? US airstrikes helped Iraqi and Kurdish ground forces recapture the strategically critical Mosul Dam in northern Iraq from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants, President Obama told reporters on Monday during a press briefing. “Iraqi and Kurdish...
With the Air Force retooling its Weapons School curriculum and other training programs, service leaders are working to balance “live-fly” exercise opportunities with “virtual and constructive” simulated events. Both types of training pay unique dividends, said Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria,...
The crew of a Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 fighting fires in the northwestern United States had to make an emergency landing at Hill AFB, Utah. There were no injuries among the six-member crew in the Aug. 17 mishap, according...
? Legislation drafted by Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) would create a demonstration program “to assess the feasibility and advisability” of permitting those with auditory impairments, including deafness, to access as Air Force officers. “Over the past few decades, the armed...
The Missile Defense Agency is scheduled to host a public meeting in Carthage, N.Y., on Aug. 19 to allow local residents to voice their views on the potential basing of missile defense interceptors at nearby Fort Drum, according to a...
Some 40 members of the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron recently deployed from al Udeid AB, Qatar, to a forward location in the Middle East to build a new passenger terminal for the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. The new building...
C-130 loadmasters on a rotational deployment to Powidz AB, Poland, trained with their Polish counterparts to show the Poles how to load their C-130s for humanitarian relief missions in Iraq, according to an Aug. 18 release. “We want to be...
? Airmen with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing now have access to a 24/7 state-of-the-art fitness center that opened earlier this month at the unit’s undisclosed operating location in Southwest Asia. The 20,000-square-foot, two-level gym features new weightlifting equipment on...