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...]
Air Force Works Side-By-Side with Allies
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...]
Air Mobility Squadron Innovates, Provides Joint Airlifts
U.S. Navy Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Caryn Welch, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 Detachment IIA basic utility crewman, marshals an MH-53E Seadragon helicopter at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, July 26, 2023. The U.S. Air Force 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron coordinated airlift operations with HM-15 DET IIA to expedite the transport of … [Read more...]
Aircrew Leverages New Technology to Maintain B-1Bs
AUGUST 21, 2023 - The 7th Maintenance Group recently fielded its first-ever wireless communication system during a B-1B Lancer launch, becoming the first B-1B unit to receive and utilize such headsets. Prior to the introduction of the wireless headsets, B-1B aircrew pre-flight communication required one Airman to remain tethered to the communication port within the aircraft … [Read more...]
Spark Tank 2024 Call for Idea Submissions
AUGUST 18, 2023 - The seventh annual Spark Tank event has launched with a call for innovative Airmen and Guardian idea submissions ahead of the Sept. 4 deadline. Spark Tank is the flagship competition in which innovators from across the Department of the Air Force pitch their ideas to a panel of top leadership and industry experts in pursuit of sponsorship to realize their … [Read more...]