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  • Female crew chief: family and the KC-135

    Julianne Martinez walks around her dedicated KC-135 Stratotanker, searching for any loose items or damaged parts while ensuring gears are oiled. As she sprays the oil onto a rag to wipe down the landing gear, her left arm shows several tattooed flowers. One birth flower for each of her nephews and

  • From the classrooms to the skies: Detachment 9 innovates pilot training

    Detachment 9, Air Combat Command Training Support Squadron, has supported the 607th Air Control Squadron at Luke Air Force Base for over a decade. The mission of the 607th ACS is to conduct formal initial qualification training for ACS operation personnel in command and control (C2) tactics,

  • PHOTOS | U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training graduation

    U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training graduates participated in their graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 16, 2023. More than 500 Airmen assigned to the 324th Training Squadron graduated from BMTS March 15-16, 2023.

  • Keesler, community prepare for upcoming airshow with an exercise

    In preparation for the upcoming air and space show, Keesler personnel worked with local and state agencies to participate in an aircraft collision exercise, March 16. The scenario simulated a mid-air collision between a F-16 Fighting Falcon and a 403rd Wing C-130J Super Hercules which affects both

  • Goodfellow | A man of many hats

    Tech. Sgt. Willie Rouse has taken the opportunities afforded to take a break from his original career field and pursue his passion for people.

  • Osprey touches down at Goodfellow

    A CV-22 Osprey assigned to Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., landed at Goodfellow to provide students assigned to the 17th Training Wing the opportunity to have a hands-on demonstration with one of the many airframes they will have the ability to work with once graduating technical training.

  • Luke | Command Post: The Information Superstation

    It’s one of the most inconspicuous buildings on a base. No windows, no markers, no signs. Yet in these rooms, filled with various computers, radios, and telephones, the command post is the focal point for nearly all communications base wide.