March 2, 2022 A-10 Pilot Partners with Angel Flight to “Give Hope Wings” A-10 pilot, Lt. Col. Gregory “Metro” Stack, from the 442d Operations Group partnered with an organization called Angel Flight to volunteer his off-duty time, resources, and skillset to donate to a cause greater than himself.
March 2, 2022 Smokescreens, sandbags, frozen creeks and empty mags When the crew door of a C-5 Galaxy opened on the ramp at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2022, it was the first time some of the 40 Defenders debarking the aircraft had ever seen snow. The forecast for the next two weeks called for some of the coldest temperatures they’d ever
Feb. 27, 2022 477th Maintenance Armament Flight at Work 477th Maintenance Squadron Airmen performed regularly scheduled inspection on a M61A2 20mm Gatling gun, which is a part of the weaponry system on the F-22 Raptor. On the left is Staff Sgt. Paul Satala, armament technician. On the right is Tech. Sgt. Matias Castro, armament maintenance supervisor.
Feb. 25, 2022 A legacy of hard work and selfless service It was sports day at a high school in Jamaica when a helicopter landed on the soccer field. Rotators still spinning, schoolmates ran towards the action.As a clean-shaven man with a towering presence shut down the engine and jumped out of the aircraft to stop the children from getting too close to
Feb. 25, 2022 Duke Field Airman among newest DAGREs A lone security forces Airman ran through plumes of purple smoke while fighting off opposing forces before taking cover behind a building with their own ammunition flying through the streets of the mock village.The sound of gunfire consumed the "city" comprised largely of shipping containers while
Feb. 25, 2022 U.S. F-35s forward deploy to NATO’s eastern flank SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- Six F-35A aircraft from Hill Air Force Base's active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing currently operating out of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, forward deployed Feb. 24 to the Baltic Sea and Black Sea regions in support of NATO’s collective
Feb. 22, 2022 MSG expands combat readiness to support wing A desolate airfield came alive as 122 members of the 920th Mission Support Group received part-task-training on tactical field skills during an exercise here Feb. 4.The field classes were part of the wing’s FURY HORIZON 22 exercise and were designed to observe how 920th MSG Airmen would react to
Feb. 22, 2022 Brown modifies Action Orders to lock in gains, accelerate change Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., has issued modifications to the “Action Orders” driving Accelerate Change or Lose.
Feb. 18, 2022 Weapons Airmen vital to airpower Every munition loaded onto an aircraft is loaded for a purpose, to be used for training or against an adversary in a life or death situation. When a trigger is pulled, it is the men and women of the Weapons Standardization Section who have ensured every munition operated as intended and served its
Feb. 18, 2022 Hill F-35s, Airmen wrap-up Red Flag deployment HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – After a successful three weeks of simulated combat-operations at Red Flag, Airmen from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing returned home over the past week.The 421st Fighter Squadron and Fighter Generation Squadron deployed 12 F-35A Lightning