Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey are scheduled to testify on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on President Obama’s request for congressional authorization for the use of force...
Retired Col. James Ruffer received a Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device for his role in the rescue of an American hostage in Panama in December 1989. The Air Force only recently declassified Ruffer’s role in the rescue operation; thus,...
SrA. Casey L. Anderson, a mental health technician with the 59th Mental Health Squadron at JBSA-Lackland, Tex., is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2013. Before enlisting in the Air Force, Anderson received a...
Quick action last week by airmen at Barksdale AFB, La., extinguished a fire that broke out on a returning B-52 bomber and, in the process, protected the lives of the aircrew, according to a base release. The B-52 was taxiing...
The California Air National Guard’s 163rd Reconnaissance Wing at March Air Reserve Base last week deployed an MQ-1 remotely piloted aircraft in support of firefighters battling the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park in the central part of the state....
Eglin AFB, Fla., will soon have nearly 21,000 acres of land buffering its east boundary from encroachment, according to a base release. “This 20,800-acre conservation easement will provide a critical buffer from future development for the many Department of Defense...
Scheduled depot maintenance on Pratt & Whitney’s F119 engines that power the Air Force’s F-22s is increasing at Tinker AFB, Okla., according to a base release. Technicians with the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group last December completed depot work on the...
p, .More than 30 Arizona Air National Guardsmen, five F-16s, and Singaporean student pilots from the 162nd Fighter Wing in Tucson visited Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, in August to help train Singaporeans in air-to-air combat maneuvers, according to a Mountain...
