JANUARY 7, 2025 - Airmen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), alongside medical professionals from the 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight (EAEF), and Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (VMM-266), conducted a full mission profile personnel recovery training scenario in Djibouti on December 7, 2024. The exercise focused on building … [Read more...]
Air Force Releases FY25 Selective Retention Bonus List
JANUARY 6, 2025 - The U. S. Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2025 Selective Retention Bonus list, effective Dec. 16, 2024. The FY25 SRB program consists of 89 Air Force specialty codes, reflecting the Air Force’s ongoing commitment to retaining highly skilled enlisted personnel. Airmen whose Air Force specialty codes are included in the FY25 list, are eligible to reenlist … [Read more...]
Air Force JROTC Awards 194 Scholarships
JANUARY 6, 2025 - Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC has announced the high school cadets who received scholarships to attend an accredited private pilot certificate training program in the summer of 2025 at aviation universities nationwide. More than 1,200 cadets from units around the world applied for one of the 194 AFJROTC Flight Academy scholarships, each valued at … [Read more...]
Flying the Jayhawk Into the Sunset
Airmen from the 86th Flying Training Squadron give a final salute to the T-1A Jayhawk as it taxis away at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 17, 2024. The T-1A Jayhawk had a 31 year career at Laughlin, first arriving in Nov. of 1993. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Larsen) JANUARY 3, 2025 - On Dec. 17, the last T-1A Jayhawk in the 86th Flying Training … [Read more...]
Airman Launches Space Career
JANUARY 2, 2025 - From his hometown of Laurel, Maryland, to the forefront of space operations, Air Force Master Sgt. Keandrey Freeman is embarking on a new chapter in his military career as he transitions from his role as the senior enlisted leader of the National Space Defense Center's Command, Control, Communications, and Computers/Cyber Directorate, to becoming a space … [Read more...]