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...]

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...]

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...]

JULY 1, 2025 - The Air Force Medical Service turns 76 today, July 1st, marking more than seven decades of service, sacrifice and innovation in military medicine. Established in 1949 to support America’s aviator-warriors, the AFMS has grown into a global force - trusted to deliver care in war zones, disaster zones, and every corner of the world where Airmen and Guardians … [Read more...]

JULY 1, 2025 - Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink concluded an immersion tour of Headquarters Air Combat Command and Joint Base Langley-Eustis wings June 27, reinforcing the Air Force's commitment to maintaining a technological edge, fiscal responsibility and robust intelligence capabilities to deter adversaries and protect national interests. The visit provided Meink … [Read more...]