June 10, 2015 Tech Report: E-3 Sentry (AWACS) The E-3 Sentry (AWACS) is a modified Boeing 707 commercial airframe with a rotating radar dome and serves as an integrated command and control battle management, surveillance, target detection, and tracking platform.
June 9, 2015 2015 DOD Warrior Games to begin June 19 The opening ceremony for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games is scheduled for 11 a.m. EDT, June 19, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia.
June 9, 2015 Take me out to the ballgame, warrior style Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team members and athletes from the NFL joined forces to compete in the 3rd annual Amputee Warrior Softball Classic June 6 at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie, Maryland.
June 9, 2015 Welsh, Cody visit Wright-Patterson Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody spoke about the importance of the work being accomplished by the people in the room and across Air Force Materiel Command in an all call at the Air Force Institute of Technology here June 8.
June 9, 2015 AF releases colonel, lieutenant colonel, major selection board results The Air Force selected 18 lieutenant colonels for promotion to colonel, 1,499 majors for promotion to lieutenant colonel, and 57 captains for promotion to major during the calendar year 2015A Colonel Line of the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps, Lieutenant Colonel LAF and LAF-J and Major LAF-J
June 9, 2015 Pawlikowski assumes leadership of AF Materiel Command Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski assumed the top position of the major command responsible for installation support and the technology, acquisition, test and sustainment of the Air Force's current and future weapon systems during ceremonies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 8.
June 9, 2015 AF welcomes new surgeon general Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger was promoted by Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry O. Spencer, as the 22nd Air Force surgeon general, in a ceremony June 8, at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia.
June 9, 2015 AF selects 8,446 for promotion to technical sergeant The Air Force selected 8,446 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant, officials announced June 9. Selectees represent 23.55 percent of the 35,863 eligible.
June 9, 2015 Continuing the legacy: Tibbets takes command of 509th Bomb Wing During a historic ceremony, Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets IV took command of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, June 5. Tibbets' grandfather, Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., was the pilot of the "Enola Gay," the B-29 Superfortress known for dropping the "Little Boy" atomic bomb
June 9, 2015 Leaders from 11 nations meet to discuss Arctic security Military leaders from across Europe and North America met in Reykjavik to discuss security related issues within the Arctic Circle during the Arctic Security Forces Roundtable several weeks ago.