JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AFNS) - August 25, 2015 -- A 16-foot wooden table stretches between aircrew lockers and cabinets. A red toolbox sits at one end of the table. Helmets, oxygen masks and parachutes are within sight. The room is temporarily housing members with 374th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment for the duration of Red Flag-Alaska. … [Read more...]

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN (AFNS) August 24, 2015 -- (Editor’s Note: The last name of certain Airmen are withheld in accordance with operational security requirements) Airmen assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron provide world-class close air support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the Afghanistan area of operations. They … [Read more...]

PARIS (AFNS) August 24, 2015 -- U.S. Ambassador to France, Jane D. Hartly, recognized Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone for his actions in saving countless lives during a terrorist attack aboard a train headed toward Paris Aug. 21. “We often use the word hero, and in this case I know that word has never been more appropriate," Hartley said. "They are truly heroes. When … [Read more...]

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AFNS) August 21, 2015 -- Gen. Robin Rand, the Air Force Global Strike Command commander, met with. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, the U.S. Strategic Command commander, other senior USSTRATCOM leaders and subject matter experts to discuss a variety of mission-related issues during his visit to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Aug. 17-18. Rand, who became … [Read more...]

August 20, 2015 - TAGBILIRAN, Philippines (AFNS) -- Rayian Carazon slept soundly for the first time in weeks Aug. 16. Already caring for her energetic 1-year-old, Trica, and four months pregnant with her second child, Carazon constantly worried about the health of her young family. Until this day, she had no way to know if there was anything wrong. Through word of mouth, she … [Read more...]