April 17, 2024 Political activity Do's and Don’ts for Airmen, Guardians, DoD employees In our democracy, elections are quite common, and with a presidential election this year, we can expect many opportunities for citizens to participate in the democratic process. With this in mind, it is important to be aware of specific guidelines that apply to service members and federal employees
March 7, 2024 325th FW conducts first wing-wide AFFORGEN exercise The 325th Fighter Wing recently hosted exercise Crown Royal 24-2, at Tyndall AFB, Feb. 20-March 6, 2024, to test the wing’s ability to generate, employ and sustain combat forces.
March 20, 2023 Air Force incorporates Agile Combat Employment in RED FLAG 23-1 As flying units from around the globe converged at Nellis Air Force Base for RED FLAG 23-1, the 505th Command and Control Wing welcomed the 355th Wing’s Command and Control Force Element, or C2FE, from Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, to execute as the first Lead Wing C2FE in a Tier 1 Large Force
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 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
April 24, 2020 Commander of Air Combat Command visits TF-Southeast Gen. Mike Holmes, the commander of Air Combat Command visited the service members of Task Force-Southeast at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, April 20, 2020. Holmes toured several facilities to learn how the task force operates and about its mission to aid in the country’s fight to combat
April 16, 2020 Task Force-Southeast supports COVID-19 fight The Department of Defense has stood up task forces across the U.S. to provide relief to state health care systems fighting COVID-19.Task Force-Southeast, led by Ninth Air Force, is the primary DoD support organization for the Federal Emergency Management Agency response to COVID-19 in FEMA Regions
Jan. 30, 2018 Warfighters return to loved ones During the seven-month deployment the 74th Fighter Squadron flew more than 1,700 sorties, employed weapons over 4,400 times, destroyed 2,300 targets and killed 2,800 insurgents.
Jan. 24, 2018 Unified by diversity: BSC celebrates 53 years The Chief of Staff of the Air Force signed a special order Jan. 28, 1965, to recognize officers in 17 different medical specializations as the Biomedical Science Corps (BSC). Team Moody’s BSC is celebrating their strength through diversity for the 53rd year, during BSC appreciation week Jan. 22
Jan. 18, 2018 POL enables faster turnarounds, longer missions “With hot-pit refuels we’re prepositioned and they taxi to us and with the engines still running,” said Tech. Sgt. Zachary Beggin, 23d LRS NCO in charge of fuels distribution. “They hookup, refuel and their back up in the air and it decreases ground time by 66 percent.”Less ground time means more