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The U.S. military continued to bomb Afghanistan after the Taliban struck a deal with the Trump administration in ...

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Andrew Clark assumed command of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing from U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Larry Broadwell during a change of command ceremony at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, June 8. The ceremony was officiated,

By Wayne Amann, OSI Public Affairs / Published June 09, 2021 For nearly 20 years, everyone assigned to Expeditionary Detachment 2405/Task Force Crimson, worked to safeguard Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, and the surrounding area. On June 7, 2021, the Office of Special Investigations paid special tribute to its Fallen Heroes and all who served at TF Crimson with the official End of Mission announcement. The TF Crimson team worked with Joint, Afghan, and international partners to...

During the two-week language intensive training event, an elite group from the Language Enabled Airmen Program will also focus on Brown’s " Action Order C: Competition" by dissecting the strategic Great Power Competition between the United States, Russia and China to better understand the ambitions of these strategic world powers. The Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, is perhaps China’s greatest international economic ambition, aiming to stimulate economic development in a vast region cover...

Among the myriad of remembrances across the nation Memorial Day weekend, it was a motorsports event, in particular, that resonated for an Office of Special Investigations Gold Star family., The official website for the U.S. Air Forces Central.

A team of seven Airmen, led by Brig. Gen. Christopher Ireland, U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa chief of staff, conducted a force development engagement with the Senegalese air force in Dakar and Thies, Senegal, May 25-28, 2021., The official website for the U.S. Air Forces Central.

The ways Airmen find their way to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing is as diverse as the force itself, some joining the military as a family tradition, others searching for adventure and travel, and some for the benefits associated with serving. For one,

Threatened fish at Beale Air Force Base, California, are reaping the benefits of a partnership between the Air Force and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Specialists from Beale AFB, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and the USFWS recently completed a dam removal and creek restoration project there, making it easier for fish, including the Chinook salmon and federally threatened Central Valley steelhead, to travel upstream and spawn. The Army originally built Beale Lake Dam in 1943 as a re...

Airman 1st Class Coby Kolker, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, dons his protective gear before entering an area with simulated hazardous material during an exercise May 26, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The exercise tested,

On my mother’s side (Japanese), my grandfather is Nisei (second generation) while my grandmother is Sansei (third generation). On my father’s side (Filipino), my grandparents are first generation to the U.S.; so depending on the grandparent, that makes me,