• Lajes Field supports A-10s

    The 65th Operations Support Squadron supported a coronet of U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolts June 10, 2014, Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. The A-10s are from the 190th Fighter Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard. The A-10 is specifically designed for close air support, and is capable of large and

  • Buzzards depart for RED FLAG

    Eighteen F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 510th Fighter Squadron departed for Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to participate in the aerial-combat training exercise, RED FLAG, June 13.The three-month deployment will provide pilots with the most realistic hands-on combat training available. Home station

  • Someone's trash, is someone else's treasure

    Over time, as various government-owned supplies and electronics deteriorate and become unused, Team Aviano members must ensure these items are either recycled or properly disposed of, with the help of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services."We are here, first and foremost, as Team Aviano

  • Maintaining mission readiness

    When making important notifications about the death or serious illness of an Airman, the Air Force depends on a member's emergency record, which if not kept up-to-date -- can create a race against time. Virtual Record of Emergency Data, or vRED, is an online document used to search for beneficiaries

  • US flies, trains with NATO allies during Exercise EAGLE TALON

    U.S. and NATO allies are flying and training together in the skies above Poland, June 9 to 13, during the Polish-led combined Exercise EAGLE TALON, which includes air assets from France, United Kingdom, the U.S. and Poland.This is the first time the U.S. Air Force participated in EAGLE TALON,

  • One-on-one: 351st EARS pilot in Poland

    Members of the 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron completed day two of the Baltic Operations Exercise June 10, 2014, here after they completed an aerial refueling mission on a KC-135 Stratotanker with two F-16 C/D Fighting Falcons. Following the debrief, 1st Lt. Paul Anguita, a 351st EARS