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First-term unaccompanied permanent assignment Airmen tours in Japan will increase from two to three years as part of a Pacific Air Forces effort to bolster force readiness and sharpen mission continuity. ,

920th Rescue Wing Airmen had the opportunity to participate in combat-skills training here this week. Participants were motivated to partake in the three-day exercise’s activities. They all experienced patrolling with small-team tactics, operating night,

After Training Changes, Air Force SERE School Sees Near-Historic Low Attrition Air Force Staff Sgt. Dillon Harrison, 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, stands in formation during a SERE Specialist Apprentice Course graduation ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, January 8, 2021. Harrison was the team leader for class 21-01, which holds the lowest attrition rate in years at only 7 percent in contrast to the average 50 percent. (Ryan Gomez/U.S...

The Air Force District of Washington encompasses more than 33,000 Airmen in 1,758 units stationed at 500 locations in 108 countries. AFDW Airmen execute varied missions around the world alongside service members and civilians from different Air Force major,

Oregon Tech selected as a new Air Force partner university Online January 8, 2021 Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) has been selected as a new partner with the Air Force through the Air University Associate-to-Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU-ABC) program. The AU-ABC program partners with military-friendly civilian universities to offer degree-completion programs to enlisted personnel who have earned Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees from the Community College of the ...

8 The blank space on the nose or tail of an aircraft beckons to be filled. For as long as there have been airplanes, aircrew and aircraft maintainers have felt compelled to paint stuff on them. Historically nose art was created as a way to christen an aircraft and as a way to boost morale. Airmen from the Iowa National guard recently unveiled their latest aircraft design as an homage to their unit’s history. The paint scheme includes a huge retro “bat” tail flash along w...

Black Airmen More Likely to Be Investigated, Arrested and Discharged, Air Force Finds U.S. Air Force basic military graduation is held Apr. 16, 2020, on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force/ Johnny Saldivar) 22 Dec 2020 Black airmen are nearly twice as likely to be suspects in a military criminal investigation, arrested or apprehended by base patrol, or involuntarily discharged based on misconduct. These and other findings are part of a comprehensive, six-month Inspector Gene...