The Air Force Academy’s newest graduates endured four years of homework, exams, and military drills. But tougher challenges lie ahead, service leaders told the Class of 2025 at the school’s May 29 commencement ceremony.
Respect and grief were on equal display on May 20, when hundreds of Airmen gathered with Senior Airman Roger Fortson’s extended family at Hurlburt for a memorial service in a packed hangar, while another 600 people watched the event live-streamed over Facebook.
In a grassroots effort, Airmen around the world are coming together to remember Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Florida on May 3. On the social media platform Discord, Airmen from locations as distant as Osan Air Base, ...
Air Force Special Operations Command paid tribute to the eight Airmen killed in a CV-22 Osprey crash off the coast of Japan last month. The command posted a brief biography of each Airman on its Facebook page on Dec. 7, the latest in a line ...
Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind took charge of Air Force Special Operations Command on Dec. 9, succeeding Lt. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife and pledging to “stay the course on transforming this great command.” Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. presided over the change of ...