March 19, 2021 Security Forces bring out big guns at Army base CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. – For heavier weapons such as the M240B, M249, M2 machine gun and M203 grenade launcher, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base combat-arms instructors travel one state over to qualify personnel at an outdoor range.“The 7.62 mm bullets for the M240Bs are too large for our indoor
March 19, 2021 Readiness, qualifications drive combat-arms trainers WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO -- Readiness is a key component in the 88th Air Base Wing mission, and 88th Security Forces Squadron combat-arms trainers are there to make certain Wright-Patterson AFB personnel are weapons-qualified. Before deployment, many will need to visit Tech. Sgt.
March 18, 2021 Get up, Dress up, Show up: Preparation, opportunity drive AFMC leader’s success For Air Force Materiel Command Executive Director Patricia M. Young, “luck” was on her side when she took a chance and met with a civilian Air Force recruiter 36 years ago, resulting in a career with opportunities to learn, grow and flourish in ways beyond she could imagine.
March 18, 2021 75th SFS Military Working Dogs train Military working dogs train as much as their human counterparts. Explosive detection dogs are brought through a field course where detonated explosive making materials are placed in various places for them to sniff out. Drug detection dogs train in sniffing out drugs in vehicles, buildings and the
March 18, 2021 A child’s resilient battle for life As 88th Air Base Wing command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Jason Shaffer doesn’t just talk about resilience. He and his family have battled through it.Their story starts in 2014 when his wife, Tawny, gave birth to daughter Teagan in Clovis, New Mexico, while Jason was deployed to Afghanistan. As Teagan
March 18, 2021 AFPC launches Family Vector website Airmen, Guardians, and their families may now access EFMP information without using a Common Access Card at the Department of the Air Force Family Vector website.
March 18, 2021 AFRL breaks ground on state of the art space environment laboratory KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate broke ground on a new facility named the Skywave Technology Laboratory March 16. The 3,500 square foot, $3.5 million lab will be located in a remote area on Kirtland Air Force Base. “The Skywave Lab
March 18, 2021 AFICC delivers innovative VR suicide prevention training to save lives JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – With a rise in suicides across the service, the Air Force Installation Contracting Center is helping leaders fast-track a pilot program at Air Mobility Command to help save lives.The virtual reality suicide training being tested at Scott AFB, Illinois, and
March 18, 2021 DAF offers 1,300-plus summer job opportunities to qualified students In past years and pre-COVID-19, the program, which runs from May through September, would have upwards of 2,000 available positions.
March 17, 2021 Airman gives back by serving as translator for COVID vaccinations If you put a photo to the Air Force Core Values, you may see the face of a technical sergeant from the 349th Recruiting Squadron looking back at you.That face could belong to Tech. Sgt. Hugo Perez, an enlisted accessions recruiter, who not only embodies “service before self” in his job but also out