Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, Detachment 1, also known as Deployment Cell or “D-Cell”, conduct troop movement across Camp Mad Bull during a training exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 7, 2023. Based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, D-Cell consists of 54 members across 15 job codes forming four agile teams, … [Read more...]

JANUARY 23, 2023 - The Department of the Air Force has selected Howard University as the first Historically Black College or University to lead a University Affiliated Research Center. The center will be focused on tactical autonomy technology for military systems and Howard University will receive $12 million per year for five years to fund research, faculty, and … [Read more...]

JANUARY 23, 2023 - This year, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations is changing the way it uses fitness to empower today's Airmen. AFMAO's required physical training is transitioning from twice per month to once a week. Additionally, weekly optional fitness programs are returning to AFMAO for the first time since early 2020. AFMAO's mission is to maintain a highly trained … [Read more...]

JANUARY 23, 2023 - Pacific Air Forces recently deployed a joint team of representatives and subject matter experts to Kunsan Air Base, conducting the major command’s first test and validation of counter-chemical warfare tactics, techniques and procedures, or TTP. These tests are part of the Next Generation Aircrew Protection program, designed to ensure aircrew have proper … [Read more...]

JANUARY 20, 2023 - For the first time since assuming his position in July 2021, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited the Defense Department’s sole nuclear treaty monitoring center at Patrick Space Force Base Jan. 18 to learn more about how the organization performs its global mission. Kendall, accompanied by Kristyn Jones, assistant secretary of the Air Force for … [Read more...]