AUGUST 29, 2023 - For the first time since 2018, the Defenders of Freedom Air & Space Show returns to Offutt Air Force Base Aug. 24-25, 2024, with the U.S Air Force Thunderbirds headlining the show. Offutt’s 2019 air show was cancelled due to a flood, while all Department of Defense air shows were cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19. The installation was also unable to … [Read more...]

AUGUST 25, 2023 - AFWERX has launched IGNITE, a platform where defense users can search for and easily interact with thousands of small businesses that have secured previous Department of the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer awards. This controlled line of communication between technology developers and end users will strengthen … [Read more...]

AUGUST 24, 2023 - The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is putting more than $1.6 billion in infrastructure funding to work to improve unaccompanied housing and child development centers across the Department of the Air Force. Overall, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, one of AFIMSC's primary units, is planning to execute construction efforts at more than … [Read more...]

AUGUST 22, 2023 – Whiteman Air Force Base’s operations’ Airmen play a crucial role in the U.S. Air Force’s concept of Agile Combat Employment in Iceland. ACE is a warfighting concept that emphasizes flexibility, adaptability, and the effective utilization of multi-capable Airmen to enhance operations. The 393rd EBS operations Airmen are comprised of career fields such as … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft pilots, from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, fly in a three plane formation with Bulgarian NATO allies during Thracian Summer 2023 in low level mountain flying out of Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria, Aug. 9, 2023. This exercise provided field training requirements and enhanced interoperability with allies and … [Read more...]