News

March 22, 2018
Lady maintainers “Keep ‘em Flying”

Team Dover’s maintenance groups hosted an airplane nose art unveiling ceremony here March 22.
March 22, 2018
Career day encourages local girls to dream big

This year’s Joint Base Charleston Women in Aviation Career Day, here March 20, was a resounding success according to event organizers.
March 19, 2018
Reservist earns highest grade in schoolhouse history

“School, study, sleep, repeat.”That was the life Senior Airman Brandon J. Fitch said he held himself to during his technical training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. In addition to hundreds of hours in the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program classroom, he dedicated nearly every other waking minute
March 19, 2018
919th to receive DoD Family Readiness Award

Building a culture that embraces innovative programs and a proactive approach to supporting Duke Field families has earned a 919th Special Operations Wing unit one of the military’s most prestigious awards. The 919th Special Operations Force Support Squadron was recently selected as the 2017
March 19, 2018
Reservist creates scholarship to make 'better Americans’

Molding better Americans is the motivation behind a new foreign language scholarship created for Washington State University students by alumnus Christopher “CJ” Johnson (’02), an officer and linguist in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
March 17, 2018
Two Air Force Reserve Pararescuemen among 7 Airmen killed in Iraq helicopter crash

Two Air Force Reserve pararescuemen, Master Sgt. William Posch, 36 and Staff Sgt. Carl Enis, 31, are among the seven Airmen killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq, March 15, 2018.
March 16, 2018
First-ever blood test for detecting brain injury cleared by FDA

Brain injuries can happen from a fall, while in combat or during training exercises. Thanks in part to research funded by the Defense Department and the Army, Banyan Biomarkers has created the first-ever brain trauma blood test. On Feb. 14, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration cleared marketing of
March 15, 2018
Alamo Wing supports Canada’s ‘Sky’s the limit-Girls fly too’ Airshow

The 433rd Airlift Wing ended a two-day tour supporting the Abbotsford International Airport at “Sky’s the limit-Girls Fly too,” Airshow, March 10-11 in Abbotsford British Columbia, Canada to celebrate a week of International Women’s Day.
March 14, 2018
National Defense Strategy drives Air Force budget

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations about the Air Force’s fiscal year 2019 budget in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2018.
March 12, 2018
Reserve Aerial Port named Air Transport Activity of the Year

The 302nd Airlift Wing’s 39th Aerial Port Squadron has been awarded the Air Reserve Component Air Transportation Activity of the Year in 2017 for outstanding contributions to the success of Air Force and Department of Defense missions.