March 8, 2022 Wing showcases mission during visit from 10th Air Force leaders HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The 419th Fighter Wing hosted its former wing commander, Maj. Gen. Bryan Radliff, now serving as Commander of 10th Air Force at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. Radliff visited here alongside Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy Malcom, 10th AF command chief,
March 4, 2022 Kratom added to DoD list of prohibited substances A dietary supplement known as kratom has been added to the Operation Supplement Safety list of Department of Defense prohibited substances and should not be purchased or consumed by any member of the armed forces.
March 3, 2022 CenterPoint Energy donates to STARBASE 2.0 program CenterPoint Energy presented DoD STARBASE Louisiana with a $14,000 grant March 2 at Elm Grove Middle School, Bossier City, Louisiana.Five CenterPoint Energy company leaders met with STARBASE officials and several Bossier Parish school and community leaders to present the grant. The group also
March 3, 2022 AFAF kicks off at HARB March 7 This year's Air Force Assistance Fund "Taking Care of Our Own" campaign runs March 7 to May 13 at Homestead Air Reserve Base. It allows critical support to Airmen, Guardians, and their families – active duty, Reservists, Guardsmen, retirees, and surviving spouses from the Air and Space Forces.The
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