Aug. 31, 2020 15th Air Force kicks off Resiliency Campaign with True Colors Icebreaker The 15th Air Force Resiliency Campaign kicked off with an Icebreaker event at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 31, 2020.
Aug. 28, 2020 COMMENTARY - Explosives safety during lightning within five 15th Air Force Safety discusses the importance of explosives safety during lightning within five.
Aug. 20, 2020 Fifteenth Air Force activates, consolidates ACC’s conventional forces Fifteenth Air Force activated Aug. 20, integrating wings and direct reporting units from 12th Air Force and Ninth Air Force to form a new numbered air force responsible for generating and presenting Air Combat Command’s conventional forces.
June 23, 2020 495th Fighter Group welcomes 5th commander Col. Mark Massaro, 495th Fighter Group (FG) incoming commander, assumed command of the group June 23.
June 5, 2020 Air Force International Health Specialists bring experience to pandemic response The Ninth Air Force-led Task Force-Southeast provided defense support of civil authorities within Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, regions III and IV. The task force’s largest mission was delivering support to a COVID-19 alternate care site set up at Temple University in Philadelphia
June 1, 2020 800th RED HORSE Group activated under Ninth AF The 800th Rapid Engineer Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron, Engineer (RED HORSE) Group, or RHG, activated June 1 during a ceremony at Nellis AFB, Nevada.
May 26, 2020 DOD Officials Unveil COVID-Related Personnel, Move Guidance Defense Department officials outlined a conditions-based approach to relaxing the stop-movement order that has been in effect since early March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
May 8, 2020 Nurses Week: Army Reserve surgical nurse answers call to assist in Philadelphia area hospital This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, and has been designated as the Year of the Nurse by the World Health Organization.
April 30, 2020 Top Air Force leader’s vision realized with stand up of TF-Southeast Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited Task Force-Southeast April 30 to see first-hand how the unit is supporting the whole-of-government approach to the Department of Defense’s response to COVID-19.
April 27, 2020 COMMENTARY - Normalization of deviance: Is this standard for AF explosives safety? I recently heard the term normalization of deviance. Having never heard this term, I began a little research to educate myself and was immediately convinced normalization of deviance has become common practice in the world of explosives safety.