Around the Air Force

This edition features stories about an F-22A crash northeast of Edwards AB, flooding caused by an ice blockage on the Missouri River in North Dakota, a one-of-a-kind gunsmith shop located at Lackland AB that helps keep the Air Force's small arms inventory operational, a runway expansion project at Bagram AB, Poland receiving its first C-130 Hercules aircraft from the U.S. military, and a new websi...

This edition features stories on flood relief efforts, recommendations for Theater Air Control System (TACS), Red Horse Airmen's largest job in Basra, Iraq, engine replacement of the KC-10 and Airmen training for deployment. Hosted by Tech Sgt. Lee Hoover.

This edition features stories about Air Mobility Command bases incorporating new aircraft-engine wash systems that are better for aircraft and the environment, a new decoy system designed to help save pilots lives, a winter sports clinic held to give injured veterans more hope, changes to the Rotator Flight that flies service members from Japan to the U.S., and a nurse-training program designed to...

This edition features stories on an Airman awarded the Purple Heart, Operation Brilliant Ice, TACP training for Bulgarian pilots, the Bataan Memorial Death March, a taste of Snowmass Village and the Firefighter Challenge. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Lee Hoover.

This edition features stories about a recent mission testing systems in the Globemaster III aircraft, increasing the usage of unmanned aircraft systems in the upcoming years, deployed Airmen practicing urban combat skills in close quarter battle drills, security forces Airmen at Yokota Air Base, Japan working with Japanese nationals to defend the base and the Hollywood Knights performing to suppor...

This edition features stories on Global Strike Command, transfer of Airmen's medical records to Veterans Affairs and a mass casualty exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Lee Hoover.

This edition features stories about Barksdale AB being the preferred alternative location for the new Global Strike Command, the importance of the mission at the Mortuary Affairs Operations Center and it's staff at Dover, AB, Arimen at Misawa AB that inspect pilot emergency recovery parachutes, and Airmen who work in explosive ordinance disposal in Afghanistan at Bagram AF. Hosted by Tech Sgt. Lee...

This edition features stories about President Obama paying a surprise visit to troops in Baghdad, Iraq, a homeland security mission flown by F-16 fighter jets that followed a stolen plane until it was grounded and the rogue pilot apprehended, the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center and its team of dedicated service members who work to prepare fallen service members to be returned home, Ra...

This edition features stories about the Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team kicking off their 2009 tour at an Alabama high school, air crews from Bagram Air Field providing medical evacuations for service members in need, Airmen at Aviano Air Base getting tips on how to eat the right foods to maintain physical fitness, a special Airman who has been in the Air Force system since Vietnam, explosive ord...

This edition features stories on a fallen Airmen who was photographed during his memorial service, the first since 1991, the visit by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force to Afghanistan, North and South Dakota National Guardsmen preventing floods in Fargo, ND. Hosted by Senior Airman Robbie Arp.

This edition features stories on the Air Force's role in the next space age, Gen. Norton Schwartz visit to the Middle East, Iraqis serving as check point security around Joint Base Balad, a women's self defense class and former NBA players visiting service members in Afghanistan. Hosted by Senior Airman Robbie Arp.

This edition features stories about whether production of the F-22 fighter jet will continue, a new exercise that mobilizes retired Airmen in critically-manned career fields, missions known as “flex flights” that require much flexibility to deliver critical goods throughout the Horn of Africa, an underwater Easter egg hunt held at Kadena Marina in Okinawa, Japan, and Airmen who are training Iraqis...

This edition features stories about Airmen and Army Ground Liason Officers working together to better communications throughout the air support (bombing) process, the only Air Force First Sergeant stationed in Africa and how he cares for his Airmen, a visit to Airmen at Wright-Paterson AFB by members of the Ohio State University football staff, including head coach Jim Tressel, Airmen working with...

This edition features stories about members of the House Armed Services Committee visiting the Air Force Personnel Center to learn more about initiatives being offered to civilians and Airman, Airman who support host country locals in Kyrgyzstan by breaking ground on a much needed school project, the historic beginning of the Africa Command and a visit to Rwanda by some of the leaders of this new...

This edition features a story on the service member of the year competition at Bagram Air Field and the Unmanned Aircraft System Graduation. Hosted by Senior Airman Robbie Arp.

This edition features stories on the new C-5, water survival training, a Red Horse unit preparing for deployment and a treatment for PTSD. Hosted by Senior Airman Robbie Arp.

This edition features stories on several ways in which the Air Force is going green. Hosted by Senior Airman Robbie Arp.

This edition features stories about the crash of a Predator aircraft system that’s currently under investigation in Afghanistan, a joint combat search and rescue training exercise conducted by U.S. and Bulgarian pilots, a new medical technique designed to assist service members speed the healing of wounds that don’t get enough oxygen, a website for Airmen in Europe created to better communications...

This edition features a story about Iraqi and U.S. physicians working together performing amazing procedures to save lives at a hospital in Balad, Iraq. Hosted by Senior Airman Robbie Arp.

This edition features stories about a B1B Lancer destroying a large compound used as an anti-Afghan forces staging base, an A-10 Thunderbolt-2 strafing an anti-Afghan motorcycle, an American A-10 Warthog pilot getting an opportunity to work with Bulgarian pilots to learn about the Bulgarian SU-25 Frogfoot ground attack plane, the Navy and Air Force teaming up to demonstrate a rescue mission for th...

This edition features stories on an Air Force leadership panel, PACAF helping islanders get fresh water, Balikatan 2009 and the selections for Physician's Assistant Training. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Steve German.

This edition features stories about an Airman who recently died from complications of pneumonia, a memorial ceremony to honor those lost during the Holocaust and its survivors, the Armed Services blood program visiting Misawa Air Base so residents could give blood and save lives, U. S. firefighters based in Germany assisting Bulgarian firefighters to familiarize and qualify with their firefighting...

This edition features stories about the Worldwide Influenza Program and Randolph, Texas medical staff taking decisive early action helping contain the H1N1 flu, a fund raising event for a fallen explosive ordinance disposal Airmen at Bagram Airfield where a team mate of the fallen Airman attempted to break a world record by running one mile for the fastest recorded time in the 70-lb. Protective EO...

This edition features stories about the H1N1 flu and H5N1 flu, the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s first international fifth generation fighter jet, how it is being produced, and how it may change the way the Air Force does business in the future, scout leaders from the Boy Scouts of America organization hosting a Boy Scout camp for children in the Baghdad International Zone and other areas through...

This edition features stories about coalition aircraft in Afghanistan employing guided bombs to hit an enemy fighting positions, service members in Djibouti relieving stress after work by learning to dance, three mixed martial arts fighters from the Ultimate Fighting Championship visiting wounded troops at Ramstein Air Base, how the Air Force has instituted a variety of programs to help keep Airme...