Years to Recover

The Air Force Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nev., has retooled its program in the wake of budget sequestration, but cancellation of Class 13B last year due to the funding cuts will have ripple effects across the force for the...

US, Australia Sign Force Posture Agreement

? Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Secretary of State John Kerry, and their Australian counterparts on Tuesday signed an updated force posture agreement in Sydney at the conclusion of the two countries’ annual ministerial consultations. The agreement provides for expanded military...

First Air Force Recruits Earn F-35A Crew Chief Designation

? Nine airmen became the first Air Force recruits to graduate from initial skills technical training as F-35A crew chiefs, according to a release from Eglin AFB, Fla., home of the initial joint F-35 schoolhouse. “The opportunity to be the...

South Carolina Air Guardsmen Train in Columbia

? Some 100 airmen and six F-16s from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing arrived at Rionegro in northwest Colombia for exercise Relampago 2014, combined air operations training with counterparts from the Columbian air force. This exchange...

Airmen Earn Army Ranger Tab

In the 64 years since the Army started its Ranger School, there have been only about 300 airmen among the tens of thousands of soldiers and other US service members who have completed the extremely difficult two-month course and earned...

Hurricane Chasers Help Rescue Sailboat Crew

While collecting potentially life-saving information on a powerful hurricane near the Hawaiian Islands, a WC-130J crew from Air Force Reserve Command’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron helped the Coast Guard rescue three people on a disabled boat on the edge of...

New Runway Construction at Randolph’s Auxiliary Airfield

? Airmen assigned to the 820th RED HORSE Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev., are constructing a new runway at JBSA-Randolph’s Seguin Auxiliary Airfield outside San Antonio. The $10 million project is set for completion at the end of October, according...

Military Tribute to Robin Williams

? The Pentagon issued a rare tribute to an entertainer on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in a statement, said “the entire Defense Department community mourns the loss of Robin Williams,” whom he described as “a gifted actor and comedian,...