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  • 59th MDW: COVID-19 drive-through testing reinstated at the WHASC

    A group of 59th Medical Wing Airmen screen a line of patients for COVID-19 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2021. Due to an increase in cases, the WHASC is conducting a drive-through COVID-19 testing available Monday through Friday from 8

  • Oshkosh Airshow A Win For Air Force Mentors

    OSHKOSH, Wis. — Air Force Recruiting Service’s Detachment 1 joined scores of aviation enthusiasts during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin the week of July 23- 29, 2021. “We are beyond grateful to have a presence at Oshkosh this year,” said Maj. Kelly

  • 314th AW trains Air Force’s first Block 8.1 students

    The C-130J Super Hercules community achieved another milestone toward its fleet-wide transition to the Block 8.1 upgrade, as two students from the 314th Airlift Wing’s C-130 formal training unit recently became the first to pilot a Block 8.1 aircraft within the training pipeline.

  • 61st AMU uses live GBUs enhancing combat readiness

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Williams, 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit maintainer, finishes loading a GBU-31 joint direct attack munition on an F-35A Lightning II Aug. 9, 2021, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Two F-35s from the 61st Fighter Squadron completed missions with live GBU-31s, a

  • Optimizing the human weapons system

    Imagine trying to maneuver a fighter jet like the F-35A Lightning II through the Alaskan skies while the weight of a full grown grizzly bear presses down on your chest. Crazy as it sounds, it is an accurate representation of the forces Air Force fighter pilots deal with on a daily basis. 

  • International enlisted leaders focus on ‘Building an Airman’

    SAN ANTONIO – A sea of multi-colored military uniforms and the sounds of several languages were the backdrop for the Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit, held here Aug. 9-13. SELIS, co-hosted by Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass and the Inter-American Air Forces Academy,

  • 97th LRS practice 'rapid defuel' capability

    The 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels management flight performed a rapid defueling on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Aug. 21, 2021.