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  • Effective June 9, 2026, unaccompanied service members stationed throughout USAFE, who reside in barracks or dormitories, may be eligible to receive Temporary Lodging Allowance (TLA) upon departure from their overseas duty station. All USAFE-based Airmen Living in Dormitories Now Eligible for Temporary Lodging Allowance upon departure
    All USAFE-based Airmen Living in Dormitories Now Eligible for Temporary Lodging Allowance upon departure
  • Conference room African air chiefs solidify partnerships, shape AAAF future at AACS
    African air chiefs solidify partnerships, shape AAAF future at AACS

    2nd Lt Eve Daugherty
  • leaders shake hands African air chiefs solidify partnerships, shape AAAF future at AACS
    African air chiefs solidify partnerships, shape AAAF future at AACS

    2nd Lt Eve Daugherty
  • Airman looks at pallets 726 EMSS Airman integrates real-time munitions tracking tool
    726 EMSS Airman integrates real-time munitions tracking tool

    Master Sgt. Carlin Leslie
  • Staff Sgt. Theodore Dudley poses for a photo Into the smoke: One Airman’s instinct to save lives
    Into the smoke: One Airman’s instinct to save lives

    Tech. Sgt. Alexandra M. Longfellow
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Babak Kermanshahi and a member of the Royal Armed Forces of Morocco U.S., Morocco integrate Link-16 capability during African Lion 26 planning event
    U.S., Morocco integrate Link-16 capability during African Lion 26 planning event

    Courtesy photo
  • Lt Gen Hinds awards Maj Blea with the silver star Spangdahlem-based Airman awarded Silver Star for extraordinary heroism during combat operations
    Spangdahlem-based Airman awarded Silver Star for extraordinary heroism during combat operations

    Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow
  • Senior leaders participate in conference CFACC Conference strengthens theater-level command and Allied interoperability
    CFACC Conference strengthens theater-level command and Allied interoperability

    Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Longfellow

Europe

  • An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing to receive fuel during exercise Astral Knight 2026 over the North Sea, June 3, 2026. Aerial refueling operations enable combat aircraft to sustain missions across greater distances and for longer durations, strengthening interoperability and supporting tactical integrated air and missile defense during AK26. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nash Truitt)

    Astral Knight 26: Fighters, bombers, tactical C2 reinforce USAF readiness

  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christian Cornwell, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, assists Capt. Logan Halverson, 493rd Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II pilot, during Ramstein Flag 26 at Pirkkala Air Base, Finland, June 8, 2026. RAFL26 provides the 48th Fighter Wing an opportunity to validate Agile Combat Employment concepts, generating combat power from geographically dispersed locations alongside NATO Allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christine Groening)

    Liberty Wing strengthens Allied interoperability during Ramstein Flag 26
  • MEN AND WOMEN AROUND A DINNER TABLE

    Normandy families nourish connections with U.S. service members around the table
  • U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, sit parked on the flightline after arriving at Pirkkala, Finland, ahead of Ramstein Flag 2026. RAFL26 is a large-scale, multi-domain NATO Allied Air Command exercise featuring more than 200 aircraft from 18 nations, designed to enhance interoperability and provide challenging combat scenarios in a complex operational environment.

    U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs Arrive in Finland for Ramstein Flag 2026
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    Astral Knight 2026 kicks off in the United Kingdom

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Space Forces in Europe - Space Forces Africa

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    Readout of Commanding General, SPACEFOREUR-AF Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, visit with Romanian deputy chief of defence staff Lt. Gen. Dragoş-Dumitru Iacob
  • Members of the Kenyan delegation and U.S. military and government officials participate in high-level bilateral discussions

    Readout of Commanding General, SPACEFOREUR-AF Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, visit with Brigadier Hillary Kipkosgey, director general of the Kenya Space Agency
  • General speaks to airmen and guardians

    SPACEFOREUR-AF team competes in Guardian Arena for the first time
  • Commander meets with Moroccan Minister Delegate

    U.S. Space Forces Africa commander meets with Moroccan Minister Delegate
  • The Chief gestures towards a Guardian that is part of a group standing in a semi-circle around him

    CMSSF strengthens allied partnerships during first European tour

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Africa

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    Behind the Systems: RAWS Weather Systems Support Center operations at CLDJ
  • Taxing Airplane

    Carrying the torch: “Flying Jennies” assume airlift mission in Africa
  • U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft flies over a training area during Exercise African Lion 26 at Tan-Tan, Morocco, April 23, 2026.

    African Lion 26 concludes: strengthening U.S. and African security
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adamu Issaka, a load joint inspection representative assigned to 88th Aerial Port Squadron, loads gear onto a Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130H to demonstrate engine running on and offloading procedures during Africa Lion 26 at 3rd Royal Moroccan Air Base, Kenitra, Morocco, April 27, 2026.

    Fast, precise, ready: US, Moroccan airmen strengthen airlift capability
  • Servicemembers walking on horizon

    CADJ Executes Mass-Casualty Exercise, Validating New HLZ
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Air Force Headlines

  • A F-15 Strike Eagle assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, takes off from the flight line at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during RED FLAG-Alaska 26-2, June 1, 2026. The 428th FS is composed of U.S. Air Force and Republic of Singapore Air Force personnel and provides long-term F-16 training for RSAF pilots and maintenance crews. RF-A 26-2 training spans from individual skills to complex, large-scale joint engagements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kentavist P. Brackin)

    Combined, joint forces conquer RED FLAG-Alaska 26-2
  • U.S. service members participate in Exercise Turbo Distribution 26-2.

    Air Force, Army display rapid deployment joint capabilities during Exercise Turbo Distribution
  • Military aircraft fly over UFC Freedom 250.

    Airmen, Guardians support UFC Freedom 250 event
  • NASA astronaut Bob “Farmer” Hines trains inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., Feb. 15, 2022. An Air Force test pilot with more than 4,000 flight hours across 50 aircraft types, Hines served as the pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA has selected Col. Hines to train with its prime crew for Artemis III as an alternate crew member. (Photo courtesy of NASA)

    Air Force Test Pilot tapped as ‘ultimate wingman’ for Artemis III
  • Airmen assigned to the 124th Fighter Wing's Security Forces Squadron participate in a field training exercise, pointing their weapon at target at sunset.

    AF Week in Photos 

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