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  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Quinn Smith, a sheet metal technician with the 116th Air Control Wing aircraft structural maintenance section, Georgia Air National Guard, explains the capabilities of the newly-created cowling fixture table April 3, 2019, at Robins AFB, Ga.

    JSTARS design fixture tool, saves Air Force estimated $500K yearly

    The cowling fixture table, an approved tool intended for field-level repairs, was a response to a challenge set by leadership.
  • Jeffrey Fries, 1st Weather Group director of operations, learns to use virtual reality controllers from Dainius Slavinskas, technical director at Myriad Global Media, during a product handover March 14, 2019, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. 1st WXG fielded a virtual reality training product that will allow Air Force weather personnel to familiarize themselves with a tactical meteorological observation system, known as a TMQ-53. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Shirk)

    1st WXG’s virtual training brings real benefits

    Airmen assigned to the 1st Weather Group are rolling out virtual reality training tailored to the needs of the Air Force Weather community, allowing them to train faster and smarter. Delivered in March, 1st WXG’s NextGen Environmental Weather Training System simulates setting up and assembling a tactical meteorological observation system, known as a TMQ-53.
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Angela Santos, superintendent, Education and Technology Branch, Air Force Cryptologic Office, Twenty-Fifth Air Force, began an internship in April through the Air Force Career Skills Program, or CSP. The program prepares Airmen through vocational and technical training for a specific career or trade when transitioning from military to civilian employment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lori Bultman)

    Career Skills Program prepares Airmen for employment after service

    The Air Force Career Skills Program, or CSP, prepares Airmen through vocational and technical training for a specific career or trade when transitioning from military to civilian employment.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Derrick C. Johnson, a field test technician assigned to the Systems Development Directorate at the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, lifts the fabric from a small geodesic dome he developed to collect hydroacoustic data. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew S. Jurgens)

    Using dynamite and TNT to enhance nuclear mission

    With the assistance and expertise of explosive ordnance disposal Airmen from the 45th Civil Engineer Squadron, AFTAC’s Systems Development Directorate personnel tested a new system to determine if their creative ingenuity could be operationally deployed in the field.
  • Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device

    Air Force PEAT lead visits Joint Base Langley-Eustis

    The Air Force Physiological Episodes Action team lead visited the NASA Langley Research Center March 28, to discuss the importance of an ongoing pilot breathing assessment with senior Air Combat Command health officials and NASA engineers.
  • Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Air Force Shield

    ACC announces 24th and 25th NAF merger

    Air Combat Command is merging 24th and 24th numbered Air Forces at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, this summer to better integrate cyber effects, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, electronic warfare operations and information operations.
  • Two female pilots demonstrate a sizing issue related to survival vests.

    New direction for female-specific flight equipment

    The Air Force is working to redesign the gear used by female pilots across the force after facing challenges with current flight equipment.
  • Offutt Air Force Base Personnel

    Offutt AFB personnel re-enter flooded buildings, work together to restore readiness

    Offutt Air Force Base personnel have regained access to buildings and facilities to begin assessing damage and recovering items which were underwater less than a week ago due to record flooding along the Missouri River.
  • Colombian Air Force participates in Red Flag 19-2

    Colombian Air Force supports US Navy Growlers for premier air-to-air combat

    The Colombian Air Force is supporting the U.S. Navy during the U.S. Air Force-led air-to-air combat exercise Red Flag 19-2 March 11-22.
  • CMSAF Wright visits Recce Town

    CMSAF Wright visits Recce Town

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited multiple units and hosted an all call at Beale Air Force Base, March 20-21.
  • An F-35A Lightning II pilot from the 388th Fighter Wing goes through pre-flight checks. Pilots and maintainers here recently completed the first F-35A rapid crew swap exercise, which cuts hours off the time between sorties. (U.S. Air Force file photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    F-35A crew swap provides flexibility for training

    Maintainers and pilots in the 388th Fighter Wing recently completed the first operational rapid crew swap exercise with the F-35A Lightning II.
  • Areas surrounding Offutt Air Force Base stand affected by flood waters March 17, 2019. An increase in water levels of surrounding rivers and waterways caused by record-setting snowfall over the winter in addition to a large drop in air pressure caused widespread flooding across the state of Nebraska. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Rachelle Blake)

    Offutt stands-up Emergency Family Assistance Center

    The Offutt Air Force Base Airman and Family Readiness Center is scheduled to host an Emergency Family Assistance Center March 21 and 22 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • 355th Wing Staff Agency Close Airmen Support team poses for a photo at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 15, 2019.

    Close Airman Support teams maintain readiness, resilience

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s Airmen are known to be strong, resilient and hard-charging. Time and time again the base has proven to be one of the best and has never backed down from the high end fight.
  • Family of the late Mr. W. Parker Greene and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, right, listen to remarks during a Celebration of Life ceremony honoring Mr. Greene, March 14, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Greene, a steadfast Air Force advocate and one of the most influential military civic leaders passed away Dec. 18, 2018. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Andrea Jenkins)

    CSAF celebrates life of Parker Greene

    It’s a rare quiet morning on Moody Air Force Base. A crowd begins to amass in a hangar with their heads held high and smiling as they greet one another, all the while mourning the loss of the most influential civic leader and advocate Moody AFB, and many argue the Air Force, has ever had.
  • 2018 Air Force Safety Awards

    2018 Air Force Safety Awards announced

    Maj. Gen. John T. Rauch Jr., Air Force chief of safety, recently announced the recipients of the five Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards, as well as the Chief of Safety Awards for 2018.
  • 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron grounds communication technicians Airman 1st Class Trevor Anderson, Senior Airman Seth Oatridge, Airman 1st Class Michael Ha, and Airman 1st Class Brandon Stockham pose for a group photo in front of their communication satellite, Feb. 17, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

    EQ-4 Global Hawk Controlled‘Beyond Line of Sight’

    One of the assets flying missions from Al Dhafra Air Base, is the EQ-4 Global Hawk. This remotely piloted aircraft previously required coordination with other bases to control it while in the air. Now by utilizing technology this process can be conducted locally.
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    Davis-Monthan AFB exercise balances flexibility, survivability, lethality

    Landing in an austere location, a small number of Airmen move at a rapid pace to accomplish a very specific mission. With only the supplies needed to survive for a week, they begin to unload food, shelter and equipment. After unloading, they set up a campsite as home base for their operations.
  • Senior Airman Shawn King, 823d Base Defense Squadron fireteam member, low crawls through an obstacle during an Army Air Assault Assessment (AAA), Jan. 20, 2019, at Camp Blanding, Fla. The AAA is designed to determine Airmen’s physical and mental readiness before being selected to attend Army Air Assault school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Eugene Oliver)

    Airmen test resolve during Air Assault Assessment

    Cadre from the 820th Base Defense Group evaluated approximately 37 Airmen during an Army Air Assault Assessment.
  • F-35A at Red Flag 19-1

    Red Flag strengthens F-35A maintainers

    After more than two weeks launching F-35A Lightning II sorties at Red Flag 19-1, maintainers with the 388th Fighter Wing are impressed with the jet and the young airmen who help maintain it.
  • Savannah ANG hosts first ACC combat comms steering group

    Savannah ANG hosts first ACC combat comms steering group

    A combat communications steering group was hosted here January 29 – February 1. This is the first steering group since Air Combat Command assumed cyber responsibility from Air Force Space Command in July 2018.
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