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  • BLUE: The art of survival

    This edition of BLUE features America's Airmen receiving survival skills training. If their plane ever goes down, they need to know how to survive in the harshest environments. See how the Air Force puts their skills to the ultimate test in the frozen wilderness of Alaska, at Arctic Survival School.
  • Staff Sgt. Jonathan Moroz scans a mock chemical lab for chemical agents March 17, 2015, in the Memorial Tunnel at the Center for National Response on, in Gallagher, W.Va. This training is part of the annual Black Flag exercise for first responders. Moroz is the NCO in charge of bioenvironmental training for the 779th Aerospace Medical Squadron, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joshua R. M. Dewberry)

    Black Flag first responders train with tunnel vision

    Cold and dimly lit walls surround Airmen dressed in crinkling, sweaty plastic suits to protect against unknown hazards. Firefighters, paramedics, emergency responders, bioenvironmental engineers and police forces share the former highway tunnel year-round for numerous crisis situation exercises.

  • New center to focus on development of nuclear Airmen

    Air Force Global Strike Command initiated the creation of a new Nuclear Leadership Development Center, which will focus on nuclear and leadership education, and professional development.

  • T-X, future T-38 jet replacement, requirements released

    Air Force officials released requirements for the T-X trainer aircraft family of systems that will replace the T-38 Talon, March 20.
  • Senior Airman Joel Ramirez moves towards the objective training area during an exercise March 14, 2015, at Fort Drum, N.Y. Thirty Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 274th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), based at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base trained on close air support (CAS) as well as training for the first time with two CH-47F Chinook helicopters from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation based in Rochester. The 274th mission is to advise commanders on how to best utilize U.S. and NATO assets for CAS. Ramirez is a tactical air control party (TACP) Airman. (New York Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Eric Miller)

    New York Army National Guard aviators train with Air Guard close air controllers at Fort Drum

    It was one team, one fight during a training exercise March 14 for the New York Army National Guard aviators of B Company 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation and the New York Air National Guard close air support specialists of the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron.

  • Space planning essential to battle success

    "Space, the final frontier," can mean a lot to people in different careers, but is the vast blackness filled with mesmerizing intergalactic-lights important to today's warfighter? According to Capt. Jamil Brown, the 607th Air Operations Center chief of space plans, space is a newer concept to warfighting, and his team worked to integrate the concept into exercise Key Resolve (KR) 15.
  • A 48th Fighter Wing HH-60G Pave Hawk clears an area during combat search and rescue training March 5, 2015, in the hilly terrain of Hinderclay, England. The training included Tornado GR4 pilots, Royal air force Regiment personnel and U.S. Air Force HH-60G aircrew. They worked together to suppress simulated enemies and make a successful recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Trevor T. McBride)

    Combating common enemies

    Picture yourself as the aircrew of a military aircraft, dealing with an unfortunate situation that forces you to eject behind enemy lines. In order to survive, you must evade the enemy all while communicating with the appropriate personnel to be rescued. To train for this type of situation in a coalition capacity, both the U.S. Air Force and Royal air force practiced in the hilly terrain of Hinderclay, March 5.
  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeffery Purvis directs an Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto an C-17 Globemaster III March 6, 2015, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The training helped Airmen and Soldiers stay proficient in transporting, setting up and firing a HIMARS. The Soldiers were from the 1st Battalion, 14 Field Artillery Regiment, 214th Fires Brigade and Airmen were from the 58th Airlift Squadron and the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathan Clark)

    Altus Airmen assist Soldiers in mobile rocket joint exercise

    Airmen from the 58th Airlift Squadron and the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron teamed up March 6, to transport Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 14 Field Artillery Regiment, 214th Fires Brigade for a field artillery exercise.

  • US, South Korean civil engineers work together during exercise

    The civil engineers working for the Seventh Air Force installations and mission support during exercise Key Resolve 2015 strive to ensure all South Korean and U.S. installations remain operational in a contingency situation.

  • Putting face on prevention training

    The Air Force recently changed its annual suicide prevention training from a computer-based (CBT) course to face-to-face training.
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen and Royal Australian air force airfield defense guards work as a team to eliminate an opposing force, while participating in a force-on-force combat scenario during exercise Cope North 15, Feb. 23, 2015, at the Commando Warrior Pacific Regional Training Center on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Through training exercises such as Cope North 15, the U.S., Japan and Australia air forces develop combat capabilities, enhancing air superiority, electronic warfare, air interdiction, tactical airlift and aerial refueling. The U.S. Air Force Airmen are assigned to the 736th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)

    US, Japan, Australia team up during air combat training

    Pilots from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian air force conducted large force employment (LFE) training here Feb. 19-27, as part of exercise Cope North 2015.
  • U.S. Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) Second Class Veditz scans the horizon during a multinational search and rescue exercise at Cope North 15, Feb. 18, 2015, off the coast of Guam. Exercise Cope North 15 enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief crisis response capabilities between six nations and lays the foundation for regional cooperation expansion during real-world contingencies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Veditz is from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)

    Natural disaster response improved at Cope North 15

    More than 300 service members from six countries joined together to conduct the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) portion of exercise Cope North 15 from Feb. 15 to 18, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and throughout the region of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

  • Japan, US conduct bilateral training at Torii Station

    Emergency response personnel from Kadena Air Base, Torii Station and various departments of the Okinawa Prefecture conducted an annual bilateral aircraft mishap exercise Feb. 17, at Torii Station.
  • Exercise Cope North 15 participants and aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian air force, South Korean air force, Royal New Zealand air force, and Philippine air force participate in a group photo event Feb.13, 2015, at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. Cope North is an annual multilateral field training exercise that emphasizes the exchange and execution of tactics, techniques and procedures, while enhancing interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson)

    Cope North 15 kicks off at Andersen

    Exercise Cope North 15 kicked off at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 15, and will run through Feb. 27, marking the 86th iteration of the multilateral training exercise.

  • 25th AF training breakthrough seen as 'game' changer

    Visionaries at 25th Air Force are merging advances in technology with innovation and creative thinking to revolutionize how Airmen are educated, trained and developed in the intelligence community.
  • Airmen with the 372nd Training Squadron Detachment 21, inspect the landing gear of a RQ-4 Global Hawk Jan. 20, 2015, at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The Airmen are the first students to attend the RQ-4 remotely piloted aircraft maintenance course taught at Beale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bobby Cummings)

    AETC graduates first class of pipeline Global Hawk crew chiefs

    Six Airmen became the first Air Force recruits to graduate initial skills technical training as RQ-4 Global Hawk crew chiefs after completing Mission-Ready Airmen training at Beale Air Force Base, California, Feb. 10.
  • Lt. Col. Merryl Tengesdal stands in front of a U-2 Feb. 9, 2015, at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Tengesdal is the only black female U-2 pilot in history. Tengesdal is the 9th Reconnaissance Wing inspector general and a U-2 pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bobby Cummings)

    Female U-2 pilot blazes trail through society and space

    As a child she imagined flying amongst the stars, thousands of miles above the earth’s surface, and today Lt. Col. Merryl Tengesdal is one of eight female pilots to ever fly the U-2 and the only black female pilot during the aircraft's history.
  • Senior Master Sgt. Gene Geren drills holes for blocks to be cut and removed during an Arctic oil spill response exercise Feb. 4, 2015, in Alaska. The removed blocks will open up a trench to deploy accumulation equipment to clean up a simulated spill. Members of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, 611th Civil Engineer Squadron, U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, and U.S. Coast Guardsmen participated in the exercise to learn Arctic spill response tactics and techniques. Geren is the 11th Air Force first sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. John Gordinier)

    Arctic conditions make cleaning waste a challenge

    Members of the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron, along with five other state and federal agencies, practiced techniques to deal with oil or hazardous waste spills under cold weather conditions during an exercise here Feb. 3-5.
  • Essex Martinez observes Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force members during an exercise Feb. 2, 2015, at Lompoc, Calif. As part of a regional US&R team, Vandenberg firefighters trained alongside counterparts from local departments -- focusing on locating, extracting and stabilizing victims trapped in confined spaces. Martinez is the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron Urban Search and Rescue fire captain. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jim Araos)

    Vandenberg teams with local search, rescue members to hone skills

    Members of the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron’s fire department at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, participated in a comprehensive Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) exercise at Allan Hancock College's public safety training complex, Feb. 2.
  • Staff Sgt. Jose Cartagena explains the proper way to set an exhaust pipe for the heat exchanger on a new generation heater prior to starting. Cartagena, a Puerto Rico Air National Guard member, is uniquely qualified to provide the training, because the guard routinely provides familiarization training to Airmen awaiting formal training. This training that is useful to guard members, is also being found useful by the Afghan Air Force. Cartagena is a Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air fixed wing advisor. (US Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. J. LaVoie)

    Lead-in training increases Afghan capabilities

    Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air maintainers are providing lead-in training to Afghan air force airmen at the Kabul Air Wing in an effort to ensure they excel at the C-130 Hercules maintenance courses they will attend in the U.S.
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