JANUARY 6, 2026 - Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) closed out 2025 with a series of decisive victories, sustaining combat airpower against terrorist threats, expanding coalition integration across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, and advancing agile employment and base defense technologies to sharpen readiness and deterrence. From the successful strikes … [Read more...]

JANUARY 5, 2026 - As we settle into 2026, many of us are working on personal resolutions. However, at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, one resolution stands out: strengthening Operational Security (OPSEC). With missions ranging from MQ-9 operations, targeting, and Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) to the growing F-35 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) training program, Ebbing … [Read more...]

JANUARY 2, 2026 - For the first time at this location, U.S. Airmen assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron conducted a hot-pit refueling operation using an R-20 expeditionary refueling system to support a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a flightline within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 14, significantly reducing aircraft … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 31, 2025 – The roar of aircraft engines build to a deafening crescendo as an F-35C Lightning II, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 147) sits primed on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). The jet’s fuselage trembles under the surge of raw power. The high-pitched whine of the exhaust intensifies as it lines up to the … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 30, 2025 - The Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, hosted annually by the 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, serves as a cornerstone of U.S. and allied forces' readiness, interoperability, and mission command capabilities. This high-stakes, multinational exercise integrates air, … [Read more...]