Enlisted exhibit captions Enlisted Maintainers exhibit in the Korean War Gallery of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. With the arrival of the jet age after World War II, the Air Force began purchasing equipment and using technical data for troubleshooting. However, when the Korean War began, the newly independent Air Force struggled to provide enough trained … [Read more...]

JANUARY 3, 2024 - One of first recorded uses of electromagnetic warfare stems back as early as the start of the 20th century during the Boer War when British soldiers used searchlights to spring Morse code signals off clouds, disrupting enemy communications. Since then, EW has evolved to be more precise, deliberate, and effective. One Air Force Reserve unit located here, … [Read more...]

JANUARY 2, 2024 — In a total-force effort, eighty-five Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 507th Air Refueling Wing supported NATO and the 55th Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, increasing interoperability and strengthening extended nuclear deterrence Feb. 22-March 11. During the 18-day trip, two rotations of operations, maintenance and support personnel worked together to … [Read more...]

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown administers the Oath of Office to newly appointed Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Slife during a ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., Dec 29, 2023. Slife will become the Air Force's 41st Vice Chief and most recently served as the deputy chief of staff for operations. (U.S. Air Force … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 29, 2023 - The 445th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Training and Management, or CATM, held their first Air Force Qualification Course, or AFQC, with the SIG M18 strike-fire pistol Oct. 15. The course was attended by Airmen with the 445th Airlift Wing’s 89th Airlift Squadron and 87th Aerial Port Squadron, and the 655th Intelligence, Surveillance, and … [Read more...]