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  • Emerald Knight’s Shine Restored

    After closing its doors more than three years ago, the 308th Fighter Squadron, also known as at the Emerald Knights, was reactivated at Luke Air Force Base in November 2018.

  • Inside the looming tower

    Air traffic controllers from the 54th Operations Support Squadron arrive for duty long before the sun begins to rise. The start of their morning shift, or as they reference it, “day shift,” marks the start of the flying mission. The brisk winter air is stagnant, stinging their cheeks as they

  • Seeds of Innovation: Gen. Kwast Visits Altus AFB

    The commander of Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast and his wife Joni Kwast visited various squadrons and organizations at Altus AFB, Dec. 17-18, 2018. The tour was designed to showcase the innovation and modernization of training at the base,

  • Innovation in tight spaces

    As Hurricane Michael churned toward the Emerald Coast of Florida, narrowly missing Eglin, a different type of storm brewed on the horizon that would test Nomad innovation.

  • Like daughter, like mother: recruiter helps family join USAF

    When senior year of college became expensive and it was tough to keep up, a mother asked her daughter to consider joining the military as her father and others in his family had done.However, no one expected mother to sign up for service while gathering information for her daughter at the Air Force

  • Feeding the animal

    Nestled between the Sacramento and San Andreas mountain ranges, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, is home to the 49th Wing and the Air Force’s largest pilot upgrade training wing. With hundreds of aircrew graduating from the six training squadrons, keeping the chaos in the skies of the Tularosa

  • Luke AFB hosts "Day of Hope"

    Hope can come in many forms, and for the children who visited Luke Air Force Base for the “Day of Hope”, December 21, 2018, hope came from the Airmen of the 56th Fighter Wing.