Sept. 12, 2023 Wing tests mission command methodologies during Exercise Fury Horizon 23 The 920th Rescue Wing’s personnel recovery task force construct was executed to conduct a large-scale isolated personnel rescue while spread over more than 200 miles during Exercise Fury Horizon 23 here Sept. 9.The combat search and rescue exercise is designed to hone the wing’s sustained wartime
Sept. 9, 2023 10th Air Force command team visits Tinker TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – The 513th Air Control Group hosted Brig. Gen. Regina Sabric, 10th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Bluto, 10th AF command chief, for a one-day visit to the group Aug. 25.
Sept. 5, 2023 NORAD, FAA long-range radar back in operation after catastrophic failure in Nevada The Common Air Route Surveillance Radar, or CARSR, at Battle Mountain, Nevada, suffered a catastrophic failure on Dec. 27, 2022, when snow accumulation caused the protective dome to collapse onto the antennas within. This radar supports several agencies and feeds into the overall National Airspace
Aug. 30, 2023 Air Force, Army Battle Labs work with DARPA on ASTARTE, new C2 capability The 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, also known as the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System Battle Lab, recently experimented with joint partners that helped evolve a new joint airspace management and joint fires capability at Nellis Air Force Base,
Aug. 29, 2023 Celebrating 30 years in space: 7th Space Operations Squadron The 7th Space Operations Squadron has a long and storied history, dating back to World War II, when it was known as the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. The unit was activated on January 28, 1942, at MacDill Field, Florida. Its primary mission was training pilots and technicians for
Aug. 24, 2023 Joint and coalition warfighters complete advanced, multi-domain operations integration course At Hurlburt Field, Florida, 22 warfighters from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and Royal Australian Air Force recently completed the Air Force’s Command and Control Warrior Advanced Course, or C2WAC, which taught them how to integrate both kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities available to the
Aug. 21, 2023 Command releases results from first Reserve-specific communications survey The results are in from a first-of-its-kind communications survey targeted specifically at Reserve Citizen Airmen.Officials with the Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs Office here, in partnership with the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Office, conducted an online communications
Aug. 18, 2023 Pave Hawk paint scheme honors Vietnam The 943d Rescue Group, a geographically separated unit of the 920th Rescue Wing, recently completed painting an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter in a Vietnam-Era paint scheme in July at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.This helicopter received the two-tone camouflage pattern, consisting of drab
Aug. 17, 2023 Annual conference refines military and civilian aviation safety This year’s Mid-Air Collision Avoidance conference brought together the 96th Test Wing, 919th Special Operations Wing, 1st SOW and 492nd SOW at Destin Executive Airport.
Aug. 15, 2023 310th Space Wing Resiliency Day 310th Space Wing members participate in games and activities during the Wing Resiliency Day on Sunday, August 6, 2023 on Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kayla Edwards)