Category: News

Assistance to reduce the impact of inflated costs on Airmen, Guardians and their families is available through four areas of effort.

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs The Air Force is expecting lower promotion rates for the next few years due to enlisted grade restructuring, a leveling-off of end-strength growth, and high retention levels.  Based on structure revisions and end-strength requirements, grades E-5 through E-7 will be impacted. Through this realignment, the Air Force intends to […]

Col. Ray Smith, 932nd Operations Group commander, rear row, center, and 932nd Airlift Wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Chad Welch, rear row, right, pose for a photo following their wing overview briefing to newcomers Sept. 9, 2017 Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Parr) Kelsey Landis Belleville […]

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:40 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Thursday May 9, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie) Kaytlyn Leslie The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) Jul. 7—A planned test of a missile rocket from […]

Air National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II, Air Force Special Operations Command MC-12W Liberty, C-145A Combat Coyote and U-28A Draco, and a C-146A Wolfhound from the Air Force Reserves landed, took off and performed integrated combat turns on a closed 9,000-foot section of Michigan highway M-28.

He always knew he wanted to be a rescue pilot, serving a higher purpose and rushing to the aid of others in harm’s way. Fighting courageously to save lives no matter the terrain or conditions.

Like many on their first military posting, Airman 1st Class Patrick Mulligan was still wondering if he’d made the right decision joining the Air Force last year.

As Red Flag-Alaska 22-2 draws to a close after two weeks of non-stop operations, the visiting squadrons at Eielson Air Force Base have racked up thousands of combined flying hours for pilots and kept maintainers working around the clock to keep more than 40 fighter aircraft ready to fly day after day with limited facilities and supplies.

The Air Force announced its vision for operating in modern, contested environments June 23, created to codify and synchronize agile combat employment tactics enterprise-wide.

More than 70 F-16 Fighting Falcons across 12 Air National Guard units are now flying with the new active electronically scanned array radar that will allow pilots to detect, target, identify, and engage across a spectrum of threats at longer ranges and react with greater precision.