• 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

  • 'We are family, we are different'

    "I had no idea what being a military spouse was all about."Betty Welsh smiled, and explained how she grew from a girl who lived with her family until she was 22, into an Air Force spouse and wife of Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff."I love to travel, and thought my life as a military

  • US, Bulgarian forces synchronize training to strengthen future

    Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, went wheels up for a bilateral training exercise with the Bulgarian air force, July 14 through 24.More than 100 Ramstein Airmen deployed with three C-130J Super Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, to Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The deployment allowed NATO allies

  • Eject or die: Optimism helps see Vietnam vet survive 2,355 days as POW

    When 2nd Lt. John "Spike" Nasmyth climbed into his F-4 Phantom to fly a combat mission over Vietnam, he never forsaw that he'd be blown out of the sky Sept. 4, 1966, by a surface-to-air missile.The last words he heard before his jet was transformed into a lump of crumpled, metal wreckage were from

  • US, Romania partner in F-15C, MiG flight training

    The sound of F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft engines roaring down the runway seems like a normal thing for the Airmen of the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, Portland, Oregon, to hear.However, seeing Romanian MiG-21 fighter aircraft following behind their F-15Cs may be a new experience