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The 433rd Airlift Wing conducted a deployment readiness training event, Exercise Alamo Bravo, here May 3-7. The exercise enabled leadership to assess its Reserve Citizen Airmen’s deployment and readiness capabilities, so units within the wing can determine strengths and areas of improvement. “It’s been a long time since we did an exercise of this magnitude, so we’re knocking a lot of the rust off, but we’re going to continue on so we can get better,” said Col. Terry W. McClain, 433r...

Two Hanscom AFB teams support Q-UGV prototypes testing at Tyndall 11 May 2021 (Last Updated May 11th, 2021 12:23) Two teams at US Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) are supporting the testing of quad-legged unmanned ground vehicles (Q-UGV) prototypes. Share Article 325th Security Forces Squadron operations support superintendent employs a Ghost Robotics built Q-UGV at Tyndall AFB. Credit: USAF / Airman 1st Class Anabel Del Valle. The testing is being ca...

BUNKER HILL, Ind. (AP) — An overhaul on a new jet fueling system has been completed at...

An overhaul on a new jet fueling system has been completed at northern Indianas Grissom Air Reserve Base following several years of work to replace a system installed in the 1950s.

New fueling system completed at Indiana’s Grissom Air Reserve Base The Associated Press May 9 Danny Bowlin, a fuels contractor, pumps fuel from a new $35 million Type III fuel hydrant system, to a KC-135R Stratotanker on May 4, 2021, at Grissom Air Reserve Base. The new system replaces a system installed in the 1950s. (Douglas Hays/Air Force) BUNKER HILL, Ind. — An overhaul on a new jet fueling system has been completed at northern Indiana’s Grissom Air Reserve Base following sev...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- This time last year, as the world was trying to wrap its head around an unknown and unforgiving new enemy, Air Force nurses and medical technicians found themselves on the front lines of COVID-19. Air Force nurses and technicians have remained battle-tested and ready for a fight like this. Saving lives amid insurmountable odds and in the face of unprecedented challenges is what Air Force nurses and technicians remain ready for. The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on their...

Father Finds Missing Sons Body on the Beach   FREEPORT, TX – A Freeport family is mourning the loss of their son after the airman went missing on Sunday at the beach. According to the family of 22-year-old Elijah Posana, he disappeared after he jumped into the water to save two of his younger cousins from a rip current. Posana was an active-duty security response team member and currently stationed with the  509th Security Forces Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. He was in F...

13 HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Although the Utah legislature passed House Bill 60 to remove the requirement for state residents over the age of 21 to acquire a permit in order to legally carry a concealed firearm, Hill AFB security officials want you to know the law will not apply on base. Utah is the latest state to adopt a “constitutional carry” law, joining 16 other states that allow concealed carrying of firearms without a permit. Nate Huven, chief of plans and programs...

11 BASTROP, Texas - The Texas Military Department hosted this year’s Army National Guard Region V Best Warrior Competition at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas, May 3-7, 2021. Fourteen competitors from Texas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana and Missouri National Guards competed in events that test their combat readiness skills. Traditionally, two Army National Guard Soldiers from each state compete in the annual event, but this year one lone Texas Air National Gu...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. A body matching the description of a missing U.S. Air Force member has been found, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. Airman 1st Class Elijah Posana, 22, had gotten swept up in a rip current off the Texas coast while trying to save two young cousins from drowning, family members wrote in a fundraising post on the internet. His body was found near Surfside Beach, Texas, a spokesman for the Coast Guard told the Hous...