Dec. 10, 2021 93rd and 11th Bomb Squadrons take home GSC hardware The 93rd Bomb Squadron won the Linebacker Trophy for best B-52 Stratofortress Squadron and their active-duty counterparts at the 11th BS won the Bartsch Trophy for best electronic countermeasures at the Global Strike Challenge 21 award ceremony here last Wednesday. The two units work together in a
Dec. 6, 2021 315th AW tradition brings Santa Flight to JBC Santa made a special appearance on the Joint Base Charleston flight line during the 315th Airlift Wing’s annual Santa Flight Sunday afternoon. JB Charleston Airmen and their families gathered to greet him aboard a C-17 Globemaster III where the children to told him what they want for Christmas. Lt.
Nov. 22, 2021 Total Force Returns to Dyess Air Force Base with Conclusion of Bomber Task Force Mission in Europe Two hundred Dyess Airmen returned home Nov. 18 from a six-week Bomber Task Force mission in Europe. The mission first arrived Oct. 6, 2021, in Fairford, England, and for the past six weeks, the units have supported multiple agile combat employment exercises alongside allies in Europe and
Nov. 4, 2021 52 FS held first F-35 Change of Command The 52nd Fighter Squadron celebrated a major milestone by holding their first ever F-35 change of command ceremony since being reactivated earlier this year at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, October 29, 2021.
Nov. 3, 2021 Talk to me, Airman: 934th Airlift Wing Airmen learn to shoot, move and communicate 934th Aeromedical Staging Squadron Airmen engage multiple targets while working in two-person teams with M4 carbines at the new Shoot, Move and Communicate course at Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station in the middle of October.
Oct. 29, 2021 Guns and Gas: Reserve Citizen Airman comes full circle with B-52 Master Sgt. Corey Palmer fought to clear his head as he watched the B-52 Stratofortress grow larger in the window of the KC-135 Stratotanker’s boom operator station.The 914th Air Refueling Wing aerial refueling specialist volunteered for the assignment to refuel the B-52 here last week. Still, he
Oct. 28, 2021 Preparing the Future When new Air Force trainees leave for basic military training (BMT), some emotions they may feel are confusion, fear, sadness, and nervousness. Here at the 446th Airlift Wing, D&TF prepares the members for BMT after they take the Oath of Enlistment.
Oct. 28, 2021 14 IS Airmen perform funeral honors for WWII vet Three 14th Intelligence Squadron reservists conducted funeral honors for one of their own Oct. 23, 2021. John “Jerry” Johnson passed away Oct. 19 at the age of 98 and had served in Guam during World War II with the Army Air Corps in the 20th Air Force 9th Photographic Technical Squadron. His
Oct. 22, 2021 307th Bomb Wing Airman makes second pandemic deployment When Capt. Aaron Bigio returned from San Antonio, Texas last month; it marked the second time he’d volunteered to help battle the COVID-19 pandemic during the previous 18 months.The 307th Medical Squadron registered nurse had volunteered to help in New York City when COVID 19 was raging there in
Oct. 17, 2021 Rainier Wing welcomes newest members Twenty people became the newest members of the 446th Airlift Wing during a mass enlistment ceremony here Oct. 1.