U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Lieutenants help nab purse snatchers

    Two lieutenants stationed in northwest Florida came to the rescue after they witnessed a purse snatching in a local parking lot.Second Lts. Justin Herman, from here, and Nick Garvey, from nearby Tyndall Air Force Base, chased two suspects they saw snatch a purse April 8.After shopping at a local

  • Dominguez: Recapitalization No. 1 priority

    Modernizing the Air Force’s aging systems is the No. 1 priority for the service’s acting secretary.Michael L. Dominguez recently gained the responsibility as acting secretary of the Air Force, besides his other duty as assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs. "The

  • Sports recap: Falcon baseballers feel Utah broom

    The Air Force Academy Falcon baseball team had a rough weekend at the hands of the University of Utah Utes. After dropping a close game April 8, losing 8-5, the Falcons lost a pair the following day by somewhat larger margins. In the first game of the April 9 doubleheader, the Utes pounded out 22

  • Airman’s life-altering decision takes turn for the better

    Before Airman 1st Class Shannon Cavasos enlisted in the Air Force, she was at a crossroads in her life.With high-school graduation on the horizon, the Midland, Texas, native lived alone her senior year after her mother moved away. Her mom sent her small checks to cover bills while she cleaned

  • Air Guard medics return from homeland security exercise

    More than 20 guardsmen from the Scotia-based 109th Airlift Wing here returned home from Newark Airport, N.J., on April 7 after participating in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Top Officials 3 exercise.Medics from the 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and an LC-130 Hercules flight crew

  • Balad’s pharmacy techs help save lives

    Within the chaotic center of the Air Force Theater Hospital here is a group of Airmen whose job is to ease pain and help people heal faster.The Airmen in Balad’s pharmacy ensure people on the way to surgery or on the way out of the hospital have their medications.“We support the whole hospital,

  • Russian delegation tours F.E. Warren

    A delegation of senior Russian military officers and experts on nuclear security visited the base April 8.The Russians were in the United States for a meeting of the Joint Coordinating Group, the primary organization for implementing the Department of Energy's program of nonproliferation assistance

  • Joint fuels effort allows airlift to keep rolling in Uzbekistan

    Keeping deployed C-130 Hercules and transient C-17 Globemaster IIIs fueled up takes a joint effort that includes Air Force fuels technicians, Army fuels distributors and civilian contractors. They are responsible for fueling up aircraft and ensuring the fuel is clean, dry, serviceable, and

  • Air Force standardizing warfighting command, control

    Air Force officials have integrated lessons learned from past conflicts to develop and implement a new concept for command and control of the service’s fighting forces.The result is the establishment of regionally or functionally aligned Air Force warfighting headquarters worldwide designed to

  • NDI Airmen play big part in mission

    For Senior Airmen Kenda Lewis and James Cone, the nature of their work is among the most obscure in the Air Force. What they do, however, prevents disaster from taking center stage on the mission.Assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s nondestructive inspection lab at a