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  • The 36th Civil Engineer Squadron removes an old Barrier Arresting Kit from the flight line at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 26, 2021. According to the technical order, BAK-12s are overhauled and replaced every ten years. The BAK-12 feeds a cable across the flight line and, in the case of an in-flight emergency, acts as a mechanical barrier that rapidly decelerates a landing aircraft.

    Andersen AFB replaces jet landing “safety net”

    The 36th Civil Engineer Squadron replaced two Barrier Arresting Kits on the flight line at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 26.

  • CSAF earns Doolittle Award

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. received the General James Doolittle Award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his significant contributions to the advancement of U.S. airpower during a virtual event April 22.

  • F.E. Warren AFB renames base dorms

    Eleven dormitories were officially renamed at a ceremony in the newly renamed Romero-Jacques Hall, April 14 on F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
  • Andersen Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations agents and Tinian government officials pose for a photo during a meet and greet at Tinian, April 7, 2021. OSI Agents traveled throughout the Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands to build relationships with law enforcement and security counterparts.

    Andersen AFB OSI strengthens ties with regional counterparts

    Members of the Andersen Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations worked to build relations with Guam’s neighbors, throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, by traveling and meeting face-to-face with local law enforcement and security counterparts in April.
  • Airmen from the 22nd Airlift Squadron prepare a C-5M Super Galaxy to take lifesaving COVID-19 supplies to India, April 28, 2021, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, donated medical supplies to assist the country of India in its ongoing fight against COVID-19. The aid includes 440 oxygen cylinders and regulators, 1 million N95 masks and 1 million COVID-19 rapid diagnostic kits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Nicholas Pilch)

    US sends medical supplies to India to help in COVID-19 fight

    As part of a whole-of-government effort to slow and eventually end the pandemic, the United States is sending medical supplies and equipment to India as that country battles the most recent COVID-19 outbreak.
  • A dreadful night in Afghanistan

    A harrowing night in Afghanistan

    While deployed in Afghanistan in the winter of 2019, Staff Sgt. Michael Rogers, 57th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, was tasked to recover personnel when required.

  • Around the Air Force: INIOCHOS 21, MQ-9 Reaper’s new role, and racing honors Tuskegee Airmen

    Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights the multinational joint-force training exercise INIOCHOS 21, hosted by the Greek Hellenic Air Force, the MQ-9 Reaper’s suite of new upgrades and its evolving role, and the latest Tuskegee Airmen-inspired race cars honor the paint design of the famous Red Tail P-51 Mustangs flown by the first Black Airmen in World War II. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Miguel Rosario)
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Destinee Forte, 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron asset management non-commissioned officer in charge, manages an URSUS fulfillment screen during a test run of the platform during Polar Force 21-5 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 30, 2021. URSUS is a responsive web application that will speed up the deployment process. The exercise allowed URSUS to be tested in a real-world environment and receive instant feedback from Airmen.

    JBER debuts innovation project during Polar Force 21-5

    The team, which was led by Capt. Jamey Shuls, 773rd Logistics Readiness Squadron director of operations, designed and conceptualized URSUS in partnership with the air staff’s Tesseract innovation team and Air Force Research Laboratory.
  • graphic: emblem of Operational Command Training Program

    Air Force provides C2 advisors to operational-level commanders

    The Operational Command Training Program team is a powerful tool designed to support every Air Component Command around the globe and is made up of graduated command and control leaders who provide operational-level commanders with subject matter expertise, confidential peer-level advice, mentoring, training, and performance feedback.
  • The Department of the Air Force is partnering for the eighth year with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on the National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falls. The Fall Prevention Focus runs May 3-7, 2021.

    DAF kicks off 2021 Fall Prevention Focus

    For the eighth year, the Department of the Air Force is partnering with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration during the National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falls being held May 3-7.
  • U.S. Airmen with the 612th Air Base Squadron, prepare donations for children at the Children of Love Foundation in La Paz, Honduras, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 24, 2021. Members with the 612th ABS donated clothing, shoes, underwear, and towels in a backpack for each child, as well as toys, soap, toothpaste, and school supplies that were delivered in large boxes to 18 orphans who live at the orphanage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano)

    612th ABS delivers donations to Honduras orphanage

    Airmen with the 612th Air Base Squadron traveled to the Children of Love Foundation Orphanage in La Paz delivering donations to 18 orphans who call the sanctuary home, April 25.
  • Hellenic Air Force Col. Evangelos Tzikas (left) walks U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Greg Semmel (right) into the newly formed Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center of Excellence for a facility tour in Chania, Crete on April 21, 2021. The IAMD COE was recently approved as a multinational COE where subject matter experts from five nations collaborate thoughts and inputs for the IAMD domain.

    NATO partners discuss command and control leading up to AK21

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa hosted the first Command and Control Commanders’ Conference with the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence Center of Excellence at the NATO Missile Firing Installation conference center April 20-21, in Crete, Greece.

  • Air Force updates guidance for name changes in official record

    Effectively immediately, spaces between compound names are allowed when accomplishing name changes in MilPDS.
  • Aircraft from several countries participating in INIOCHOS 21 perform an elephant walk at Andravida Air Base, Greece, April 18, 2021. The 510th Fighter Squadron participated in INIOCHOS 21, a Hellenic air force-led, large force flying exercise. Participation in INIOCHOS 21 allowed U.S. Air Force pilots the opportunity to develop and improve air readiness and interoperability with allied and partner air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas S. Keisler IV)

    31st FW, multinational allies conclude INIOCHOS 21

    The exercise was a Hellenic air force-sponsored operational and tactical level field training exercise, hosted by the Hellenic Air Tactics Center at Greece’s fighter weapons school. The aim was to enhance combat readiness and fighting capability, while providing participants the opportunity to develop capabilities planning and conduct complex air operations in a multinational, joint-force environment.

  • IG Disparity Review survey deadline extended

    The survey is part of the second ongoing Inspector General Disparity Review which expands its focus to gender and ethnicity, including Hispanics, Latinos, Asians, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

  • Department of the Air Force creates two new barrier analysis working groups for LGBTQ, Indigenous Nation members

    The establishment of these two teams builds on the successes of the Department of the Air Force’s other teams and allows the Department of the Air Force to identify and address the issues impacting diversity and inclusion for Airmen and Guardians.
  • The 711 Human Performance Wing's Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team aided contractor Combat Power Solutions’ Small Business Innovation Research project to develop a much-needed warfighter capability: a portable charging device (shown by itself here in its final prototype) for a radio that is critical during combat survival. (Photo courtesy of Combat Power Solutions, LLC)

    BATMAN team’s support of SBIR project increases combat survival potential

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team, referred to as BATMAN, lent its effort to the Air and Space Forces’ Small Business Innovation Research program to make a few former Airmen’s dreams come true and potentially deliver a needed survival radio charger to the warfighter.
  • Senior Airman Gabriel Coleman, 552 Air Control Networks Squadron, and Master Sgt. Christopher Bailey, Pacific Air Command A3/6, explain the capabilities of a deployable cyber defense weapon system, Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter, to Lt. Col. Akio Ohigashi and Capt. Shumpei Kawano from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force. The system is used by the 552 ACNS Mission Defense Team to defend the 552nd Air Control Wing's Control & Reporting Centers and E-3 fleet and ground systems from cyber threats. (Air Force photo by Kimberly Woodruff)

    Japan-American partnership builds cyber defense capacity

    Members of U.S. Pacific Air Forces and Japan Air Self-Defense Force visited the 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron to build cyber-defense capacity, April 4-10.
  • Two female Airmen stand next to each other next to a very tall wall of shelves

    60th LRS Materiel Management: You can’t fly without supply

    The mission at Travis Air Force Base is the largest in the Air Mobility Command and the units’ responsibilities are spread out — some Airmen fly while others repair, but if you need a part, you trust the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron Materiel Management Flight to get that part and get that aircraft back in the sky.
  • Air Force Recruiting Service and their partners at Richard Petty Motorsports and Ed Carpenter Racing introduced their newest paint scheme to honor the Tuskegee Airmen for the 2021 race season, April 20, 2021. The paint scheme is inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen’s P-51 Mustang used during World War II. The iconic red tail and the red and yellow stripes on the nose of the aircraft are prominent on the cars. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps, a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. Pilots, navigators, maintainers, bombardiers, instructors and support staff all trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field, Ala. The Tuskegee Airmen flew more than 15,000 sorties during World War II in Europe and North Africa.

    Air Force Recruiting unveils Tuskegee Airmen paint scheme for Indy 500, NASCAR races

    Air Force Recruiting Service and their partners at Richard Petty Motorsports and Ed Carpenter Racing, introduced their newest paint scheme April 20, which pays homage to the original trailblazers, the Tuskegee Airmen.
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