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  • 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.

  • TRICARE Online and MiCare have similarities, differences

    TRICARE Online and MiCare Secure Messaging may seem to offer the same services, but there are important differences to these software tools, which are designed to enhance access to care for all military beneficiaries.

  • Rand takes command of AF Global Strike Command

    Gen. Robin Rand took command of Air Force Global Strike Command during a ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, July 28, becoming the newest leader of the organization responsible for the nation's force of ICBMs and nuclear-capable bombers.

  • Innovative Airmen recognized by AF vice chief of staff

    Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry O. Spencer presented the inaugural General Larry O. Spencer Innovation Awards July 23 at the Pentagon, to Airmen who made the most significant contributions to saving Air Force financial and manpower resources this year.

  • Going the distance

    Chief Master Sgt. Geoff Weimer, the 5th Bomb Wing command chief, ran 52 miles on the McAdoo Sports and Fitness Center outdoor track at Minot Air Force Base, July 24, to support the Air Force Enlisted Village and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Scholarship Fund.

  • Through the glass: Vet looks back

    The heritage center at Travis Air Force Base has many pieces of military, history rich with old war stories. One piece, a bullet-riddled B-24 Liberator windshield, tells the story of a man from a small town who went on to fight in World War II and gave more than 40 years of service to his country.

  • AF Academy joins in nationwide concussion study

    Hundreds of basic cadets lined up at the U.S. Air Force Academy July 13 to help experts learn more about head trauma. Cadets are taking part in a three-year, $30 million collaboration between the Defense Department and the NCAA to study concussions. Eighteen universities in the U.S. and the military

  • AF 2015 DOD disability award winners announced

    Tech. Sgt. Brian Williams, assigned to the Air Mobility Command, and Stacy Gatling, assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command, have been selected as the Air Force winners of the 2015 Outstanding Department of Defense Employee\Service Member with a Disability Award.

  • O'Malley award winners announced

    Air Force officials have selected Col. William Liquori Jr. and his wife Amy as the 2015 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award winners.

  • 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.

  • Ground testing for F-35 gun conducted at Edwards AFB

    The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force is in the process of testing the F-35A Lightning II’s newest munitions asset, a four-barrel Gatling gun that fires 25 mm rounds known as the GAU-22/A.

  • Guard couple juggles military life, share command

    On July 16 an Air National Guard officer took command of the Air Force Officer Training School's Detachment 12 from another guardsman. While that may not seem strange, what is unusual is that the former and new commanders have 23 years of history together.Lt. Col. Loralie Rasmussen assumed command

  • Quest for perfection: Airman strives for flawless execution

    It’s a sport in which a fraction of an inch could mean the difference between a first place finish or dropping 30 spots. Competitive rifle shooting requires patience, accuracy and control. Lt. Col. Mark Gould started the sport more than 23 years ago and he has been pulling the trigger ever since.

  • AF continues to work with DOD, OPM on cybersecurity incident

    The Air Force maintains its commitment to protect personal information from cyber threats by continuing efforts with the Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management to assist those impacted by the recent cyber incident involving federal background investigation data.

  • Blood brothers

    Airman 1st Class Saul Vasquez, from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, tore his radial artery during a misstep while performing maintenance on an F-15E Strike Eagle April 2, 2015. Thanks to the quick response of his co-workers providing self-aid and buddy care, they were able to keep Vasquez alive

  • Seymour Johnson Airman shines at inter-nation championship

    Her journey was full of unknowns. She was thousands of miles from home and in a very unfamiliar land. As foreign as she felt, there was one 7-foot wide circle that made her feel right at home.For Airman 1st Class Jessica Johnson, a 4th Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health technician, it was the

  • Mental health: To go or not to go

    The clinic buildings themselves aren't scary, but add the words ‘mental health,’ and most people will avoid them like they contain tigers on the loose. That's why the 432nd Wing Human Performance Team was stood up -- to alleviate that stigma, provide help and have easily accessible trained mental

  • AF releases first-term Airman retraining quotas

    Eligible first-term enlisted Airmen interested in retraining opportunities can review the fiscal year 2016 online retraining advisory on myPers. Air Force officials approved 1,599 fiscal 2016 first-term Airman retraining quotas in 45 Air Force specialty codes.

  • AF generals testify for their future positions

    Two Air Force generals testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee during their nomination hearing as the next U.S. Transportation Command commander and new vice chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff July 14.

  • 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.

  • Zelda's tower

    For 35 years, Zelda Montoya has stood in her tower, overlooking flightlines around the world and guiding aircraft to and from home. To her, the sky is not made up of fleecy clouds and endless expanses of blue, but rather lines, grids and waypoints.

  • AF rolls out details to improve RPA mission

    In response to a critical shortage of remotely piloted aircraft pilots, the Air Force rolled out more details of its plan to fix the problem in both the short and long term. The most recent initiatives include creating bonuses for RPA pilots of $15,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2016; placing

  • OPM acts to protect federal workers, others from cyber threats

    U.S. Office of Personnel Management officials announced July 9, the results of the interagency forensics investigation into a recent cyber incident involving federal background investigation data and the steps OPM is taking to protect those affected.

  • AF releases SSIP results to DOD contractors

    Today, the Department of the Air Force announced its top performing industry partners for 2015. This is the second annual ranking released as part of the Defense Department's Superior Supplier Incentive Program.

  • Drilling activity for Honduras water well underway

    The 823rd Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron continued drilling activity for a water well July 7 in Honduras. The well is one of multiple projects taking place here as part of New Horizons, an annual humanitarian assistance exercise.

  • Dr. Chief inspires Airmen toward higher education

    For Chief Master Sgt. Marvin Parker, being a leader meant more than simply checking the minimum requirements. Since 2014, the 36th Mission Support Group superintendent has held a doctorate in business administration, summa cum laude, specializing in global operations of supply chain management --

  • Airman keeps San Antonio, Laughlin safe

    Last year in San Antonio, just a couple of hours down the road from Laughlin Air Force Base, more than 1,600 arrests were made. Of those arrests, more than 580 were gang related and more than 200 firearms were taken off the streets. The credit for pushing gangs off of "military city's" streets goes

  • Airmen share aerial refueling tactics with Royal Australian AF

    U.S. Air Force members demonstrated forward aerial refueling tactics with Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force personnel July 8 during Talisman Sabre 2015. The training demonstration helped provide Australian forces with the knowledge to establish similar capabilities for their future

  • Flag creates deep bond between grandfather and grandson

    The U.S. military has a rich history, beginning with the Continental Army and extending to present day operations around the world, but for Senior Airman Steven Adkins, his own military history can be found in his backpack.

  • 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.

  • AF Vietnam veterans honored on Capitol Hill

    Current and former service members, members of Congress, Vietnam veterans and Air Force senior leaders gathered in the Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 8, for a Congressional Commemoration to honor those who served during the Vietnam War.

  • Master sergeant promotion results slated for July 16 release

    The Air Force selected 5,301 technical sergeants out of 23,619 eligible for promotion to master sergeant, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. The selection list will be posted July 16, at 8 a.m. CDT on the myPers enlisted promotion page. Individual score notices will be available in

  • 40th HS makes rescue during Independence Day weekend

    A UH-1N Iroquois crew assigned to the 40th Helicopter Squadron here rescued an injured female hiker in the Big Horn Mountain Range roughly 15 miles west of Buffalo, Wyoming, July 5 at approximately 5:20 a.m.

  • Airman passes on knowledge to Civil Air Patrol cadets

    As a first lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol on Kadena Air Base, Chance Sheek is an emergency services training officer, communications officer, and he oversees all of the cadet training. But during the weekday, he is a senior airman assigned to the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron working as a

  • 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.

  • AFSC merger ensures airborne situational awareness

    With the fiscal constraints recently seen in the Air Force, many changes have taken place to safeguard the survivability of missions and career fields. Some of those changes came in the form of career-field mergers, especially within the career enlisted aviator specialties.

  • Fairchild engineers save AF nearly $8 million

    Balancing today's readiness with tomorrow's modernization isn't an easy task, but the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, figured out a way to do it and saved $8 million along the way.

  • Air Force intel pros use Web-based remotely piloted aircraft application

    Using existing technology, a team of Air Force intelligence experts have developed a new Web-based program that saves lives and money. These innovators will receive the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Achievement Award for developing the Surveillance Intelligence Reconnaissance Information

  • Enhanced e-learning for cyber Airmen

    Air Force cyber Airman training takes a giant leap forward with the latest enhancement to AF e-Learning. The upgrade allows Air Force supervisors and trainers to facilitate better skill-level upgrade and on-the-job training with customizable learning programs that can be updated on the fly to remain

  • Special Edition: DOD Warrior Games Week in Photos

    This week's photos features Air Force wounded warrior athletes preparing for and participating in various events at the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games, held at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.

  • Adaptive Warrior: No one fights alone

    Betty O'Brien went from mother to caregiver after her son, Senior Airman Kevin O’Brien, was diagnosed with a brain tumor at 23-years-old in 2013.

  • Balancing career, family through career intermission program

    Being in the U.S. military can be a tough balance between career and family. For some, it comes down to a choice between the two; however, for Katie Evans, a temporarily separated captain and the former 18th Force Support Squadron manpower and personnel flight commander here, it's about keeping

  • AFSOUTH Airmen visit orphans, deliver gifts to those in need

    Up a winding mountain road through the mountains of Honduras, about an hour outside the city of Tegucigalpa, is the town of Casa de Corderitos, a small community of orphaned and neglected children. This is where Airmen from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) decided to spend some of their downtime

  • Air Force promotes 315 to captain

    Air Force officials selected 315 first lieutenants for promotion to captain, June 24, during the calendar year 2015A Line of the Air Force, Chaplain, LAF Judge Advocate, Nurse Corps, Medical Service Corps and Biomedical Sciences Corps Quarterly Selection Process.

  • Alaska's military continues Operation Colony Glacier support

    In November 1952, an Air Force C-124 Globemaster II with 52 passengers and crewmembers aboard crashed near Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Almost 60 years later, June 9, 2012, an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew on a training mission noticed some debris on Colony Glacier. The National

  • AF begins enlisted professional military education enrollment notifications

    Last week, the Air Force Personnel Center initiated a phased approach to notify approximately 83,000 Airmen of the requirement to enroll in the applicable enlisted professional military education distance learning course. AFPC will notify 20,000 Airmen at the beginning of each month until all

  • Breast cancer survivor’s journey leads her to Warrior Games

    The Department of Defense Warrior Games 2015 will take place June 19-28 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Tech. Sgt. Linn Knight, a breast cancer survivor and explosive ordnance disposal technician, competed and placed in several events at the trials, advancing her to the June games.

  • Airman improves intelligence career field through innovations

    Tech. Sgt. Kevin from Creech Air Force Base, Neveda, has been an innovator for the intelligence career field with for the past decade. One of his creations, called the Squadron Intelligence Reconnaissance Interface, codenamed SIRI, is an application used by remotely piloted aircraft crew members to

  • Service star authorized on GWOT Expeditionary Medal

    Active-duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen who earned the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for more than one of the five Defense Department approved Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal operations may now wear a service star device on the medal and service ribbon for the second and

  • Nepal final report: AF support for Operation Sahayogi Haat

    Since the May 26 deactivation of the Nepal earthquake response task force, Joint Task Force-505, the scope of the Air Force's contribution to Operation Sahayogi Haat reveal the magnitude of Pacific Air Force's role in the response.

  • Resilient security forces Airman advances to Warrior Games

    The Department of Defense Warrior Games 2015 will take place June 19-28 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Retired Senior Airman Jennifer Stone competed and placed in several events at the trials, advancing her to the June games.

  • Elmendorf fuels flight named best in AF

    The Air Force recently recognized the 673rd Logistics Readiness Squadron's Fuels Management Flight as the best in the Air Force after being named the winner of the 2014 American Petroleum Institute Award.

  • Living the American Dream

    Senior Airman Vadim Poleanschi, a 386th Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron logistics specialist, felt the burden, whether he understood it or not. Poleanschi was born after the Soviet Union fell apart in a country called the Republic of Moldova, an Eastern European country landlocked between

  • SSgt Nick Dadgostar

    Nick DadgostarStaff Sergeant RetiredHometown: Felton, DESport(s): Volleyball, shooting, swimming, and track and fieldInjury: Below-knee right leg amputation, left ankle nerve damage, left great toe amputation and left hand and wrist damage.How has military health services helped you overcome your

  • SSgt Daniel Crane

    Daniel CraneStaff Sergeant RetiredHometown: San Angelo, TXSport(s): Volleyball, shooting, swimming, and track and fieldInjury: Right arm amputation and post-traumatic stress disorderHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?Still have not overcome all injuries

  • TSgt Krystoffer Bowman

    Krystoffer BowmanTechnical Sergeant Active DutyHometown: Long Beach, CASport(s): Volleyball, cycling and shootingInjury: Post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, neck/spinal injury, liver/gastrointestinal tract condition, occipital neuralgia and microhemorragesHow has military

  • TSgt Ryan DeLaney

    Ryan DelaneyTechnical Sergeant Active DutyHometown: Indianapolis, INSport(s): Volleyball, shooting, track and field, and basketballInjury: Head trauma, skin disease and post-traumatic stress disorderHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?This program and

  • MSgt Kyle Burnett

    Kyle BurnettMaster Sergeant RetiredHometown: Naperville, ILSport(s): Cycling, shooting, swimming, archery, track and field, and ultimate championInjury: Post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuryHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?N/ADownload

  • CMSgt Mary Cook

    Mary CookChief Master Sergeant Retired, ANGHometown: West Covina, CASport(s): Swimming and track and fieldInjury: Post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, migraines, fibromyalgia neuropathy, Reynolds syndrome, dizziness, sleep apnea, restrictive lung disease, asthma and a knee

  • SMSgt Jason Hoover

    Jason HooverSenior Master Sergeant Active DutyHometown: N/ASport(s): Cycling, swimming, and track and fieldInjury: Traumatic brain injuryHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?N/ADownload Printable Player CardsSee more player profiles: A-D | E-K | L-R | S-Z

  • SSgt Rey Edenfield

    Rey EdenfieldStaff Sergeant (Active Duty)Hometown: Guyton, GASport(s): Volleyball, shooting, archery, and track and fieldInjury: Left leg amputationHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?N/ADownload Printable Player CardsSee more player profiles: A-D | E-K |

  • TSgt Jason Caswell

    Jason CaswellTechnical Sergeant (Active Duty)Hometown: Jacksonville, AZSport(s): Volleyball, swimming, and track and fieldInjury: right leg amputationHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?It brought a drive and determination that I was missing, due to my leg

  • SSgt Jeffrey Harper

    Jeffrey HarperStaff Sergeant (Retired)Hometown: Ashington Court House, OHSport(s): Volleyball, cycling and shootingInjury: Traumatic brain injury, fused right ankle, pelvis fracture and nerve damageHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?They helped me with

  • SSgt Zachary Burnash

    Zachary BurnashStaff Sergeant (Active Duty)Hometown: Schenectady, NYSport(s): Volleyball, cycling, swimming, track and field, and basketballInjury: Shrapnel from a rocket blastHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?N/ADownload Printable Player CardsSee more

  • CMSgt T. Scott Addington

    Terry AddingtonChief Master Sergeant (Retired)Hometown : Amory, MSSport(s) : ShootingInjury : Cancer SurvivorHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?It has allowed me to focus and concentrate to a whole new level. AFW2 has increased my mental and physical

  • SrA Haley Gilbraith

    Haley GilbraithSenior Airman (Retired)Hometown: Rock Island, ILSport(s): Cycling, track and field, and basketballInjury: Spinal cord injury, T-12 paralysisHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?Meeting other wounded warriors and building a support network.

  • TSgt Jesse Graham

    Jesse GrahamTechnical Sergeant (Active Duty)Hometown: Yelm, WASport(s): Shooting, swimming, and track and fieldInjury: C6 broken neck/C6 level spinal cord injuryHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?N/ADownload Printable Player CardsSee more player profiles:

  • Capt Michael Gentry

    Michael GentryCaptain (Active Duty)Hometown: West Jordan, UTSport(s): Volleyball, cycling, swimming, track and field, and basketballInjury: Testicular cancerHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?Referred me to off-base radiation oncologist immediately. Gave me

  • SSgt Timothy Babb

    Timothy BabbStaff Sergeant (Retired)Hometown: Selma, ALSport(s): Cycling, shooting, swimming, and track and fieldInjury: Depression, back injuryHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?Yes, indeed.Download Printable Player CardsSee more player profiles: A-D |

  • SSgt Jason Ellis

    Jason EllisStaff Sergeant (Retired)Hometown: Chicago, Illinois & Midwest City, OklahomaSport(s): Shooting, Track & Field, BasketballInjury: Spinal cord injury with lumbar fusion and moderate sciatic nerve damage, traumatic brain injury with minor balance and memory issues, bilateral total knee

  • 2ndLt Rachel Francis

    Rachel FrancisSecond Lieutenant (Active Duty)Hometown: Huntington Beach, CASport(s): Injury: Multiple sclerosisHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?They have given me the strength, support and perseverance to keep fighting the appeal process and served as a

  • MSgt Lisa Hodgden

    Lisa HodgdenMaster Sergeant (Retired)Hometown: Oklahoma City, OKSport(s): Cycling and track and fieldInjury: N/AHow has military health services helped you overcome your injury/disability?I have finally found people that understand my injuries and found others with a common bond. I am finally