MAY 14, 2024 - U.S. Space Force Master Sgt. Patrick Pineda's journey to the lectern at the U.S. Air Force Academy is as remarkable as it is groundbreaking. His tenure marks a significant milestone as the first enlisted Guardian teaching at the Academy, infusing a traditionally officer and civilian-dominated faculty with his unique insights. Pineda brings over ten years of … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
National Guard Helps with Sulphur Tornado Relief
Sgt. Andrew Serna, a Dallas, Texas resident serving with Delta Company, 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, operates a forklift during tornado recovery efforts at the Murray County Expo Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma, May 9, 2024. Serna is one of the Oklahoma National Guard members activated to assist in warehouse … [Read more...]
U.S. Aid Reaching Ukraine
MAY 14, 2024 - U.S. military aid is reaching Ukraine as that nation's military strives to blunt Russian attacks in the Kharkiv region, said Sabrina Singh, deputy Pentagon press secretary. The Russian attacks on Kharkiv were not unexpected, Singh said today, and Ukrainian service members are fighting furiously to blunt the Russian incursions. U.S. systems are again … [Read more...]
Shattering the Glass Ceiling at Mach 2.5
MAY 14, 2024 - When someone says fighter pilot…what do you picture? Perhaps a mustached doppelganger of Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise clad in aviator sunglasses strutting on to the flightline. And while there may be more than a few “Maverick” and “Ice Man” fighter pilots in the Land of No Slack, that is not the only persona one sees. At this moment, there are two female fighter … [Read more...]
US Aid for Honduras Tops 6 Million Pounds
MAY 14, 2024 - A KC-46A Pegasus from the 931st Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, delivered 12 pallets of cargo for the Denton Program at Soto Cano Air Base, May 8. The Denton Program is a Department of Defense humanitarian assistance transportation program that moves humanitarian cargo, donated by United States-based non-governmental organizations to … [Read more...]