VOL. 4, NO. 14 | FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025

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88 MSG Change of Command 2025

88 OSS Change of Command 2025

88 SFS Change of Command 2025

88 CS Change of Command 2025

USAF Band of Flight set to perform at National Night Out

88th Air Base Wing

July 18, 2025 | By Austin Smith, Cliffton Thoroughman

This year, the Air Force selected 7,884 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 30,776 eligibles for a selection rate of 25.62 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jack Gardner)

The newest technical sergeant selects celebrate their accomplishment at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 27, 2025. This year, the Air Force selected 7,884 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 30,776 eligibles for a selection rate of 25.62 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner)

A large group of people watch as first responders set up a stretcher and check a passenger in a black car

Multiple people can be seen between an ambulance and wrecked car while some people stand in the foreground with backs to viewer

A man in a black polo has a pair of binoculars to his face

Two civilians and two military members can be seen in front of large windows

A large group of people, both military and civilian, sit around a large conference table

A seven-person group photo with a view of a flight line in the background

A man in a camouflage military uniform shakes hands with a man in dark suit and yamaka as a man in a light blue shirt stands in front

A man in military blues uniform, stands behind a microphone and podium with a sign that reads national museum of the U.S. Air Force

Four men in suits sit on stage, the man on the far left speaks into a microphone

Two men in blues military uniforms stand on either side of a group of four men in suits holding a folded U.S. flag in a shadow box and a certificate

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