U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Air Force officials reinforce tattoo, body alteration policy

    Air Force senior leaders here have taken steps to ensure Air Force dress and personal appearance standards are applied consistently across the service."It's about enforcing and maintaining Air Force standards," said Lt. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, the deputy chief of staff for manpower and

  • Kandahar Airmen complete 265,000 push ups

    Sixty-three members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing completed a total of 265,597 push ups throughout the month of November.Nov. 30 ended the wing's 30-day challenge in which Airmen were challenged to complete 10,000 push ups between Nov. 1 through 30. Tech. Sgt. Jason Whitehorn, of the 451st AEW

  • Top leaders spell out president's strategy

    Top U.S. government and military officials here spelled out President Barack Obama's new war strategy Dec. 6, even as hundreds of Marines launched a new offensive in southern Afghanistan.Both Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on three major

  • Moody community pay respect to fallen warrior

    Members of Moody Air Force Base came together Dec. 3 to pay their respects to a fallen Army Soldier during a fallen warrior ceremony as he was transferred from the base to Harrington Funeral Home located in Valdosta, Ga. Army Staff Sgt. Briand Williams, originally from Sparks, Ga., which is located

  • Nov. 30 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 30 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in Afghanistan:Asadabad Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16

  • Nov. 29 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 29 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in Afghanistan:Chahar BaghAir Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and

  • Football: Air Force accepts bid to Armed Forces Bowl

    Air Force officials here accepted a bid Dec. 6 as the Mountain West Conference representative to play in the 2009 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, scheduled to be held Dec. 31 in Fort Worth, Texas.The U.S. Air Force Academy will play against the 25th-ranked Houston Cougars of Conference-USA at

  • Dec. 2 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 2 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air operations in Afghanistan:OruzganAir Force B-1B Lancer aircraft flew armed

  • Dec. 3 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Dec. 3 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air operations in Afghanistan:AsadabadAir Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft flew armed

  • Security forces Airmen end operations at Camp Bucca

    Members of the 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron officially ended operations during a deactivation ceremony Dec. 3 at Camp Bucca, Iraq. The furling of the squadron guidon marked the end of the squadron's three-year partnership with the Army providing counterinsurgency, detainee operations