• Congratulations to 2014 USAFE/Air Force award winners

    Congratulations to the following 2014 award winners:A1 Annual AwardsForce Support Field Grade Officer of the Year--------Maj. Michael D. McGrath, 52nd Force Support SquadronSpecialist of the Year--------Krista J. Mann, 52nd Force Support SquadronFlight Chief of the Year--------Ms. Angela

  • Crew chief dedicated to his MC-130J Commando II aircraft

    Aircraft flying overhead is a common sight for people living near an air base or airfield. What people may not know is the hard work and dedication that keeps the aircraft ready to respond at a moment's notice -- day or night.Each aircraft on RAF Mildenhall is assigned its own dedicated crew chief.

  • Commentary - Thriving outside the biodome

    Staying fit, sharpening our knowledge about suicide and building resiliency are all hot topics in today's Air Force. As all of these elements are crucial, resiliency encompasses almost everything that weighs heavy in our day-to-day missions.Military families know how difficult times can be when

  • Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for December rollout AF wide

    The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information"I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • How to save the world

    Americans recycled only 87 million of the 251 million tons of trash generated in 2012, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.The amount of garbage increases every year, making it easy to see how the distant, but not so unrealistic, future world from the movie WALL-E can come to

  • Innovate or Bust: egress gets a makeover

    "I'm about to break your egress shop, sir. Is that okay?"Master Sgt. Kenneth Kelly, 48th Component Maintenance Squadron accessories flight superintendent, admitted it was nerve-racking asking Maj. Mark Gray, 48th CMS commander, about implementing innovative, yet radical, changes to maximize the

  • Lajes Airmen experience unique deployment

    Even though personnel at Lajes are ready to deploy at a moment's notice, it is not something that happens regularly. Currently, seven members of the 65th Security Forces Squadron are deployed to Kosovo tasked to protect an intelligence hub.According to Maj. Carlos Hernandez, 65th SFS commander, this

  • To innovate, we can't be afraid to fail

    "Throughout history, people with new ideas - who think differently and try to change things - have always been called troublemakers." - Richelle Mead, author.The Air Force is pushing hard for us to innovate. You hear it when our senior leaders give speeches or post articles imploring us to improve.