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  • UNO AFROTC Detachment collaborates on Huey landing and recruiting event

    OMAHA, Neb. -- Students, staff, alumni and cadets gathered to watch the unprecedented landing of an Air Force UH-1N Iroquois “Huey” helicopter Nov. 10, 2023 on the University of Nebraska Omaha campus. The landing was a collaboration between UNO’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 470 and the 40th

  • 157th Air Refueling Wing visits Air Force Basic Military Training

    NCOs, senior NCOs and company grade officers from the 157th Air Refueling Wing flew down to Air Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland from Nov. 7-9. The group was tasked with bringing their knowledge and understanding of BMT back to the Wing's newest Airmen and trainees.

  • Commentary: I don’t regret the decision to get help

    It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving last year. I sat in my hotel room and thought about ending my life. I was at tech school, 12 hours away from my family, and 22 hours away from my own bed. I had been living out of a hotel room for the last month, surviving on delivered pizza and frozen

  • Luke Participates in Fiesta Bowl Parade

    Airmen assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing participate in the Fiesta Bowl Parade, Dec. 16, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. Over 200 56th FW Airmen and their family members participated in this year’s Fiesta Bowl Parade. The Fiesta Bowl Parade is held to honor individuals or groups whose actions show a

  • Mjoelnir's Keepers

    After a final tweak and a last-minute update, 44 teams eagerly wait to see who is worthy. This is no fantasy football league; this is Thor’s Legion Forecast Challenge: held annually for all U.S. Air Force weather flights and U.S. Army weather support elements world-wide.

  • The Future is Now

    A small crowd gathered where the grass becomes concrete, they listened to the sky searching for a very specific sound. It was the sound of the future and the future is now.