JULY 7, 2025 – North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft intercepted a second general aviation aircraft that violated Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) airspace over Bedminster, New Jersey. Yesterday morning’s intercept, followed by two later TFR violations, brings the total to 11 unauthorized incursions into restricted airspace this past weekend. The … [Read more...]
Guard Participates in Bulgaria’s Best Warrior Competition
JULY 6, 2025 - Members of the Tennessee Army and Air National Guard competed in the Bulgarian Armed Forces’ first multinational Best Warrior Competition held at the Vasil Levski National Military University, June 23-26. The competition featured 12, five-member teams representing various military units to include the Bulgarian Armed Forces, the NATO enhanced Forward Presence … [Read more...]
No Airman Left Behind – 73 Years Later
JULY 5, 2025 - Forty miles from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, and accessible only by helicopter, U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Lockwood stands on Colony Glacier. Before him lies a wide, unforgiving landscape scattered with debris from a long-ago tragedy that has become a mission of recovery and reunion, 73 years later. Colony Glacier is a large glacier that is home to the … [Read more...]
US, Japan Sharpen Search and Rescue Skills
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Greg Molloy, 31st Rescue Squadron pararescueman, looks out of an HH-60W Jolly Green II before a personnel recovery exercise with the 33rd RQS during exercise Cope Angel 25-1, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2025. Cope Angel allows the 33rd RQS and 31st RQS to engage in training events with their Japan Air Self-Defence Force counterparts to … [Read more...]
Air War College Develops Strategic Air Force Leaders
JULY 2, 2025 - As part of Air University, Air War College provides graduates with the knowledge and tools to think strategically about the security implications of future operating environments, supporting lethality, warfighting and homeland defense missions through educational experience. The AWC is a joint professional military education II producing school, meaning it is … [Read more...]