June 30, 2019

July Enlisted Corps Spotlight

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Air Force Airman Sebastian Vreeburg, a Security Force Entry Controller, Bravo Fleet, hails from Castro Valley, California, and has 1 year of military service.

June 26, 2019

Goldfein offers rationale for nuclear modernization and ‘failsafe’ deterrence

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — The United States remains the world’s most potent nuclear force, Goldfein said. But the nation cannot be complacent, especially at a time when Russia and China are moving to modernize and diversify their nuclear capabilities and when the core components of the U.S. nuclear capability are aging.

June 21, 2019

Global Strike Challenge 2019 kicks off

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The 2019 Global Strike Challenge kicked off this week with a bomber maintenance competition at Minot AFB, N.D., and an intercontinental ballistic missile operations competition at Malmstrom AFB, Mont.Global Strike Challenge is the world's premier bomber, ICBM, helicopter operations and security forces competition with units from Air Force Global

June 13, 2019

Interagency exercise paves way for progressive training

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. — Members of the 841st Missile Security Forces Squadron, 40th Helicopter Squadron, 341st Security Support Squadron tactical response force, 341st Medical Group and 341st Missile Wing safety, with support from the 12th Missile Squadron, participated in an integrated exercise, displaying the weapons and tactics used during a recapture and recovery of an intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility.

June 13, 2019

AFSPC Airmen round half-way point in Space Intelligence Intern Program

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — In order to combat rising threats in the space domain, the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Directorate at Headquarters, Air Force Space Command and the Space Security and Defense Program stood up the Space Intelligence Intern Program in July 2018. The 24-month program is designed to improve the space foundational intelligence base for candidates to succeed in future space intelligence leadership roles.

June 12, 2019

Providing access to space through innovation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The U.S. Air Force and Space Command are powered by innovation. Because of this, Vandenberg Air Force Base is continually making improvements to base facilities, equipment and the way Airmen and mission partners do their job in order to complete the space mission.

June 5, 2019

KC-46 flies past latest milestone

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — In the midst of its Phase III testing, the KC-46 Pegasus completed yet another milestone. The Air Force’s newest refueling tanker made its first mid-air connection with the B-2 Spirit in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, recently.

June 4, 2019

U.S. Air Force bomber, fighter squadrons support Australian Air Force training

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia — ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia – The 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), forward deployed from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, and the California Air National Guard’s 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Fresno, Calif., provided training support to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during exercise Diamond Storm May 6 to 26, 2019.

June 4, 2019

B-52 pilot reconnects with retired aircraft after more than a decade

Lt. Col. Stephen Miracle, 10th Flight Test Squadron B-52 flight commander, recently took part in a mission to fly a regenerated B-52 from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. The feat was only the second time a Stratofortress returned to service from Davis-Monthan's "Boneyard."

June 3, 2019

USSTRATCOM Commander Announces 2018 Omaha Trophy Winners

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — In recognition of outstanding support to U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) strategic deterrence mission, U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of USSTRATCOM, announced the winners of the 2018 Omaha Trophies June 3, 2019.“The Omaha Trophy represents the best of the best in units executing strategic deterrence,” said Hyten. “This year’s