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WTVA
April 22, 2018
Air Force Thunderbirds resume flying after fatal crash. MGN Online. U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilots have resumed practice flights two weeks after the death of a colleague during a training flight in Nevada. ... An air show appearance was canceled this weekend in Columbus, Mississippi, after Maj.
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
April 22, 2018
AUGUSTA — Jazz and the Air Force might seem to be an unlikely match, but the leader of Cony High School's music department says Tuesday's upcoming ... The band was created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Maj. ... The band is one of six ensembles that make up the U.S. Air Force Band. SleeperÃâà...
Burlington County Times
April 22, 2018
Military leaders from 13 African nations visited as part of the African Partnership Flight program, which was developed by the U.S. Air Force to exchange ideas, improve ... The skills the African airmen learned were important, but the friendships they formed with the Americans were truly invaluable, said Maj.
AirForceTimes.com
April 21, 2018
When the United States fought the Gulf War in 1991, Wilson said, the Air Force had 134 fighter squadrons. Today, that ... New guidance from the U.S. Air Force hits pause on public affairs while the entire enterprise is retrained — and could have a long-term impact on how the service shares information.
Robins Rev Up
April 21, 2018
United States Coast Guard Heath Service Technician Third Class Annice Hand (front), checks the amount of oxygen in the blood of a young patient alongside Major Vashun Rodriguez a flight surgeon assigned to the 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base FL, at the Kivalina Clinic,Ãâà...
DefenseNews.com
April 21, 2018
Sgt. Matt Hecht/U.S. Air National Guard) ... debating what could have prompted perhaps half the inventory of the U.S. Air Force's most advanced bomber to begin coalescing around a major U.S. city. ... The exercises, held 16 April to 5 May 2018, consist of U.S. personnel from across the services,” she stated.
Air Force Link
April 21, 2018
Maj. Kemuel Bellows, chaplain, former Major League Baseball player Darryl Strawberry, and Col. Kenneth Reyes, 60th Air Mobility Wing chaplain, pray after ... The former Rookie of the Year and four-time World Series champion spent 17 years in the Majors. ... (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese).
DefenseNews.com
April 20, 2018
The U.S. Air Force is poised to restructure Space and Missile Systems Center —the service's space acquisition arm — and reboot it as a more agile and ... During a Tuesday roundtable with reporters, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson laid out the first details of the reorg, which will involve removingÃâà...
AirForceTimes.com
April 19, 2018
Tennessee Air National Guard Public Affairs United States Air Force Air National Guard Director (3,750,000+ reached) ... Army Maj. Gen. Terry Haston, the adjutant general for the Tennessee National Guard, also announced in a Facebook post Wednesday that Master Sgt. Robin Brown, the SNCO whoseÃâà...
Air Force Link
April 19, 2018
(Center right) U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen Russell Mack, Pacific Air Forces deputy commander, (center left) Indonesian Air Vice Marshal Umar Sugeng Haryono and the attendees of the U.S. and Indonesian Airman-to-Airman talks pose for a group photo in the Courtyard of Heroes at Joint Base PearlÃâà...
Baltimore Post-Examiner
March 17, 2018
The restored B-17F Memphis Belle stands ready for her new home at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (Anthony C. Hayes). Dayton, Ohio: Seventy-five years ago, the B-17F Memphis Belle completed its last operational mission navigating the hostile skies over war-torn Europe. HollywoodÃâà...
Asheboro Courier Tribune
March 17, 2018
RAMSEUR — Chief Master Sgt. Reginold T. Alston recently retired from the U.S. Air Force after serving 30 years. A retirement ceremony was held at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro on Jan. 12. Alston received more than 13 major awards and decorations. His assignments included NortonÃâà...
CNBC
March 16, 2018
The U.S. Air Force awards SpaceX and ULA with new $291 million and $355 million contracts, respectively. ULA chief executive ... When SpaceX won its previous GPS III contract last year, Thompson's center said the company's lower price "was a major factor" in beating out ULA for the contract. Once againÃâà...
SpaceNews
March 16, 2018
The takeaway is that the Air Force “hasn't yet figured out what its next generation of major space procurements is really going to look like,” said Berenson. “They are still trying to figure how much money they are really going to have long term. The 2019 budget is a big increase but it's not going to go onÃâà...
AirForceTimes.com
March 16, 2018
A U.S. military helicopter, reportedly an HH-60 Pave Hawk, crashed in western Iraq Thursday with seven troops on board. ... The U.S. Air Force footprint has shrunk since Iraq announced that ISIS has been driven from all major Iraqi cities but maintained a presence at Al Asad for training, the official said.
The Aviationist (blog)
March 16, 2018
The new directives may significantly limit the access journalists have to reporting on some stories about the U.S. Air Force. Officials ... The quality and credibility of the outlets range from casual social media to major international network news media. Since the ... Top image: News reporters interview Maj.
Air Force Link
March 16, 2018
A graduate of both U.S. Air Force Weapons School and Test Pilot School, Elliott has flown over 2,000 hours and 255 combat hours in more than 30 aircraft from the MiG-15 to the F-15SA Advanced Eagles. His flight test experience spans from early F-22 Raptor “work of breathing” testing to managing theÃâà...
Air Force Link
March 15, 2018
The innovation summit brought together leaders and Airmen from USAFCENT, Headquarters Air Force Intelligence and Operations, academia from the U.S. Air Force Academy and Air University, and software developers from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. Isaac Taylor, DIUx's chiefÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
December 31, 1999
The effort, which represents the third major Defense Department entity to push out guidance restricting public communication over the past 18 months, creates a massive information bureaucracy in which even the most benign human-interest stories must be cleared at the four-star command level.
