Two special tactics airmen died from wounds sustained in an Aug. 25 attack by two individuals dressed in Afghan National Defense and security forces uniforms at a forward operating base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced. Capt. Matthew...
The Air Force got enough maintainers in place to meet the initial operating capability deadline for the F-35 by moving A-10s to backup status, transferring some Active Duty maintainers out of association units, contracting one maintenance unit, and converting some...
SrA. Allen Cherry, a public health technician assigned to the 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron at Ramstein AB, Germany, is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year for 2015. Cherry was selected as the Air Force Medical...
SrA. Meaghan Holley, a geospatial intelligence analyst with the Geospatial-Intelligence Analysis Squadron at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year for 2015. Holley was instrumental in analyzing data and imagery collected by...
Defense Secretary Ash Carter told a crowd of airmen this week he is worried about those who choose to leave the service because of morale issues, compensation, family life, and dignity. Carter, who visited Nellis AFB, Nev., on Aug. 26...
A Royal Air Force detachment has returned from a busy deployment to Estonia, during which it intercepted 10 Russian aircraft in a single mission, according to a RAF news release. The detachment of four Typhoon fighters spent four months doing...
French Air Force Gen. Jean-Paul Palomeros, NATO’s outgoing supreme allied commander transformation, said reinvestment in “operational preparation” has been a continuing priority across the Alliance, even before the Crimea crisis. Trident Juncture 2015, which will take place this fall in...
Although Exercise Trident Juncture is a large-scale test of NATO’s ability to conduct high intensity operations, it also will serve as a test for certain elements of NATO’s revamped rapid response forces, including command and control nodes and logistics support,...
The first F-35 for Norway is in the final stages of production, Lockheed Martin said in a press release. The fighter, known as AM-1, left the main F-35 production facility on Aug. 19 and moved to the aircraft final finishes...