Oct. 4, 2024 First Female Hispanic Pilot Shares Her Journey, Suits Up after 40 Years BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – After a career of breaking barriers, Lt. Col. Custodio retired from the Air Force without taking part in one last tradition among pilots: her fini-flight. Team Beale celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with cultural presentations, dancing, food and a visit from the
Oct. 3, 2024 Air Force Recruiting Service celebrates meeting goal with bell-ringing ceremony The Air Force Recruiting Service reached a significant milestone as it marked the achievement of its Fiscal Year 2024 recruiting goal with a time-honored bell-ringing ceremony.
Oct. 2, 2024 Forging Resilience: Chaplain Leaders Highlight Unity at Luke AFB The 944th Fighter Wing welcomed Air Force Reserve Chaplain leadership Sept. 17, 2024, with Chaplain Col. James F. Danford, AFRC Command Chaplain, and Chief Master Sgt. Brandy Hales, AFRC Religious Affairs Senior Enlisted Leader, visiting Luke Air Force Base to engage with chapel staff, assess needs,
Oct. 1, 2024 Reservists sharpen combat skills A team of reservists, primarily from the 512th Force Support Squadron, completed a combat skills refresher course Sept. 10-12, 2024, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.The Tactics and Leadership Nexus, or TALN, class taught areas of instruction including chemical warfare, weapons familiarization,
Sept. 30, 2024 Air Force legacy pilot visits beloved C-130 aircraft again An Air Force legacy pilot who was part of the first C-130 demonstration team in the 1950s, visited the 302d Airlift Wing at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, for a tour of a C-130H aircraft, July 30, 2024.
Sept. 27, 2024 Hurricane Hunters fly Helene, collect data for NHC forecasts The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrews flew nine weather reconnaissance missions into Hurricane Helene Sept. 23-26, collecting data to for National Hurricane Center forecasts.
Sept. 26, 2024 MH-139A Grey Wolf makes first ever guest appearance in exercise training event The 908th Flying Training Wing has been transitioning from a C-130 equipped tactical airlift unit to becoming the formal training unit for the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter for nearly four years now. After divesting the last of its C-130s in April 2022, and receiving its first Grey Wolf in April
Sept. 25, 2024 908th OSS Wraps Up Ready Airman Training The 908th Operations Support Squadron wrapped up three unit training assemblies’ worth of Ready Airman Training with a comprehensive exercise Sept. 7, 2024, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the squadron’s commitment to developing Airman warrior ethos
Sept. 24, 2024 908th OSS Ready Airman Training exercise The 908th Operations Support Squadron held a Ready Airman Training exercise Sept. 7, 2024, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The exercise was a culmination event for the squadron, after having spent the previous five duty days, spread out since July 2024, covering items such as base defense,
Sept. 23, 2024 F-35 Lightning II leads charge in 5th-generation warfare, strengthens global partnerships During a panel discussion at the Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference, top Air Force leaders highlighted the transformative impact of the F-35 as a fifth-generation joint fighter.