A reserve unit in Alabama is training the first generation of uniformed maintainers who will help keep the incoming fleet of MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters up and running. The 908th Airlift Wing, located at Maxwell Air Force Base, sent Airmen to Picayune, Miss., where civilian ...
Personnel
The Air Force is promoting 22.5 percent of eligible senior master sergeants to chief master sergeant in 2023, the service announced Nov. 28—the highest rate for E-9s in seven years. All told, 506 Airmen were selected from a pool of 2,249 eligible candidates. The full list ...
On the morning of Nov. 11, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., carrying more than 100 satellites into orbit. Only one of those satellites, however, was designed, built, and operated by students—FalconSAT-X, the latest small satellite developed by ...
Airmen who operate the U-28 Draco spy plane usually do so in the shadows, providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in support of special operations ground troops, search and rescue, and humanitarian missions. But 10 Airmen made history Nov. 17...
Minot Air Force Base, N.D., is investigating after three of its Airmen died in October. The base could not provide further details on the incidents, but officials said they worked with higher headquarters to make extra chaplains, counselors, and mental health professionals available for grieving ...
He may be just an E-2, but Airman Champa Boom has already made a splash at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., as the installation’s new mascot. Since being publicly announced Nov. 9, the aerial refueling boom operator has appeared at the base gate, a Tampa ...
The Air Force’s new Chief of Staff vowed to modernize the service’s capabilities quickly so the USAF can deter the growing challenge from China. In a speech in Hangar Three next to the flight line at Andrews during an unseasonably warm morning, Gen. David W. ...
A new paper from a career security forces Airman calls for giving base leaders more authority to shape their own security procedures. The result could be more efficient systems that would make Air Force bases safer and give defenders more time with their friends and ...
Comprehensive Readiness for Aircrew Flying Training (CRAFT) is helping students fly better, score higher grades, and stay in the training pipeline, an important outcome at a time when the service is struggling to retain pilots.
