amazing work,” to locate an Air Force deserter who went missing in 1984.

  • Total Force Airmen can now self-report joint experience in MyVector

    Total Force officer, enlisted and civilian personnel now have the ability to input their joint experiences within the MyVector platform, allowing members to, more effectively, report joint experiences when being selected for future development and assignments by commanders.
  • U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assigned to Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, prepare to board a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.

    Army, 37th Airlift Squadron enhance interoperability at Ramstein AB

    The U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, joined forces with the 37th Airlift Squadron to conduct a rapid deployment exercise of personnel and equipment on Jan. 20.
  • Buffs and Extenders: The Strike Eagle perspective

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

  • Around the Air Force: Housing Survey Extended, Record Retention, E.C.H.O.

    This week’s look around the Air Force highlights the Air Force housing tenant survey extension, programs allowing early separation for Airmen due to record-high Air Force retention levels, and Air Force Recruiting Service’s new interactive online gaming system, E.C.H.O., helps identify potential recruits. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Eric Mann)
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