U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Readiness centers: 1-stop, career shops for spouses

    When Trish Kuettel and her husband, Tech. Sgt. Michael Kuettel, arrived at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., last summer, her "to do" list was long and daunting. One thing the mother of two didn't have to worry about was where to look for career and employment assistance. "Since I was unfamiliar

  • Air Staff Agency uses 'New Media' to talk

    Since the beginning of warfare, the toughest battles for commanders have always been communicating with their own troops, ensuring everyone is hearing the same message. Lt. Gen. Michael W. Peterson, the Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Office director, took a different approach when he

  • Online master's program earns award

    Officials from the Air Command and Staff College's Distance Learning Directorate here developed and launched the Air Force's online master's degree program in 2007 and received the Muir S. Fairchild Award Aug. 29 for their efforts. The entire curriculum was created in-house, and the program, an Air

  • Insertion program enhances security, saves money

    Members of the 642nd Electronic Systems Squadron's Transformational Technology Insertion program here are reaping monetary savings while further enhancing security at four Air Force sites as part of an ongoing Defense Department initiative. Transformational Technology Insertion, or TTI, involves the

  • TRANSCOM officials improve military supply chain security

    Officials of the U.S. Transportation Command here recently deployed a container security system that detects tampering and helps protect military container shipments moving from Afghanistan to Pakistan. TRANSCOM officials introduced the CommerceGuard container security system, provided by GE

  • RED HORSE Airmen give Iraqis reason for hope

    Six months ago, the town of Hawr Rajab was a mere shell of its former self. Local shops were closed, their windows boarded up. The streets were abandoned. Homes were badly damaged. The town was once an al-Qaida in Iraq stronghold where violence and intimidation forced residents to flee their homes.

  • Suicide Prevention Week: There is help

    Although suicide rates for the military are substantially lower than comparable populations in the United States, Department of Defense figures are on the rise. In 2001, for every 100,000 servicemembers, 10.3 committed suicide. In 2007 that number had risen to 13.9. Suicide Prevention Week is Sept.

  • 'Today's Air Force' features airborne warning and control

    During this edition of "Today's Air Force" you will "travel" on a NATO airborne warning and control system, or AWACS, aircraft, and also learn how Air Force officials are working to better align the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance agency in the Pacific. Another segment features the

  • Retired professor convicted

    A federal jury convicted retired University of Tennessee professor Dr. J. Reece Roth Sept. 3 of illegally exporting military technical information related to plasma technology designed to be deployed on the wings of drones operating as weapons or surveillance systems. Contribution to the verdict

  • Football: Falcons defense stifles Wyoming, 23-3

    A 74-yard end-around by U.S. Air Force Academy wide receiver Kyle Halderman broke a defensive slugfest and gave the Falcons the game-deciding play against Wyoming Sept. 6 in Laramie. The teams relied solely on the run and traded field goals while the defenses ruled the first two and a half quarters