• Birds of a feather: F-16s train over Aviano skies

    Team Aviano members are no strangers to the rumble of F-16 Fighting Falcon afterburners. The 555th and 510th Fighter Squadron pilots perform routine training flights to ensure they are fully qualified and capable to support the 31st Fighter Wing mission – deter aggression, defend U.S. and NATO

  • 492nd concludes Noble Arrow 16

    F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 492nd Fighter Squadron here, concluded their participation in Noble Arrow 16, Oct. 20.

  • Eagles return home: 194th EFS completes European deployment

    The 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron recently completed its six-month theater security package deployment to Europe. The squadron’s 12 F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft and more than 300 California Air National Guard Airmen assigned to the 144th Fighter Wing deployed from Fresno Air National Guard

  • Europe & Africa: The fascinating challenge

    Lt. Gen. Timothy Ray, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, will relinquish command to Lt. Gen. Richard Clark on Oct. 21. During his 15 months here, Ray experienced one of the most turbulent times in Europe.

  • 100th ARW receives Doolittle Award

    Col. Thomas Torkelson, 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, accepted the Air Force Historical Foundation’s Doolittle Award for the 100th ARW’s sustained and significant contributions to Air Force history Sept. 27, 2016, in Arlington, Virginia. The award is named after the pioneering pilot Gen. James

  • 37th AS loadmasters: a piece to the USAFE puzzle

    Thousands of feet above the German countryside, the 37th Airlift Squadron loadmasters proceed to open the back of a C-130J Super Hercules as the cool wind gusts throughout the aircraft. They listen on their crackling headsets for the aircraft coordinates, awaiting to signal the jump master that it’s

  • Welcome Back: Record-Breaking F-16 Squadron Returns

    Hundreds of families reunited with Airmen assigned to the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron during the squadron’s return to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Oct. 12, 2016. Approximately 300 of the Airmen, who serve in flight, maintenance or support roles for the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter

  • Team Mildenhall catches Green Dot fever

    Betrayal is something people hope never to feel, but betrayal from someone you trusted and loved with all your heart is the worst kind. For one Team Mildenhall member her friend suffered betrayal, and rather than turning to others for help, she tried to take her own life.“My friend was in a pretty