An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

News Search

  • Dover puts the M in retrograde

    Keeping the gigantic C-5M Super Galaxy mission going at home station is challenging, and for Dover's deployed C-5Ms supporting the Afghanistan retrograde mission, there were some unique challenges for the deployed C-5M maintainers. Beginning in August, a 10-person C-5M maintenance team from the

  • 17th AS assists S.C. National Guard in locating downed Black Hawk

    What began as a local training mission for an aircrew from the 17th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., quickly turned into a search for a downed helicopter.When Maj. Matthew Scheulen and Capt. Nicholas Coblio, 17th AS pilots, climbed into the cockpit of their C-17 Globemaster III, on

  • Letter to Airmen: The Year of Rapid Global Mobility

    Mobility Airmen,This was a challenging year for our command, and mission success would not have been possible without your dedication and hard work.  In the face of budget uncertainty and force management decisions you continue to effectively accomplish the mission on a global scale in an

  • 82nd Airborne integrates with USAFWS for JFE 14B

    Approximately 100 aircraft, including more than 50 C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster IIIs, teamed up with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to execute the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 14B Dec. 6 on the Nevada Test and Training

  • Boeing provides updated KC-46A briefing

    Representatives from the Boeing Company provided McConnell Airmen with an update on the current status of the KC-46A Pegasus, Dec. 4, here."This was a great opportunity to sit down with the people who are really going to be working on the aircraft and help them understand what's coming their way,"

  • LRAFB Airman assists Afghan Air Force

    Recently, Airmen from Little Rock Air Force Base assisted the Afghan armed forces in making a giant step toward military independence by helping in the organization of a modern Afghan Air Force. One Airman in particular led the way in the pivotal achievement.Lt. Col. Christopher Garcia, an Airman

  • Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for AF-wide December rollout

    The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • CRW pilot partners with 6th Airlift Squadron to deliver hope

    Maj. Brant Dixon, 817th Global Mobility Readiness Squadron operations officer and C-17 Globemaster III instructor pilot, commanded a special two-part flying mission with the 6th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Nov. 17-28, 2014.The first part of the mission was to

  • Fairchild Airmen selected for KC-46 aircrew

    Three Airmen from Team Fairchild were selected as primary and alternate candidates for the KC-46 Pegasus initial operation test and evaluation aircrew.Tech. Sgt. Christopher Joyce, 92nd Operations Support Squadron NCO in charge of aircrew training, and Senior Airman Joshua Ortega, 92nd Air Refueling

  • 41 total-force Airmen selected as KC-46 aircrew

    Forty-one officers and enlisted members from active duty, Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard have been selected as KC-46 Pegasus initial operational test and evaluation aircrew, Air Force Personnel Center officials said Nov. 24.The KC-46 is slated to enter the Air Force inventory, pending