U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Officials announce selections to colonel, lieutenant colonel

    Air Force officials selected 505 lieutenant colonels and 76 majors for promotion.The Colonel Central Selection Board considered 4,356 line of the Air Force, judge advocate general, chaplain, biomedical science corps and medical service corps officers for promotion. The Lieutenant Colonel Central

  • C-130J circumnavigates globe

    Crossing 33 time zones, and stopping in nine locations and seven countries, a Reserve crew from the 403rd Wing here circumnavigated the planet in a C-130J Hercules. This was a first for the new airlifter.The global trek was the culmination of a series of events that included the Aero India

  • Frigid chapter closes for C-141

    Another chapter closed in the storied aviation history of the venerable C-141 Starlifter as a 452nd Air Mobility Wing-based crew from here flew aircraft number 152 from the South Pole for the last time.For 39 years, crews have flown C-141s loaded with people and equipment to Antarctica for the

  • Security forces provide fly-away protection

    In many forward-operating locations for Operation Enduring Freedom, C-130 Hercules planes from here make landings on dirt airstrips.Many times, riding along with the C-130 aircrews are highly trained and skilled Air Force security forces Airmen from the 416th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron's

  • Air Force continues support, donates homes

    Base officials here plan to donate more than 20 housing units to American Indian tribes in North Dakota this summer as part of the decade-old Operation Walking Shield program.So far, more than 460 excess housing units here have been donated to 11 tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota and

  • Holloman NCO steps up, helps to control in-flight emergency

    “There’s a bomb on the plane, I know it!”Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Drew was on a commercial flight while returning from leave recently when he heard an unruly woman scream this suspicion.“She went on yelling this a few times,” said Sergeant Drew, who is assigned to the 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

  • Airmen swear to defend brothers, sisters in arms

    “I am my brothers’ and sisters’ keeper” are words the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen here live by and, if need be, swear to die by.“We focus on mission, safety and the welfare of our Airmen,” said Master Sgt. Adam Barber, 455th ESFS operations superintendent. “It’s a 24-hour

  • IDT policy change gives augmentees flexibility

    A recent policy change modifies the inactive duty training policy for individual mobilization augmentees, and gives the reservists more flexibility to schedule training requirements.“While it is expected our IMAs will participate on a quarterly basis to maintain viability and visibility within their

  • Internet-based joint training system debuts

    Imagine a teacher who travels across the ether to students located around the world and you would be describing the Department of Defense’s new Internet-based training and information system called the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability.The state-of-the-art system personifies

  • Judge advocates ensure people are protected, disciplined

    Truth, justice and a speedy trial within the military judicial system may not be concerns weighing on a servicemember’s mind on a daily basis, but as a victim of a crime or as an Airman being accused of a crime, these concerns are things you not only think about, they are things you expect.The U.S.