• Founding fathers' ideals of independence still preserved

    To mark the July 4th holiday -- our nation's 237th birthday -- many of us will get together for a cookout or to watch fireworks with friends and family. While we certainly look forward to those activities, we should also use the holiday as an opportunity to reflect on exactly why it is we're able to

  • Bloody Business: deployed wing distributes to AOR

    Forward deployed medical professionals are limited to the supplies they have on-hand to provide immediate care to casualties prior to medical evacuation. They are dependent on regular shipments of fresh blood, plasma, cryoprecipitate and dry ice provided by the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group

  • Airman escapes from Liberia to lead life of service in U.S. Air Force

    A group of five certified Master Resilience Trainers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is training assistants so resilience courses may be offered across the installation. The training is being incorporated into Professional Military Education, Airmen Leadership School (ALS), Wingman Day and

  • AFMC executive director to retire after 35 years of service

    After a 35-year career that began as a flight test engineer at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dr. Steve Butler will retire from his post as Air Force Materiel Command's executive director June 28 and return once more to Fort Walton Beach."I will enjoy spending time with my family in Florida," Butler

  • Fleet grows, training increases for F-35

    The largest fleet of F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighters grew to 25 aircraft as the F-35 Integrated Training Center here welcomed two new Air Force F-35A variants of the multi-role fighter to the Emerald Coast, June 5.The expansion gives the 58th Fighter Squadron the ability to fly an expanded

  • Branch working to ensure safety and security of warfighters

    The Life Cycle Management Center's Force Protection Branch awarded their largest Intrusion Detection System order to date May 24 to ensure warfighters working in harsh and dangerous environments are protected.The Air Force Central Command, or AFCENT, Fixed-Site Intrusion Detection System Delivery

  • Hanscom program finds savings while providing critical imagery

    A Hanscom-managed program that continually provides critical imagery to warfighters and first responders is also reducing costs.Eagle Vision consists of five deployable satellite downlink stations that collect, process and distribute commercial satellite imagery in near-real-time. The data not only

  • Day on the Job: EOD techs

    Explosive ordnance disposal technicians deployed to Afghanistan perform counter-improvised explosive device operations in harsh conditions daily. Equipment and supplies are an essential element to this mission and without the modular supply depot here at the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

  • 711 HPW Assists Air Force Recruiting Service in New Ad Campaign

    The Air Force Recruiting Service (AFRS) is currently developing a campaign called "Collaboratory." It's an initiative that encourages Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) inclined students, influencers and people to engage and collaborate with the Air Force to solve real-world

  • Air Force to consolidate F-22 depot maintenance at Hill

    The Air Force today announced it is consolidating depot maintenance for the F-22 Raptor at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill AFB, Utah. The depot maintenance work is currently split between the Ogden ALC and the Lockheed facility in Palmdale, Calif. "Palmdale has made a storied contribution to