U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • AFOTEC members put unmanned aircraft through paces

    It's no secret that unmanned aircraft are widely used in today's war to provide information, surveillance and armed reconnaissance. What's not widely known is the evaluation process these aircraft go through before they are delivered to the warfighter. Members of Detachment 5 of the Air Force

  • USAFE officials stand up air ground operations wing

    The stand up of U.S. Air Forces in Europe's first wing solely dedicated to supporting battlefield Airmen took place during a July 16 ceremony at Ramstein Air Base. The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing takes over the mission previously performed by two 86th Airlift Wing units here -- the Contingency

  • Air Force Week in Photos

    This week's photo highlights feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. View the Week in Photos slideshow.

  • Photo essay: Alaskan load crews compete

    Aircrews from the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here participated recently in a load crew of the quarter competition.  The competition demonstrated and tested quick weapons turn around.  View slideshow.

  • Sesame Workshop aims to help military children, keep families connected

    "Sesame Street" usually conjures visions of Muppets teaching young children their letters and numbers, but they also teach life lessons to help military children cope with deployments, injuries and now, loss. The newest phase of Sesame Workshop's "Talk, Listen, Connect" initiative is aimed at

  • Task group recommends reconstruction of civilian personnel system

    A Defense Business Board task group has recommended reconstruction of the National Security Personnel System. Rudy DeLeon, the chairman of the group and former deputy defense secretary, said NSPS, a pay-for-performance system, tried to do "too much, too quickly," and his group recommended the

  • House leaders name Academy Board of Visitors appointees

    Two top officials in the U.S. House of Representatives announced a new appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors July 15 and the reappointment of two existing board members. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of California and Congressman John Boehner of Ohio appointed Congressman

  • Chief Roy explains his road to CMSAF

    After completing high school, there wasn't much happening in Monroe, Mich., in 1982 for James A. Roy. He wanted to do something with his life where he could get some training and an education. He wanted to do something that wasn't what everyone else was doing. He enlisted as an airman basic in

  • Charleston officials provide dignified transfer training for Army chaplains

    More than 170 Army chaplain candidates gathered on the flightline here July 14 to receive training in the honors given to fallen servicemembers during dignified transfers of human remains. Last August, officials at the Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson, S.C., began coordinating with

  • 'Conductive ink' solar panels capture sun power for servicemembers

    Air Force and civilian scientists have developed a ready-to-use, cost-reducing technology that captures and stores solar energy to power global positioning system components, portable communications and other devices used by U.S. servicemembers. Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and