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  • 12-nation Heavy Airlift Wing takes flight with first C-17

    Twelve nations saw their dreams of strategic airlift come true July 14 as the multinational Heavy Airlift Wing they've built from scratch in less than a year received the "keys" to its first C-17 Globemaster III. "This is an unprecedented milestone for these 12 nations," said U.S. Air Force Col.

  • Hobby earns intel Airman $10K

    Simpler, easier to use and saves time; this is not an ad for a new cleaning product -- these are qualities being used to describe a new Web-based program the intelligence office here is employing to track training requirements. The new program dubbed "SpIDER System" is the creation of Master Sgt.

  • 1st Combat Comm joins 17th Air Force in supporting presidential visit

    Setting up forward communications is the bread and butter of the 1st Combat Communications Squadron. The unit routinely deploys to remote and bare-base environments to set up communications from scratch. On arrival at Accra, Ghana June 30, the team was met with their standard challenges - austere

  • 17th Air Force supports presidential visit to Ghana

    Before President Barack Obama could land to an unprecedented reception in Accra, Ghana, Friday evening, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines were on the ground days in advance, preparing. More than 150 troops in Accra and over 1000 Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) came together in the

  • Controllers pick up NATO training mission

    Liberty Wing air traffic controllers set the standard for training to meet NATO and EUCOM mission requirements recently when they trained eight Spanish air traffic controllers prior to their upcoming NATO deployment. The Spanish controllers were here for two weeks, and they will be followed by

  • Lakenheath skyline altered forever

    For more than 40 years two water towers were synonymous with RAF Lakenheath. Many new Airmen used the towers as reference points when first learning the base, and they grew into one of the major features of the skyline here. Those towers were removed recently when the final steps of a $22-million

  • Senior Leader Engagement boosts relationships in Africa

    Focused on establishing a strong bond with African partners, Maj. Gen. Ronald Ladnier, commander of Seventeenth Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa, traveled to Botswana and South Africa June 7-12 to meet with local defense force officials and interagency partners in the U.S. Embassies of both