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.
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. 24, 2018 Team Shaw honors WWII POW Airmen and Soldiers gathered with the family of the late Col. Charles C. Heckel, World War II prisoner of war, to honor his sacrifices during a ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Jan. 19.
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
Jan. 18, 2018 Airmen jump through winter skies Airmen from the 820th Base Defense Group conduct static-line parachute jumps to maintain currency and ensure their ability to rapidly deploy anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice.
Jan. 18, 2018 Bio Flight trains to fight biohazards The Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight tested their response capabilities in a simulated contamination scenario Jan. 12.
Nov. 22, 2017 Pilot exemplifies Total Force Integration As part of a Total Force Integration initiative, an Air Force Reserve Citizen Airman attended the Weapons Instructor Course to deploy with his former active-duty squadron.Captivated by the close-air support and combat-search and rescue missions of the A-10C Thunderbolt II, U.S. Air Force Reserve
Nov. 2, 2017 347th Rescue Group initiates new medical, survival training As part of a collaborative effort between Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialists and Independent Duty Medical Technicians (IDMT), 23rd Wing aircrew participated in a new course Oct. 23 through 25.
Oct. 12, 2017 ACC commander witnesses integrated readiness The commander of Air Combat Command visited Airmen belonging to the 18th Air Support Operations Group during Warfighters Exercise (WFX) 18-1 Oct. 9.