DECEMBER 15, 2022 - Cannon Air Force Base and the local community are combining their efforts by creating subcommittees dedicated to the Air Force initiative Five & Thrive. The Five & Thrive initiative focuses on safe and affordable housing, medical care, spouse employment, education and childcare. David Robinson, Cannon AFB’s Air and Space Force civic leader, … [Read more...]
Partner Nations Help with Operation Christmas Drop 2022
DECEMBER 14, 2022 – Five partner nation air forces worked together to deliver humanitarian aid as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2022, the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian aid mission delivering essential supplies to island communities in the western Pacific, Dec. 4-13, 2022. Aircrew from the U.S. Air Force, Republic of Korea Air Force, Japan Air … [Read more...]
Cotton Takes Over Statrigic Command
DECEMBER 14, 2022 - Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton relieved Navy Adm. Charles A. Richard as commander of U.S. Strategic Command during a ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base Dec. 9. Cotton becomes USSTRATCOM's eighth commander, highlighting the enduring stability of the nation's strategic enterprise during a time of increased global pressure and reliance on a safe, reliable, … [Read more...]
Bauernfeind New Leader of Air Commandos
DECEMBER 13, 2022 - Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind assumed command of Air Force Special Operations Command during a ceremony in the Freedom Hangar at Hurlburt Field Dec. 9. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. presided over the ceremony where Bauernfeind took the guidon from Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, who will go on to serve as the deputy chief of staff, operations, Headquarters … [Read more...]
Aircrew Delivers U.S.-French Satellite for NASA
DECEMBER 13, 2022 - Airmen with the 22nd Airlift Squadron assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, transported a Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite from Nice Cote d’Azur Airport, Nice, France, to Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in support of a multinational mission, Oct. 13 - 17, 2022. The international mission led by NASA and the French space … [Read more...]