August 5, 2015, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) – The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable and unmanned space test platform for the Air Force. The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold: reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be … [Read more...]

August 3, 2015, DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AFNS) -- The survival, evasion, resistance and escape motto is very simple, but grave, "Return with Honor." It’s a motto that SERE specialists at Dover Air Force Base instill in aircrews, giving them the confidence they need to embark on any mission across the world. Dover AFB Airmen recently set out to hone their survival … [Read more...]

August 3, 2015, ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) -- Driving through the gates at Andersen Air Force Base, someone could easily mistake two Airmen that stand guard there and it’s easy to see why. Though not exactly identical, they could almost be the same person, but one has longer hair. They have the same Washington state accent, stand at about the same height with … [Read more...]

July 28, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Task Force Cyber Secure is midway through phase one of the four-phased chief of staff of the Air Force initiative to address challenges of the cyberspace domain within the Air Force. As part of phase one, or the discovery phase, a collection of previously completed assessment, vulnerabilities, recommendations and identified mission … [Read more...]

July 28, 2015, OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AFNS) -- As a C-17 Globemaster III flown by the Air National Guard slowly made its way down the Offutt Air Force Base flightline July 23, ambulances from the Omaha Fire and Rescue Department along with other local emergency response vehicles waited just outside an aircraft parking ramp. This was all part of exercise Patriot 15, an … [Read more...]