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  • 33rd FW welcomes new OG commander

    The 33rd Fighter Wing welcomes a new 33rd Operations Group commander, Col. Ryan Suttlemyre, who will now be responsible for leading a 390 personnel group comprised of an operations support squadron, formal training unit air control squadron and formal training unit F-35 fighter squadron.

  • 337th ACS welcomes new commander

    Tyndall Air Force Base welcomes a new 337th Air Combat Control commander, Lt. Col. Keith McGuire, who will now be responisible for the training of all U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve air battle manager officers for command and control missions on a variety of weapons systems

  • 5 hours of work; 15 seconds of action

    A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flies low, with its cargo door open. In 30 seconds it will drop two tons of much needed food and water to a disaster stricken country, landing safely thanks to two T12 Echo parachutes.The ability to off-load large amounts of supplies from a cargo aircraft

  • 33rd FW Airman maintains F-35A panel

    Senior Airman Tyler Quayle, 33rd Maintenance Squadron low observable maintenance journeyman, repairs a panel from an F-35A Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 28, 2016. Low observable aircraft maintenance specialists design, fabricate and modify different metals and bonded materials

  • “I think we forget sometimes”

    Staff Sgt. Cody Sparks, Air Education and Training Command's Outstanding Airman of the Year, visits Capitol Hill and learns from his leaders.

  • Fire Department brings the heat in firefighter combat challenge

    Four members of the Keesler Fire Department recently qualified to represent Team Keesler at the 2016 Firefighter Combat Challenge Competition Wild Card Week in Montgomery, Ala. in October.The team competed in the qualifying round at Lake Charles, La., Apr. 30, where they demonstrated their skills in

  • Surviving the Holocaust: Former Soldier, AF civilian tells his story

    Fear. In one word, Bob Behr used fear to describe how he and most of the Jewish community in Germany lived their lives from 1933 until the mid-1940s. In that time, Behr would suffer persecution, work in forced labor, be arrested and sent to the Theresienstadt “camp-ghetto” with his family, and

  • Air University wargamers battle to keep America's lights on

    Cyber experts from across the military, government agencies and private industry joined forces at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April 27, to mitigate future cyberattacks within the U.S. The Air Force Cyber College's two-day wargame brought the CIA, FBI, Goldman Sachs and others into

  • Hands across Luke

    Nearly 300 Luke Airmen participated in Hands Across Luke, an event sponsored by the Sexual Assault and Prevention Office Apr. 29, 2016. The event was accompanied by a moment of silence to recognize victims of sexual assault and designed to encourage and spread sexual assault awareness during the