U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Officials seek Flemming award nominations

    Awards and decorations officials at the Air Force Personnel Center here are seeking nominations for the 62nd annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards. The award is sponsored by the George Washington University in conjunction with the Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission. It honors outstanding federal

  • 8 steps of bright ideas

    The Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century office here taught 12 Airmen how to utilize the 8-Step problem solving method to work together and find answers to real-world problems they're facing in their organizations. The June 9 course taught the Airmen how to work together through eight

  • Afghanistan timeline not a withdrawal date, officials say

    President Barack Obama's directive calling for the start of a conditions-based drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in July 2011 shouldn't be considered as an exit date, but rather the beginning of the transfer of security responsibilities to the Afghans, the top U.S. military commander in the

  • Neonatal care takes center stage in Bangladesh

    More than 15 health care providers from Bangladesh gathered at the Smiling Sun Clinic here June 12 and 13 to attend a subject matter expert exchange on neonatology as part of Operation Pacific Angel.The exchange, led by Lt. Col. Lindy Winter, the chief of neonatology from the Naval Hospital at Camp

  • Officials announce O'Malley Award winners

    Two Airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, are the recipients of the 2010 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award.Officials announced Brig. Gen. Thomas and Lt. Col. Pamela Bergeson as the winners of the award that recognizes the wing commander and spouse team whose contributions to

  • Patient care top priority during Pacific Angel in Bangladesh

    A total force of military doctors, dentists and optometrists participating in Operation Pacific Angel have provided medical care for more than 1,000 patients over the first three days of medical operations at the Monirampur Regional Training Center here. Operation Pacific Angel, scheduled here

  • June 15 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 15, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in AfghanistanAsadabadF-15E Strike Eagle aircrews and a B-1B Lancer

  • June 14 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 14, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in AfghanistanAsadabadAir Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircrews provided

  • Guard members respond to flooding in three states

    More than 400 National Guard members from three states have been called up for flood duty after heavy rains and snow run off caused cresting rivers this week.The governors of Wyoming, Nebraska and West Virginia have declared a state of emergency and called in guard members to help protect citizens