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Airman killed in ATV rollover was ‘just out joyriding’ 7 hours ago Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Ouelette, 42nd Aerial Port Squadron member, of Merrimack, New Hampshire, died in a single all-terrain-vehicle non-combat related accident on the flightline at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Sept. 14, 2020. (Courtesy Westover Air Reserve Base) A 23-year-old airman who died in an all-terrain utility vehicle accident in Kuwait last fall was the passenger on an unauthorized joyride gone wrong, the Air Fo...

The KC-46 has a messy problem with its palletized toilet 4 hours ago A KC-46A Pegasus arrives at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Jan. 31, 2019. (Airman 1st Class Alexi Myrick/U.S. Air Force) This story was updated April 14, 2021, at 12:43 p.m. EST with a statement from Air Mobility Command. WASHINGTON — The Boeing KC-46 tanker currently can’t carry the palletized toilet normally used by mobility aircraft without the risk of waste water leaking into the cabin, leaving the tanker unabl...

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Illinois -- Air Mobility Command released the results of its investigation into a vehicle accident that occurred at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Sept. 14, 2020, which resulted in the death of a staff sergeant assigned to the 386th,

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Aircrew of Distinction Award Crew of ABIDE 03, 494th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom (USAFE-AFAFRICA) Air Force Chief of Safety Special Achievement Award 62d Airlift Wing Flight Safety Team, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (AMC) DAF Safety Civilian Professional of the Year Award Percy Adams, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (AFGSC) DAF Safety Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award Master Sgt. M...

Pacific Air Forces hosted its first Women, Peace and Security symposium at The goal of the symposium was to meet Department of Defense objectives to exemplify women’s meaningful participation across the development, management, and employment of the joint force. Additionally, another long-term defense objective for WPS is to work alongside partner nations to ensure the safety, security and the protection of human rights among women and girls, especially during conflict and crisis. “We’re...

Two Airmen with the 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing saved a man from a near-drowning incident at Madison Blue Springs State Park, Florida, March 27. After completing a mission readiness exercise the weekend prior, Senior Airman Jeremy Rowland, 822nd Base Defense Squadron security forces squad systems operator, and Airman 1st Class Colin Bracken, 822nd BDS security forces fire team member, spent their day swimming at the spring when they noticed a man struggling to swim, later identified as a V...

By 2nd Lt. Alexander L. Hubbert, 721st Aerial Port Squadron / Published April 09, 2021 725th Air Mobility Squadron Guidance and Control Maintainer, Staff Sgt. Joseph Cho, teaches 721st Aerial Port Squadron Air Transportation Specialist, Senior Airman Juwan White, how to marshal a C-17 into position at Morón Air Base, April 6, 2021. Airmen of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing have been demonstrating the Wing’s Nodal Agile Combat Employment at the air base since the begin...

By Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs / Published April 06, 2021 U.S. Air Force Capt. Keenyn Duncan, 22nd Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy pilot, stands in front of a C-5M April 2, 2021, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. An all-female crew assigned to Travis AFB flew the C-5M that delivered 120,000 pounds of cargo from JBLM to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell) Airmen ass...

By Tech. Sgt. Areca T. Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs / Published April 05, 2021 ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force debuted a new website for past and present Airmen and Guardians to correct their military records, April 5. Members, and those submitting on their behalf, can submit applications and supporting documents to four boards: The Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records, Air Force Discharge Review Board, Department of ...

Kathy La Sauce didn’t blaze trails during her 20-year Air Force career. She scorched them. She joined the Air Force in 1972, after receiving one of only two Officer Training School slots for the Long Island, New York area. “When I graduated from college, I wanted my life to matter so I looked at joining the Air Force,” La Sauce said. “Fortunately, the Air Force had just increased the number of women that would be allowed to serve, and it opened up some of the nontraditional career field...