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  • US, Poland strengthen interoperability through combat control

    U.S. Air Force combat controllers from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron continued their four-day austere landing training with 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II pilots at Nowe Miasto, Poland, July 22, 2015.The austere landing training not only qualified the pilots to land

  • First Spanish patriot missile rotation complete in Turkey

    The Spanish Patriot Unit ended the first portion of their one-year deployment in the city of Adana with a transfer of authority ceremony July 22, here.In passing of the Spanish guidon, Army Artillery LTC Juan Castilla, assumed authority over the Spanish Patriot Unit's role in Operation Active Fence

  • Losing sleep: CSAF shares what keeps him up at night

    He couldn't sleep.The sheer thought of disappointing his team: his wingmen, his brothers and sisters in arms, is the thought that keeps him up at night, striving to forge a better U.S. Air Force.Driven by his determination to be the best wingman he can, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III said it's all about

  • PMEL Airmen calibrate Aviano assets

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 31st Maintenance Squadron precision measurement equipment laboratory, ensure the accuracy and reliability of all weapons systems here. The Airmen calibrate and repair measurement, test and diagnostic equipment and adjust weapon systems test equipment that

  • A-10s train with combat controllers during TSP

    Members of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and 321st Special Tactics Squadron traveled to Nowe Miasto, Poland, to perform specialized training July 20-23, 2015.During the day and night, 354th EFS A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots performed unimproved surface landings on an austere landing

  • 'We are family, we are different'

    "I had no idea what being a military spouse was all about."Betty Welsh smiled, and explained how she grew from a girl who lived with her family until she was 22, into an Air Force spouse and wife of Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff."I love to travel, and thought my life as a military

  • US, Bulgarian forces synchronize training to strengthen future

    Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, went wheels up for a bilateral training exercise with the Bulgarian air force, July 14 through 24.More than 100 Ramstein Airmen deployed with three C-130J Super Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, to Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The deployment allowed NATO allies