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  • Maxwell hosts robotics competition for local schools

    Students from local schools participated in a robotics competition at the Honor Guard Hangar on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Feb. 1, 2025. The science, technology, engineering and mathematics event included static displays, a career fair, food trucks and interactive booths. (U.S. Air Force video

  • Arkansas Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing Takes 1st C-130J Flight

    The 189th Airlift Wing conducted its first training flight in a J-model C-130 Feb. 7, a key step in the C-130J conversion process.The 189th will continue maintaining an H-model schoolhouse as it progresses toward initial operational capability as a C-130J schoolhouse. This would expand training

  • Developing leaders: Airmen graduate from Enlisted Reserve Orientation Course

    The 403rd Wing hosted its second Enlisted Reserve Orientation Course graduation for 10 Airmen Feb. 8, 2025. The wing originally established the 403rd University in January 2022 to assist wing Airmen and civil servants in reaching their personal and professional goals; however, the EROC, which began

  • Heritage lays foundation for Air Force BMT

    During the first week of training called Zero Week, Air Force Basic Military Training introduces trainees to "Airmindedness," a fundamental lesson showcasing the rich heritage and achievements that have shaped today's Air Force.

  • 97th AMW strengthens Japanese alliance through pilot refresher course

    Altus Air Force Base has played a key role in training the Japanese military since the beginning of the U.S.-Japan alliance in 1952. Today the 97th Air Mobility Wing continues to strengthen this partnership by training Japanese Air Self-Defense Force pilots and boom operators on the KC-46 Pegasus,

  • 21st Century Warfighter

    To prepare Airmen for future conflict, they are being trained and equipped with the tools needed to adapt and react to any and all threats they may face. Col. Robert O'Keefe, the commander of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and Bridget Bruhn, the command chief of the Thomas N. Barnes

  • Generate Readiness

    Col David Gordon, Air War College instructor, describes what generating readiness looks like in the present and future. The Air War College curriculum focuses on arming graduates with the skills and critical thinking capability needed to operate in an era of Great Power Competition.