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By Staff Sgt. Jessica Montano, 55th Wing Public Affairs / Published May 14, 2021 Wing leadership and Headquarters Air Force Directorate of Total Force Integration assessments team pose for a photo at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The HAF/DSI team assessed Total Force Integration here Apr. 29 - May 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond) ); $slider .carouFredSel({ auto: false, responsive: true, ...

Pilot who belly landed her plane without landing gear or cockpit canopy will be the first woman A-10 pilot to receive a coveted award rpickrell@businessinsider.com (Ryan Pickrell) © US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye, 75th Fighter Squadron pilot, on the flight line at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, May 5, 2021 US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye skillfully belly landed her A-10 with landing gear up and n...

-Implement a new combat air forces force generation model -Optimize wings for the high-end fight -Train Agile Combat Employment-capable forces Years of low intensity combat in the Middle East, coupled with a force management construct not currently optimized for combat in a highly contested environment, has created an opportunity to drastically reform how ACC organizes, trains and equips its forces. “Peer competition, crisis and combat does not provide us with ‘months’ to assess and study...

Mission: RED FLAG is a contested combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. It is coordinated at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). It is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the United States Air Force Warfare Center and Nellis Air Force Base. Background: RED FLAG was established in 1975 as the brain child of Lt. Col. Richard “M...

19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published May 10, 2021 A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 19th Airlift Wing taxis on the flightline at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, May 1, 2021. The 19th Airlift Wing utilized Volk Field ANG Base to host its ROCKI 21-02 exercise, as the wing assessed its ability to deploy into theater as a lead Air Expeditionary Wing – becoming Air Mobility Command’s first to experiment with the lead wing construct in a dynamic exerc...

By Senior Airman Beaux Hebert, Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs / Published May 12, 2021 A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcos assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron take off May 6, 2021, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, in support of flight operations above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and Gulf of Alaska during Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21). Navy, Air Force and Marine aircraft executed flight missions during NE21 demonstrating seamless, joint combat capabil...

By L. Cunningham, 55th Wing Public Affairs / Published May 12, 2021 Lt. Col. Janelle Koch, 343d Recruiting Squadron commander, virtually administers the oath of enlistment to Tech. Sgt. Kristopher Jaynes, 343d RCS recruiter, through the Zoom app from the 343d RCS conference room May 29, 2020. Jaynes was standing in the baseball field from the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams” filmed in Dyersville, Iowa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond) Lt. Col. Janelle Koch, 343d Rec...

Department of the Air Force officials joined Portsmouth and New Hampshire elected representatives at a ceremony May 4 at the former Pease Air Force Base to mark the opening of a state-of-the-art water treatment facility that will help protect the,

Air Force Capt. Taylor Byes courage and cool in a mid-flight crisis earned her the Air Combat Command’s Airmanship Award in a May 5 ceremony at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

The 19th Airlift Wing’s ROCKI 21-02 exercise at Volk Field Air National Guard Base came to a close May 6, as the wing assessed its ability to deploy into theater as a lead Air Expeditionary Wing–becoming Air Mobility Command’s first to experiment with the lead wing construct in a dynamic exercise environment. The overarching intent of ROCKI 21-02 focused on testing the rapid insertion of an AEW into a bare-base environment, establishing logistics and communications with theater command ...