JANUARY 5, 2023 - The Air Education and Training Command’s Arnold Group recently completed a holistic assessment of the future operational environment through the lens of the force development mission that provides conclusions that are operationally relevant and meaningful to Airmen. The goal of the Force Development Environment Assessment is to provide senior leaders with … [Read more...]

Visitors pause during a wreath laying ceremony in honor of Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. as a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flies over the 119th Wright Bothers Anniversary of Powered Flight ceremony hosted at the Wright Brothers National Memorial, N.C., December 17, 2022. The ceremony honored the legacy of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the U.S. Air Force’s 75th anniversary and … [Read more...]

JANUARY 4, 2023 - Flying locally over the Gulf of Mexico, two F-15EX Eagle II aircraft launched missiles from their new weapon stations, known as Stations 1 and 9, here Nov. 29. The 96th Test Wing’s pilots fired an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile from Station 1 and an AIM-9X from Station 9 over the Eglin Test and Training Complex’s water range. This … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 31, 2022 - Effective Jan. 1, 2023, advanced academic degrees will be visible to promotion central selection boards considering major and lieutenant colonel ranks. The change will apply to all eligible Department of the Air Force officers and allow promotion board members to consider an officer’s acquisition of valued expertise as one of many whole person concept … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 29, 2022 - It cost $9.7 million to train a B-52 Stratofortress pilot, according to a 2019 RAND Corporation study. But until recently, there was no scientific, holistic program at Barksdale Air Force Base designed to ensure that aircrew functioned at maximum cognitive and physical capacity. That changed earlier this year when the 93rd and 11th Bomb Squadron, the … [Read more...]