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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas --  An Air Force Civil Engineer Center natural resources subject matter expert will receive the Regional Director’s Conservation Award next month for his conservation work and partnership efforts with the U.S. Fish,

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – A senior technical advisor with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate inspired her daughter to embark on a military career full of adventure and multicultural experiences.Lisa,

    Col. Louis Ruscetta, as an Air Force brat, has spent much of his life at flightlines around the world.  Today, he serves as Senior Materiel Leader for the B-52 program office and leads a team that is working to ensure the B-52 is available when the nation calls.    “Theres such a special culture in the BUFF [Big Ugly Fat Fellow] that youre part of something thats unique and historic,” Ruscetta said during an episode of AFLCMC’s Leadership Log podcast.  “Theres just this love o...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Members of the Defense Department can view a live stream of the 2021 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference outbriefs held April 21 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The virtual presentation takes place from 8 a.m. to noon (CDT) and can be accessed with a valid DOD Common Access Card at MAWG Outbrief Live Stream. Hosted by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, the annual conference is the Air Force’s premie...

The statistics are overwhelming. Of the approximate 3.6 million referrals made to child protection agencies nationally, nearly 700,000 are found to be actual victims of child abuse. To put that in perspective, said Ali Kern with Tinker’s Family Advocacy Program, the number of child abuse victims in the United States annually would fill the University of Oklahoma’s 86,112-seat football stadium roughly eight-and-a-half times. “So if you’ve ever been to an OU game and it’s jam packed and...

Updated: The major news headlines of the day, and more. Share Article AAA Protesting farmers block the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway Expressway at Kundli in Haryana on March 6, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AFP The major news headlines of the day, and more. Agitating farmers on Saturday held blockades at several points on the 135-km-long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, which connects five districts of Haryana, in response to a call from farmer unions to protest against the farm laws. The pro...

A new space art exhibit hosted by the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in conjunction with the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA) titled “The Beauty of Space,” will open at the museum on Feb. 26, 2021. The Exhibit, which will be,

Pune: Air Vice-Marshal Rajesh Vaidya assumes role of Dean, Dy Commandant of AFMC AFMC Air Vice-Marshal Rajesh Vaidya, assumed the appointment of Dean and Deputy Commandant of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, according to the Defence Wing. AVM Vaidya is an alumnus of Armed Forces Medical College from the 1981 batch and was commissioned in the Indian Air Force in 1985. Having initially served as Squadron Medical Officer in both fighter and transport squadrons, he specialized in com...

VIRIN: 210122-D-BN624-0122 Austin chaired a COVID-19 briefing attended by Deputy Secretary David L. Norquist, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, members of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Staff, DOD COVID-19 Coordinator Max Rose, the acting service secretaries, the service military chiefs and combatant commanders. The Senate and the House of Representatives waived the requirement that a defense secretary must have been retired seve...

Staff Sgt. Jordon Varnier, crime prevention program manager for the 30th Security Forces Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, will have a chance to help develop a more innovative Air Force as he was selected to be one of eight finalists for,