AUGUST 27, 2021 - When a car doesn’t run properly, it gets taken to a mechanic. When a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor needs a check, there isn’t time to send it to a shop. That’s where aircraft maintainers from the 1st Fighter Wing, 192nd Wing, and 1st Maintenance Squadron make their living. Aircraft maintainers from the 94th Fighter Squadron, 192nd Wing, and 1st MXS traveled to … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2021
Navy Tests Second Stage Hypersonic Rocket Motor
AUGUST 27, 2021 - Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) successfully conducted a test of the Second Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) on August 25th in Promontory, Utah as part of the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) offensive hypersonic strike capability and the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW). This was the initial live fire test of the … [Read more...]
From Afghan Interpreter to Service in The National Guard
AUGUST 27, 2021 – When Fahim Masoud was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1988, the country was at war with the Soviet Union. Fast forward 17 years, Masoud graduated from high school and faced one of three options for his future – study in India on a scholarship, go to a local university in Afghanistan, or apply for a risky job as an interpreter for the U.S. military. Masoud … [Read more...]
More Marines Deploy In Support of Haiti Relief Operations
AUGUST 27, 2021 - Marines from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), II Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed today in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Joint Task Force-Haiti to assist in the ongoing U.S. disaster-relief mission Haiti. Approximately 150 personnel from 2nd MAW units departed on aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) … [Read more...]
Check Out These Six DoD Discounted Destinations All Within Reach
AUGUST 27, 2021 — Summertime fading, long weekend coming; nothing to do? Enjoy the great outdoors? Hop in the car and take a day trip to an overnight Defense Department discounted destination. There are a number of Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation facilities located within a day’s drive of Fort Knox that offer leisure opportunities for the whole … [Read more...]