Air Force Explosive Disposal Presence Ending in Afghanistan

? The last Air Force explosive ordnance disposal unit operating in Afghanistan is winding up its deployment, according to an Aug. 25 release from Kandahar Airfield. The 466th EOD Operating Location Bravo Flight completed its final mission on Aug. 19;...

Moody Selected as Afghan A-29 Training Site

? The Air Force has selected Moody AFB, Ga., to be the US training location for the Afghan air force’s A-29 pilots and maintainers. The service recently completed the assessment of the environmental impact of establishing the mission at the...

Ulchi Freedom Guardian in Full Swing

? Airmen at Osan AB, South Korea, along with more than 30,000 US service members across the Korean Peninsula, kicked off Exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian, a massive command-and-control drill focused on increasing readiness and interoperability of US and South Korean...

Romanian Transit Hub Critical to Afghanistan Operations

? Since beginning operations in January, US personnel deployed to Mihail Kogalniceanu AB, Romania, have processed more than 85,000 service members moving in and out of Afghanistan, more than 2,100 tons of baggage, and large amounts of military equipment, according...

Crossing the Blue Line Together

As the Air Force’s top leaders emphasize the importance of the Total Force, the Air Force Officer Training School at Maxwell AFB, Ala., recently conducted a ceremony that exemplifies that unifying concept. For the first time ever, OTS cadets from...

Another C-130J for Little Rock

Brig. Gen. Brian Robinson, vice commander of the 618th Air and Space Operations Center at Scott AFB, Ill., ferried a factory-fresh C-130J transport from Lockheed Martin’s manufacturing plant in Marietta, Ga., to Little Rock AFB, Ark., according to a company...

Tests Advance Hypersonic Understanding

Air Force engineers tested a novel hypersonic cruise vehicle design in a wing tunnel in White Oak, Md., according to an Aug. 25 release. They put a scaled twin scramjet-powered vehicle model through the paces in a series of integrated...

Missing World War II Airmen’s Remains Identified

? Defense Department forensic scientists identified the remains of two airmen who had been missing in action since World War II, announced the Pentagon. DOD officials returned the remains of SSgt. Robert E. Howard, 21, of Moravia, Iowa, and SSgt....