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  • Oregon National Guard leadership visit 123rd EFS

    Leaders from the Oregon National Guard visited the 123rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron during an immersion visit July 22, 2015, at Campia Turzii, Romania.U.S. National Guard Maj. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, U.S. Air National Guard Chief Master Sgt.Patrick Gauntz,

  • Incirlik Innovation - Incirlik finishes voltage conversion upgrades

    Editor's note: This article is part of a series designed to highlight innovative ideas, programs and actions that have or can save the Air Force money as well as improve mission readiness.With the mindset of saving money and improving processes in today's Air Force, the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron

  • ANG trains with Bulgaria in Thracian Star 2015

    Approximately 150 Airmen and eight F-16s from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard traveled overseas to participate in Thracian Star 2015, a Bulgarian-led multi-national training exercise at Graf Ignatievo Air Force Base, Bulgaria, from 13-24, July.Thracian Star is a

  • 9 reasons we love the A-10 European TSP

    We LOVE the European theater security packages and since the very first TSP is on its way home from a tremendously successful deployment, we wanted to get a little nostalgic on why we loved the A-10's time here.9. Flying low and slowThe A-10C Thunderbolt II was designed to fly low and slow allowing

  • 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