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  • AFECT Airmen teach flyers how to survive

    Flying a fighter jet requires hours upon hours of rigorous training preparing pilots for a multitude of battle scenarios, but there are some potentially fatal circumstances that can't be foreseen or avoided, such as bird strikes, engine failure or other mechanical problems leaving the pilot with

  • Air Force launches new program to capture innovative ideas

    Air Force officials announced the creation of a new program April 4, designed to harness Airmen's innovation. Airmen Powered by Innovation, or API, will replace three existing Air Force "good idea" programs - the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness, Productivity Enhancing Capital

  • Wings of Blue prepare to celebrate their golden anniversary

    This weekend the United States Air Force Academy Parachute Team Wings of Blue will celebrate a milestone--50 years of "Standing in the Door." Many things have changed during the past 50 years for the team, but the one constant has been "standing in the door" -that moment when a cadet is standing in

  • F-35 flies first training sortie at Luke AFB

    An F-35 Lightning II took to the sky over the West Valley here, May 5, in what was the first local training sortie for the fifth-generation fighter jet. The jet is currently the only F-35 at Luke Air Force Base with additional jets expected to arrive within the next few weeks."The ability to conduct

  • Solo or no-go: ENJJPT pilot's perspective on first solo flight

    Editors Note: This article is an ongoing series about the obstacles 2nd Lt. Abraham Morland faces as a Sheppard Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program student in the year long course, after he renounced his British citizenship to pursue his dream of flying in the U.S. Air Force. At the end of

  • 2 AETC airmen earn DoD's top journalism honors

    Two Air Education and Training Command noncommissioned officers were recently named 2013 Thomas Jefferson Award winners, a Department of Defense honor bestowed upon Public Affairs personnel annually.The Thomas Jefferson Awards program, a competition that includes every military branch, recognizes

  • SecAF honors Airmen with leadership awards

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James presented four Airmen with the 2014 Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award, May 5, during ceremonies at Air University schools here. The award is the Air Force's most prestigious award for leadership honoring exceptional performance in a professional

  • President lands at LRAFB to view Arkansas tornado damage

    President Barack Obama landed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Wednesday to tour the local communities damaged by the April 27 tornado.In his first visit to the state as president, Obama met with victims, local officials and emergency personnel. "When something happens like this to a community,

  • Columbus Security Forces runs to support Law Enforcement Week

    Members of the 14th Security Forces Squadron participated in a "Torch Run" May 6 for Law Enforcement Week to benefit Mississippi Special Olympics. "The Torch symbolizes the support law enforcement has for the Special Olympics," said Maj. Brenton Pickrell, 14th Security Forces Squadron commander.