Hill's fighter wings conduct F-35A combat power exercise

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th FW conducted a combat power exercise here Jan. 6, launching 52 F-35A Lightning IIs in rapid succession.The fighter wings are home to 78 aircraft. As the Air Force’s only combat-capable F-35A units, the wings must be

Genesis trains defenders despite challenges

The 940th Security Forces Squadron created Genesis, a training program for new defenders, and executed it twice in 2020, despite the challenges presented globally and here at Beale Air Force Base, California. In January 2019, the Air Force made changes to the training for defenders including the

2019 General John P. Jumper Awards for Excellence in Warfighting Integration and the Air Force Information Dominance Annual Awards

Congratulations to the following Air Force Reservists who won the 2019 General John P. Jumper Awards for Excellence in Warfighting Integration and the Air Force Information Dominance Annual Awards at the Air Force level.Major General Harold M. McClelland Large Unit of the Year Award:426th Network

Reserve Citizen Airmen treat Honduran patients during medical readiness training exercise

Twenty-one Air Force Reserve medics with the 403rd Wing took part of a Medical Readiness Training Exercise Dec. 4-18.Known as the 403rd MEDRETE 2019 Honduras, Airmen from the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron and 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here as well as reservists from around the

14th Air Force redesignated as Space Operations Command

Air Force military and civilian personnel previously assigned to the Fourteenth Air Force are now assigned to SPOC by virtue of the redesignation action.

With the stroke of a pen, U.S. Space Force becomes a reality

President Trump signed into law Dec. 20 the sprawling, $738 billion defense bill, making history by creating the Space Force as a stand-alone, sixth branch of the U.S. military and guaranteeing for the first time 12 weeks of paid parental leave for federal workers.

Space Force: Air Force Reservists to continue to support space operations

The Space Force will initially be comprised of active-component members and civilian personnel who are conducting and supporting space operations today as part of Air Force Space Command. The secretary of defense, with advice from key Defense Department stakeholders, will work with Congress if

Air Force Reserve Command Holiday Greetings

Santa's Helpers in the Pacific

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron supported aerial port operations mid-December with the 734th Air Mobility Squadron here during Operation Christmas Drop 2019.Reservists loaded more than 190 bundles aboard U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules and other partner aircraft for delivery

Mississippi resident 403rd Wing Pilot for a Day

One local Mississippi resident received a holiday treat a little early this year. The 403rd Wing commissioned 14-year-old Charles “Payton” Burge, of Carriere, Mississippi, as an honorary Air Force Reserve second lieutenant today as part of their Pilot for a Day program. “The Gulf Coast is very