The Air National Guard’s enlisted corps inducted Lt. Gen. Harry Wyatt, Air Guard director, into the reserve component’s Order of the Sword, honoring him for his contributions to supporting enlisted Air Guardsmen. The induction ceremony took place on Sept. 28 in Tulsa, Okla., according to a National Guard Bureau release on Oct. 1. Wyatt has led the Air Guard since February 2009. (Tulsa photo caption by MSgt. Kurt Skoglund)
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.