July 27, 2023 AOC FTU hosts ACC Joint Airspace Conference ‘23 In conjunction with Air Combat Command Personnel Recovery and Joint Integration Division, the 505th Training Squadron hosted the Joint Airspace Conference June 27-28 at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The conference, which addressed current and relevant joint and combatant command airspace issues and
Nov. 17, 2022 US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition “Fights on” loudly echos across the battlespace kicking off exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed sites across four countries, during the first day of an eleven-day exercise.
Sept. 20, 2022 Joint warfighters train in LVC environment prioritizing agility and sustained C2 capes The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, executed exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Battle Management in a synthetic, joint combat environment, ensuring joint operational and tactical warfighter readiness in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of
Feb. 1, 2019 Troops to Teachers program helps veterans become educators If you’ve ever considered becoming a teacher after your military career, then the Airman and Family Readiness Center has a program they can get you connected with.
Aug. 29, 2018 Active and reserve forces come to together on Luke Total Force Integration is an effort to bring active, reserve and guard units together to consolidate cost and support combatant commander requirements.
July 18, 2018 It’s all mines As he moved munitions around the bay unstrapping and re-strapping them to trailers, Airman 1st Class Elliot Broger, a conventional weapons maintainer assigned to the 2nd Munitions Squadron, knew that the job he was performing was fairly average for an ammo maintainer. But he also knew his mission
July 12, 2018 DoD Announces Policy Change on Transfer of Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits The Department of Defense issued a substantive change today to its policy on the transfer by service members in the uniformed services of Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits to eligible family member recipients.
March 26, 2018 Veterans build resiliency through equine assisted therapy A 2014 press release from The Department of Veteran’s Affairs determined that at least twenty veterans die each day from suicide. Multiple programs have begun reaching out to the veteran population in order to bring this high number down and provide our nation’s veterans with the help they need. One
Feb. 17, 2017 Alaskan Raptors arrive in Australia for training initiative The last wave of F-22 Raptors from the 90th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, arrived here Feb. 14 to launch bilateral exercise and training missions with the Royal Australian Air Force and further strengthen the military relationship the two nations share.