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  • Air Force OCC chopper retires

    After more than five years of service, one of the Air Force's mobile marketing assets, the F-22 Raptor-themed chopper, retired and moved to its new home in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Designed by the Orange County Choppers, the chopper

  • JBSA-Randolph building renamed to honor former instructor pilot

    Members of the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph community gathered to honor the memory of the late Maj. Peter "Oly" Jahns during a building dedication ceremony May 17, when building 39 - home of the 39th Flying Training Squadron - was renamed "Jahns Hall."Jahns, a reserve instructor pilot for the

  • New AF under secretary visits Joint Base San Antonio

    Eric Fanning visited with Airmen at Joint Base San Antonio May 16 and 17 during his first base trip as the under secretary of the Air Force.His two-day visit to JBSA included stops at Randolph, Lackland and Fort Sam Houston, where he met with Airmen and got an overview of the military operations

  • Laughlin family helps in Oklahoma recovery

    After a massive, nearly two-mile wide tornado with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour struck central Oklahoma Monday afternoon, relief efforts immediately began to help the hundreds injured and several without homes.One of those willing to help was Tech. Sgt. Shane Buss, 47th Flying Training Wing

  • New Wilford Hall Phase 1, near completion

    With phase one more than 95 percent complete, the future Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center has started to take shape. "Overall the construction of the new WHASC is progressing well," said Maj. Patrick Ryan, senior health facility division officer for the Air Force Medical Support Agency. "The

  • AETC command chief visits Laughlin

    Chief Master Sgt. Gerardo Tapia, Air Education and Training Command command chief, toured Laughlin and visited with Airmen here May 15 and 16.Laughlin's Public Affairs office had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Tapia about his visit and about some of the issues on Airmen's minds.How has

  • UK Navy Pilot flies 1st sortie at Eglin Air Force Base

    The first United Kingdom Royal Navy student aviator at the 33rd Fighter Wing, training to be an F-35B Lightning II instructor pilot, completed his first sortie in the joint strike fighter here April 10.Royal Navy Lt. Cdr. Ian Tidball flew with the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501."From a

  • Air Force, civilian leaders share perspectives at National Security Forum

    Business and community leaders from across the country converged on Maxwell May 7-10 to take part in the 60th annual National Security Forum, the capstone event for Air War College.More than 80 NSF guests attended the secretary of the Air Force-sponsored forum, which allows for open dialogue between