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43 will debut their redesigned aerial demonstration, to include an updated ground show performance, at the Cocoa Beach Air Show, Florida on April 17 and 18. This is the first time in almost 40 years the Thunderbirds have completely revised their aerial demonstration since the team converted to the F-16 Fighting Falcon following the fatal Diamond Crash in 1982. Last year, the Thunderbirds were able to focus on and fully commit to enhancing their aerial demonstration and ground...

  The Wingman’s Courtyard Café is an on-site facility that provides healthy food options to employees and visitors to the Sensors Directorate.   “We now have a contemporary café that offers healthier, fresh menu items for both breakfast and lunch for a population of over 1,000 employees and visitors each day during normal operations,” said Col. Tracy Hunter, interim director the AFRL Sensors Directorate. “Additionally, we frequently have visitors to our facilities and the café prov...

The earth shakes continuously as a thunderous roar passes overhead. It’s source--rapid mobilization of Eielson’s entire fighter fleet.F-35A Lightning IIs, F-16 Fighting Falcons, and KC-135 Stratotankers rips through the clouds and as fast as the noise,

The three groups under the 58th Special Operations Wing enjoyed a prosperous 2020. Despite the pandemic, the 58th Operations, 58th Maintenance, and 366th Training Groups produced combat-ready Airmen across six locations, ranging from Alaska to North,

By 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published April 13, 2021 DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- Airmen from the 436th Medical Group, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, deployed to several locations around the United States in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Airmen are deployed to Community Vaccination Centers in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Gary, Indiana, to help increase the number of Americans getting vaccinated. The Airmen...

Col. George Sefzik assumed command of the 150th Special Operations Wing, New Mexico Air National Guard, here April 10, 2021.,

BAE Systems Tests SABER Technology For The New EC-37B Compass Call BAE Systems Tests SABER Technology For The New EC-37B Compass Call A rendering of the new EC-37B Compass Call that will replace the aging EC-130, which can be seen in the background. (Image: BAE Systems) SABER technology is part of a critical upgrade of the Compass Call system that will be rehosted on the EC-37B. BAE Systems successfully flight tested its Small Adaptive Bank of Electronic Resources (SABER) technology for the new...

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...

COMACC visits Hurlburt’s 505th Command and Control Wing Photo By Shelton Keel | U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, right, coins U.S. Air...... read moreread more Photo By Shelton Keel | U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, right, coins U.S. Air Force Capt. Stephen Perkins, 705th Training Squadron, left, for his superior performance and rec...

75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs / Published April 12, 2021 HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- The 75th Medical Group is among the 2020 Air Force Materiel Command Society of U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeons annual award winners. “Master Sgt. Dela Calzada and Staff Sgt. O’Neill are exceptional Airmen, leaders, and wingmen.  We’re lucky to have them as part of our Aerospace Medicine Team here at the Hill," said Col. Lance Nussbaum, 75th Medical Groups chief of aerospace medicine....