News

June 7, 2019
Holloman pilot announced as Thunderbird "No. 4" for 2020

Capt. Zane Taylor from the 8th Fighter Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., has been selected to join the United States Air Force Thunderbirds for the 2020 demonstration season as Thunderbird No. 4, the team’s slot pilot.
June 7, 2019
Flight equipment redesigned to better fit female aviators

Flight equipment is on its way through a major overhaul. The biggest change coming to the equipment is it is being designed with measurements from female aviators.
June 7, 2019
Holloman AFB honorary commanders assume command

The 49th Wing honored their 2019 commanders emeritus and honorary commanders during a ceremony here, May 31, 2019. The honorary commander program establishes and maintains personal relationships with local civic leaders, and aids in increasing public awareness of the missions, policies and programs
June 7, 2019
Military Training Leader spotlight: Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dean

Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dean, 314th Military Training Flight assistant flight chief, shares her experience as a military training leader at Presidio of Monterey.
June 6, 2019
Sheppard Airman aces aerospace ground equipment course

Fifteen blocks of instruction. Eighty seven training days. Countless hours of hard work and dedication. This is what it takes to become an Air Force aerospace ground equipment apprentice. Airman 1st Class Cole R. Davidson, an Oregon native and 361st TRS aerospace ground equipment apprentice, did
June 6, 2019
97 AMW IG team wins annual AETC award

The 97th Air Mobility Wing Inspector General team was recognized for their outstanding performance as the Air Education and Training Command best office of the year, June 5, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.
June 6, 2019
Air Force Basic Military Training continues to fine-tune program with major modernizations

As part of the Basic Military Training curriculum revamp centered on readiness and lethality, airmanship, fitness and the warrior ethos, multiple changes to training are set to begin this summer.
June 6, 2019
34 officers complete Graduate Medical Education at Keesler AFB

Thirty-four Air Force officers at Keesler AFB, Miss., graduated from the Graduate Medical Education program May 23. The program is available to postgraduate medical students, officers and civilians to help further their knowledge and expertise of a specific medical practices such as internal
June 6, 2019
Key to success: Allied airpower at Normandy

On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied soldiers from 16 nations stormed ashore onto Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches along a 50-mile stretch of France’s heavily fortified Normandy Peninsula. The commander, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, and
June 6, 2019
A ‘Tip of the Spear’ in D-Day, now a legacy carried by AF pilot

Military service wasn’t a question for Maj. Justin Pedone, with family members serving in the military continuously ever since the Spanish-American War, it was something he was destined to do.