Sept. 19, 2014 TACP-M ties it all together Embedded deep within an Army maneuver unit lies an Airman. Charged with orchestrating critical close-air support, oftentimes it's the effort of this combat maestro that means the difference between life and death on the battlefield -- he is known as a tactical air control party or TACP for
Sept. 18, 2014 U.S. Air Force celebrates 67 years of airpower On Sept. 12, 2014, Air Force leadership sent a Letter to Airmen to commemorate the 67th birthday of the United States Air Force:"To the Airmen of the United States Air Force:On September 18, 1947, the 80th United States Congress created what is today the world's largest, most capable and most
Sept. 17, 2014 AFMC Airman among 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year honored by Air Force Association The Air Force recognized its 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year at a gala hosted by the 2014 Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 15, 2014.The award recognizes 12 outstanding enlisted service members who demonstrate superior leadership, job performance,
Sept. 16, 2014 Uniform office tests for comfort, safety Every day, more than 300,000 Airmen around the world put on their uniform. But there's only one office that makes sure every uniform is comfortable and more importantly, safe."The Air Force Uniform Office mission is to design, develop, and sustain Air Force uniform items and some mission essential
Sept. 15, 2014 Air Force announces basing criteria for Installation and Mission Support Center Headquarters The Air Force released the criteria it will use to select candidate bases for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Headquarters Sept. 15, 2014.The Air Force will use its strategic basing process to identify a location that best serves the mission of AFIMSC.The Secretary and Chief of
Sept. 15, 2014 EOD welcomes home last Army support team When a team of explosive ordnance disposal technicians returned from deployment Sept. 14, it closed the final chapter in a mission that lasted more than a decade.Family, co-workers and friends of Tech Sgt. Joseph Burke, Tech. Sgt. Michael Edwards and Senior Airman Joshua Frehner, assigned to the
Sept. 11, 2014 DRAGON 'fires up' for flight The U.S. Air Force and NATO are undergoing a cooperative development effort -- known as the DRAGON program -- to upgrade the cockpits of their E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. DRAGON stands for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations
Sept. 11, 2014 Air Force revamps AEF The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a
Sept. 10, 2014 C-17 treads into new territory As important as ailerons, rudders and elevators are to the fundamental movement of any aircraft in flight, its tires are equally important while moving on the ground.Since August, the C-17 Global Reach Integrated Test Team at Edwards AFB has been putting the C-17's new Dunlop tires through the
Sept. 8, 2014 Wolfenbarger notified of Order of the Sword induction In an emotional ceremony Sep. 3, Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, learned she has been selected for induction into the AFMC Order of the Sword.The surprise notification was made in front of hundreds of Airmen from Wright-Patterson as well as senior leaders from