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  • 4th Annual African Air Chiefs Symposium begins

    Military leaders of 17 African nations and the United States have gathered for the fourth annual African Air Chiefs Symposium to discuss air force capabilities and important regional issues. The commander of U.S. Air Forces Africa, Gen. Frank Gorenc, attended last year's event and was on hand to

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • Following her father's flightplans

    Some families have a history of military service, whether it be cross-service or within the same branch. It is somewhat less common however, to have two consecutive generations not only serve in the same branch of the military, but to pursue the same career field.This is the case with U.S. Air Force

  • PRESS RELEASE: African Air Chiefs Symposium 2014

    The Cameroon air force, in partnership with U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, will co-host the African Air Chiefs Symposium here from Sept. 9 to 11. Air Chiefs from 17 countries will attend, including; Cameroon, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana,

  • Controlling an air war; what it takes

    Fourteen enlisted Airmen and officers work 24/7 to control an air war by staring at computers with a plethora of shimmering dots passing over a map showing 251,000 square miles of airspace.  This is the job of the air battle managers and weapons directors, also known as 606th Air Control Squadron

  • Airman 'catches planes,' saves lives

    "For lack of a better term, we catch planes!" exclaimed Senior Airman Brian Magkasi, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Power Production journeyman from Great Mills, Maryland.Installed on the RAF Mildenhall runway are two aircraft arresting systems designed to act as a "second chance" for any fighter

  • Colonel Webb takes command of 603rd AOC

    Col. Michael Webb took command of the 603rd Air and Space Operations Center from Col. Jeffrey Marker during a change of command ceremony here Sep. 4, 2014.Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force commander, who officiated the ceremony, spoke highly of Marker just prior to awarding him the Legion of