JUNE 2, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Air Force senior leaders from across Headquarters Air Force and major commands gathered May 18-20 at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia, to attend the Task Force Cyber Secure kickoff meeting. The task force was established to address challenges within the cyberspace domain and to synchronize efforts to improve the security of … [Read more...]

JUNE 2, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - In Air Force history a legacy has been written, by women, for women. The walls of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial are filled with stories of historic and iconic women from all U.S. military services that have served the nation. History has once again been written. Those halls now hold a new story as Lt. Gen. Ellen … [Read more...]

MAY 29, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Cadets graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy as second lieutenants are entering the profession of arms at a time of unprecedented change and challenges, said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James to the Class of 2015 May 28, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Delivering the commencement speech at the Academy’s Falcon Stadium, … [Read more...]

MAY 27, 2015, LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, El Segundo, Calif. (AFNS) - Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, has announced the certification of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 Launch System for national security space … [Read more...]

MAY 26, 2015, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The Air Force, in conjunction with other Defense Department services, is phasing in the use of the Employees' Compensation Operations and Management Portal (ECOMP), which is intended to eventually replace the current system used to file injury and illness compensation claims. ECOMP is a free, Web-based portal for … [Read more...]