U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Airman's Roll Call: Leadership change, mission focus

    This week's Airman's Roll Call focuses recent leadership changes and Airmen continuing on with a renewed focus on the mission. During times of change, Airmen must continue to pay attention to detail and when necessary, make course corrections along the way to ensure the mission is completed with

  • Airmen teach Iraqis Western-style command, control

    As part of an ongoing process to stabilize Iraq, Airmen are teaching command and control techniques to their counterparts at the Iraqi air operations center at Camp Victory near Baghdad's international airport. The operations center is the hub that controls all Iraqi air force missions, where

  • Medical team returns from Honduras mission

    A team of pediatricians, nutritionists and linguists from Wilford Hall and Brooke Army medical centers in San Antonio; Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, Va.; and South Dakota State University, S.D, recently returned from a 12-day expedition in Honduras. The San Antonio Military Pediatric Center team

  • June 10 airpower summary: C-17s support SWA operations

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 10, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles performed shows of force to

  • CSAF sends letter to all Airmen

    Gen. T. Michael Moseley, the Air Force's 18th chief of staff, addresses members of the "strongest and finest Air Force the world has ever known," in his Letter to All Airmen.  LETTER TO ALL AIRMEN It has been my highest honor to serve our great country as an Airman for almost 37 years. In peace and

  • Safety video promotes driving, recreation safety

    The top Air Force safety officer appears in a video for the service's annual "101 Critical Days of Summer" safety campaign, which started May 23 and ends Sept. 2. In the production, Maj. Gen. Wendell Griffin, the Air Force chief of safety and commander of the Air Force Safety Center at Kirtland AFB,

  • Gates hammers home importance of Air Force nuke mission

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gave a very quick synopsis of the goals of his tenure in office June 10 at Scott Air Force Base. "We are damn sure ... going to spend and do everything necessary to win the wars we are in, to care properly for our wounded, and to restore excellence in our nuclear

  • In his honor: Street named for Airman killed in action

    Approximately 400 servicemembers gathered June 10 here to honor a vehicle operator who died June 10, 2007, as result of an improvised explosive device attack.Airman 1st Class Eric Barnes, 20, of Lorain, Ohio, was deployed from the 90th Logistics Readiness Squadron at F.E. Warren Air Force Base,

  • New video focuses on cyberspace

    The Air Force Institute of Technology's Center for Cyberspace Research has produced a new  video that delves into the importance of cyberspace, the third domain of the Air Force in addition to air and space. The video, New Domain - New Warrior, can be viewed on the CCR Web site. The Center for