• RAF Mildenhall supports Navy during Exercise Saxon Warrior

    Sailors from the U.S. Navy conducted missions from RAF Mildenhall during exercise Saxon Warrior, Aug. 1-10. Bringing with them two C-2A Greyhounds, the 48-strong team from the "Rawhides" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 participated in the multinational exercise.

  • Anytime, Anywhere: CCT enables global access in Estonia

    A quiet, rural highway in northern Estonia transformed into a bustling military airfield as combat controllers guided A-10C Thunderbolt IIs onto the 50-foot-wide freeway during a flying training deployment, Aug. 10.A small force of eight 321st Special Tactics Squadron combat controllers surveyed the

  • 57th RQS trains to save lives in Exercise Ares Shadow

    Jumping out of an airplane flying 10,000 feet in the air isn’t on everyone’s daily to-do list, but for the Guardian Angel teams of the 57th Rescue Squadron, it’s their bread and butter. That’s exactly what they did during exercise Ares Shadow at Aviano AB, Aug. 8-11.

  • 321 STS Air Commandos land A-10s on Estonian highway

    A combat controller with the 321st Special Tactics Squadron takes wind-speed measurements before landing A-10 Thunderbolt IIs on Jägala-Käravete Highway, Aug. 10, in Jägala, Estonia. A small force of eight Special Tactics combat controllers from the 321st STS surveyed the two-lane highway,

  • 37th AS drops 173rd IBCT Airborne troops

    A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules and Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron, recently supported the U.S. Army’s 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) with personnel drops in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 8.Training such as this is essential to preserving joint readiness, building

  • Travis aircrew fly wounded Soldiers to Germany after insider attack

    Six aircrew members from Travis Air Force Base, California, flew a C-17 Globemaster III into Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan June 18 to medevac five U.S. Army special operators who were wounded in an insider attack at Camp Shaheen, in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

  • USAFE Airmen support Romanian air show

    The 159th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, consisting of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Florida Air National Guard, and Louisiana Air National Guard Airmen, assisted the Romanian Armed Forces in an air show at Camp Turzii in Cluj County, Romania, July 29.

  • 435th CRG trains for contingency down range

    The mission of the 435th Contingency Response Group is to open up bare bases and air fields in austere environments. During base-opening operations, they may face a variety of threats. In the past, those who needed training to counter these threats needed to travel stateside to attend contingency

  • Air Force senior leaders unveil new priorities

    In a recent letter to the Total Force, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright released their new priorities and addressed issues Airmen face day to day.