U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Air Force vice chief of staff visits Andersen AFB

    Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler stopped here Aug. 2 through 4 to see firsthand how the 36th Wing Airmen furthers regional security in the Pacific theater.General Chandler was joined on his trip by Maj. Gen. Douglas Owens, the Pacific Air Forces vice commander, a former

  • Joint: The new 'buzz word' in family support

    National Guard officials are willing to help family members around the country, no matter which branch or component their servicemember belongs to, the Guard's top family programs official said Aug. 3."Families' needs are the same across the board, and we can't afford to work within just our own

  • Elmendorf unit wins DOD maintenance award

    Department of Defense officials announced Aug. 4 that the 3rd Component Maintenance Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, won the 2010 Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Award in the small category.  This was one of seven awards announced for depot and field-level units.  These

  • Wilford Hall is 'baby-friendly hospital'

    Wilford Hall Medical Center has been designated a "Baby-Friendly Hospital" through the Texas Department of State Health Services' Texas Ten Step facility program.The announcement coincided with World Breastfeeding Week 2010 Aug. 1 through Aug. 7. The Texas Hospital Association and the Texas

  • Air Force Facebook page reaches 100,000

    The official United States Air Force Facebook page reached new heights over the Aug. 1 weekend when the number of fans who "like" the page topped 100,000. The page went live in mid-2009 as a way to share the latest Air Force news and to network with current Airmen, veterans, family members,

  • Defense panel calls for more force structure changes

    Defense Department officials must plan to maintain recent additions to the ground forces for the foreseeable future and boost their long-range strike, maritime and cyber capability to confront global trends and threats, the Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel told Congress Aug. 3.William

  • Lavelle posthumously nominated to general

    Department of Defense officials announced Aug. 4 that retired Maj. Gen. John D. Lavelle has been nominated posthumously by the president for advancement on the retired rolls to the rank of general. This follows an Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records decision and recommendations from

  • Coronet mission helps fighters cross Atlantic, other long distances

    From a spectator's point of view, a Coronet mission may seem simple; a group of tankers flies with a group of fighters across the ocean, ensuring the smaller aircraft have enough fuel to get home.Beyond that first glance, however, the "air bridge" is a complicated, critical mission which takes

  • Chairman's Corner: Pride in the Coast Guard

    Two hundred and twenty years ago today, the United States Congress created the U.S. Revenue-Marine to safeguard our young nation's shores. We proudly celebrate this as the day the United States Coast Guard was born. Over the years, generations of men and women have bravely stood the watch in our