JULY 24, 2015, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) - It’s a sport in which a fraction of an inch could mean the difference between a first place finish or dropping 30 spots. Competitive rifle shooting requires patience, accuracy and control. Lt. Col. Mark Gould started the sport more than 23 years ago and he has been pulling the trigger ever since. Gould, a foreign … [Read more...]

JULY 23, 2015, MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) - Military working dogs require extensive medical care to keep their noses in good working condition to help sniff out drugs and explosives and aid in base security. To ensure these canines are up for the task, the 23rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron Veterinary Services Flight supports Moody's MWDs by maintaining their … [Read more...]

JULY 23, 2015, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFNS) - New mission and vision statements are the foundation of a new command strategy designed to push Air Force Materiel Command to be more agile as it delivers war-winning support to the warfighter. The command's new mission statement is succinct but declarative: "deliver and support agile war-winning capabilities." The mission … [Read more...]

JULY 22, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Air Force celebrated the Global Positioning System 20th anniversary during a ceremony at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C., July 17. GPS was originally invented to aid the military with operations and intelligences. It’s a constellation of orbiting satellites that provides global coverage of … [Read more...]

JULY 21, 2015, ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England (AFNS) - When 2nd Lt. John "Spike" Nasmyth climbed into his F-4 Phantom II on Sept. 4, 1966, to fly a combat mission over Vietnam, he never foresaw that he'd be blown out of the sky by a surface-to-air missile. The last words he heard before his jet was transformed into a lump of crumpled, metal wreckage were from his "guy … [Read more...]