Dec. 14, 2016 AF Marathon registration to open Jan. 2 Registration for the 2017 Air Force Marathon will begin Jan. 2 at 9 a.m. EST. Registration will open with special New Year’s resolution discounts, and participants who register Jan. 2 will receive $10 off the full or half-marathon and $5 off the 10K or 5K.The change from the traditional Jan. 1 date
Dec. 14, 2016 Civilians take the oath Just as service members around the country have raised their right hands and taken the oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” so have the civilians who work alongside them.
Dec. 14, 2016 Compass Call targets ISIL through electronic attack Military operations are complex. Attacking an adversary requires significant coordination and communication between a commander and their fighters. The fog and friction of war means that even the best laid plans are often adapted on the fly, and competent leaders need the ability to redirect their
Dec. 13, 2016 T-38 maintenance significant to ISR Although various personnel provide support to T-38 flying operations a group of mechanics play an integral role. These civilian contractors work to keep the aircraft ready to fly whenever necessary.
Dec. 13, 2016 Around the Air Force: Dec. 13 On this look around the Air Force, Airmen deliver the first F-35s to Israel, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James visits Airmen at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and Airmen attend the Enhancing Human Capital course.
Dec. 13, 2016 Special ops surgical team saves hundreds during deployment If they stood on the roof of the abandoned one-story home they were working out of, at night they could see bombs dropping on the city three kilometers north. Limited resources, limited manpower, limited backup, and limited time didn’t stop this Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team from
Dec. 13, 2016 First class graduates from new Advanced Sortie Production Course The Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operations School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, graduated 15 officers from its first Advanced Sortie Production Course Dec. 7.
Dec. 12, 2016 SECAF shares developments with spouse and family programs at town hall Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James held a Facebook town hall to address concerns from Airmen and their family members Dec. 12.
Dec. 12, 2016 Air Mobility Command enables delivery of Israel’s first F-35s Air Mobility Command Airmen worked around the clock to ensure Israel’s first two F-35 aircraft were delivered Dec. 12, making the U.S. ally the only country in the Middle East flying a fifth generation fighter aircraft. The 618th Air Operations Center, based out of Scott AFB, Illinois, assigned the
Dec. 12, 2016 Yesterday's Air Force: Hickam 75 years after Pearl Harbor 75 years ago, the world changed as U.S. military installations across Hawaii were devastated in an attack by the Japanese military. Look back at how the events of the Pearl Harbor attack changed Hickam Air Force Base.