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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO- RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- A cultural development course, delivered to Airmen during their initial technical training, is adding respect to their mandatory curriculum. Airmanship 200 is the second of three development courses that new Airmen receive to impart a common understanding of Air Force values through guided discussions. It bridges the gap between the Airmanship 100 course at Basic Military Training and Airmanship 300, which is offered at the First Term Airman C...

The FTU for the current ICBM is located at Vandenberg AFB. The GBSD is expected to replace all operational Minuteman III missiles by 2036 and is being designed to maximize the use of existing infrastructure. “The Minuteman III weapon system has been a bedrock of U.S. national security for more than five decades, but if one looks ahead to the next 50 years, the question of investing in nuclear modernization is as relevant as ever,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. �...

The Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office held a Virtual Industry Day on the Advanced Battle Management System, or ABMS, acquisition effort March 31. The event was attended by more than 600 participants from more than 300 industry partners. The ABMS acquisition effort will leverage commercial technologies, infrastructure, and data sharing best practices to deliver modernized operational capability to the joint warfighter. Randy Walden, DAF RCO director and Integrating ABMS pro...

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- The 61st Airlift Squadron recently completed a multi-week, off-station training (OST) event spanning across Boise, Idaho, Key West, Florida, and Wilmington, North Carolina, March 8-28. Completing 106 sorties, 254 flying hours, and nearly 2,000 training events, the 61st AS, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron, and 19th Operations Support Squadron sought to tackle Agile Combat Employment, distributed operations, and the Multi-C...

“While every crime scene is unique, outdoor scenes are especially challenging because agents have to work against the clock, as the elements change the nature of evidence over time,” said Clayton Drown, a special agent and OSI Det. 631 commander. “JBER conservation officers taught us blood drops in snow can be carried off by scavenging birds or a gust of wind, direct sunlight can change a footprint in snow, and a bullet casing could become difficult to recover.” To mitigate these unique...

By   Theresa Hitchens on March 31, 2021 at 6:37 PM A KC-46 refuels an F-35 WASHINGTON: Tankers and cargo aircraft could in future carry their own counter-air missiles — or even launch missile-carrying drones — to help them survive ever-more sophisticated enemy air defenses, Air Mobility Command head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost says. “We have hardpoints on the C-17; we have hardpoints on the KC-46. It’s not a hard stretch to think that we could put one or two missiles on there for self ...

Why the F-35 Fighter Jet Is Only as Stealthy as Its Tankers At first glance, the F-35’s six to eight-hundred-mile range doesn’t seem bad compared to conventional fighters like the Super Hornet or F-16. Heres What You Need To Remember: Stealthy drone tankers might fit with a ‘distributed’ refueling strategy in which multiple drones draw fuel from a large, conventional tanker ‘mothership’ and then zip forward into to provide refueling for stealth fighter in contested airspace. Howeve...

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By CAITLIN M. KENNEY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 1, 2021 WASHINGTON — The commander of a South Carolina-based airlift unit was fired Thursday following an investigation into relationships he had that were deemed inappropriate, according to the Air Force. Col. Jaron Roux was found to have “engaged in unprofessional relationships and fraternization,” according to a statement by the 18th Air Force. He is the commander of the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston. Roux was f...

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs / Published April 01, 2021 ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- In 2019, the Department of the Air Force suicide count and rate were the highest in recent history. Initially in 2020, suicide numbers declined but as the coronavirus pandemic continued, the suicide trajectory increased and returned to the high levels experienced the previous year. The Department’s efforts to address these trends focus on improving care for Airmen, Guardians and fa...