Aug. 13, 2015 AF selects 13,269 for staff sergeant, release date Aug. 20 The Air Force selected 13,269 for promotion to staff sergeant out of 39,260 considered during the 2015 E5 cycle, for a 33.8 percent selection rate.
Aug. 13, 2015 63 years later: Columbus supports MIA ceremony Twenty honor guardsmen from Columbus Air Force Base and four T-38 Talons supported a missing in action ceremony Aug. 10 for a Mississippi Airman, exactly 63 years after his aircraft crashed.
Aug. 13, 2015 Next generation biocontainment system unveiled at Dobbins The next generation in biocontainment systems was unveiled in a ceremony at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, Aug. 11.
Aug. 13, 2015 SecAF gains perspective of Beale's ISR mission Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Beale Air Force Base to get an up-close view of the high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission Aug. 10-12.
Aug. 13, 2015 F-16 crash in Bavaria: Public report expected within 90 days The investigation into the Aug. 11 F-16C Fighting Falcon crash near Engelmannreuth in the county of Bayreuth, Germany, is currently ongoing.
Aug. 13, 2015 Yesterday’s Air Force: Eddie Rickenbacker Eddie Rickenbacker, a race car driver, World War I ace, aviation pioneer and Medal of Honor recipient was one of the Air Force’s early legends.
Aug. 12, 2015 Keeping the buff young: Nondestructive inspection Like a radiologist who can see fractures without using a scalpel, there are Airmen who can find deficiencies in the B-52 Stratofortress’s bones to proactively ensure the aircraft’s structural integrity.
Aug. 11, 2015 AMC welcomes new commander Air Mobility Command changed leaders Aug. 11, as Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II assumed command from Gen. Darren W. McDew during a 10 a.m. ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
Aug. 11, 2015 New Horizons medical team supports exercise personnel, Hondurans New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise medical personnel provided medical support to exercise personnel and Hondurans from June to early August.
Aug. 11, 2015 Beale responds to wildfire with local community firefighters Beale Air Force Base personnel from the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron assisted the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and other fire prevention organizations with fighting a wildfire near Clearlake Aug. 6.