Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing’s Fatality Search and Recovery Team prepare equipment for deployment form the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 30, 2024, in response to massive flooding across North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. The 11-Airman team left Louisville Oct. 1 and will operate from Hickory, N.C, where they will assist coroners and … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 1, 2024 - The Air Force is preparing for its first Air Task Force training events at Combat Support Training Range sites in November. The events will give Airmen from ATF Combat Air Base Squadrons, or CABS, an opportunity to train as a team and demonstrate the CSTR sites’ ability to host combat support training, said Col. Ross Dotzlaf, Air Force Installation and … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin presented the 2023 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy to Capt. Harry "Butcher" McMahon during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 26. The trophy is named after 1st Lt. Koren Kolligian Jr., an Air Force pilot who was declared missing when his T-33 Shooting Star disappeared off the California coast on Sept. 14, … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender tail number 91948 sits on the flightline during the KC-10 Farewell Ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Califfornia, Sept. 26, 2024. As the final base to operate the KC-10, Travis AFB had the honor of bidding farewell to an aircraft that has been a vital component of the U.S. military's global reach and power projection capabilities, this ceremony … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 - Pacific Air Forces released the results of its investigation into an F-16C aircraft mishap that occurred near Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, on Dec. 11, 2023. On Dec. 11, 2023, at 8:42 a.m. local Korea Standard Time, an F-16C assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan AB, ROK, crashed due to loss of primary flight and navigation instruments during … [Read more...]