July 11, 2025 919th SOW Ushers in New Chapter, Returns to Its Gunship Roots The 711th Special Operations Squadron began a new era of combat readiness during a change of command and mission conversion-ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 11, 2025.
July 11, 2025 Air Force Battle Lab advances the kill chain with AI, C2 Innovation The 805th Combat Training Squadron, or Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, completed another major experiment of 2025, advancing key priorities in human-machine teaming, data convergence, and emerging technologies to sharpen U.S. Air Force and command and control capabilities, Nellis Air Force Base,
July 10, 2025 Total force team rescues pregnant woman 250 miles off Pacific coast A total force team of Air Force Reserve, active duty, and Air National Guard Airmen executed a life-saving rescue mission involving a pregnant woman aboard a civilian ship off the Pacific coast July 6.The joint effort was a response from US Coast Guard District 11 to a medical emergency aboard the
July 1, 2025 Hill Air Force Base to celebrate Independence Day with statewide flyovers Hill Air Force Base is proud to announce the continued tradition of its Airmen honoring local Independence Day celebrations with a series of F-35A Lightning II flyovers across Utah. This year marks the 37th year that the 419th Fighter Wing has led Team Hill in this tradition, connecting with
June 24, 2025 Claiborne Range expands capabilities for B-52 community Claiborne Range tested its capability to receive inert weapons equipped with Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits for the first time here, June 18, 2025. A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing dropped two JDAM-enabled inert bombs on a static target at speeds and heights likely to
June 16, 2025 Air Force DASH sprint pioneers human-machine teaming for faster battle management decisions The Department of the Air Force took a bold step toward future command and control capabilities with the successful completion of its first Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, recently held at the Howard Hughes Operations Center, or H2O, in Las Vegas, Nev.
June 12, 2025 "From Idea to Innovation: 307th Bomb Wing Airman's Pylon Adapter Pushes Boundaries in Spark Tank Semifinals." Master Sgt. John Slaughter, a production superintendent assigned to the 307th Maintenance Squadron, earned a spot as a semifinalist in the Department of the Air Force Spark Tank at the Pentagon on Jan. 28, 2025.
June 10, 2025 Brig. Gen. Kevin Merrill Assumes Command of 10th Air Force Brig. Gen. Kevin Merrill assumed command of the 10th Air Force during a formal ceremony held June 8, 2025.
June 2, 2025 Strategic Integration and Deterrence Take Center Stage in Bamboo Eagle As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1, a large-scale exercise designed to refine the command-and-control capabilities needed for the future fight. Held this
May 27, 2025 Making history and logging hours: B-1B WSO reaches 5,000 flying hours Lt. Col. Eric Alvarez was always steadfast in his choice to fly, but he never thought he'd go down in history for it.This month, the 345th Bomb Squadron Commander and Weapons Systems Officer crossed the 5,000 flying hour threshold in the B-1B Lancer at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, one of only a