SEPTEMBER 19, 2016, ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Aircraft maintenance crew members with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 kept operations flowing after Exercise Valiant Shield 16 completes its first week at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 18, 2016. During this U.S.-only, biennial field training exercise, F/A-18D Hornets flew in a plethora of missions … [Read more...]
The B-21 Has a Name: B-21 Raider
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) - The Air Force’s long-range strike bomber has officially been named the B-21 Raider. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced the results of the Air Force Global Strike Command led naming contest alongside selected members during her remarks at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference here Sept. 19, … [Read more...]
Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson was Confirmed as National Guard Bureau Vice Chief
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016, WASHINGTON - Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson was confirmed as National Guard Bureau Vice Chief by the U.S. Senate on Thursday. "Gen. Hokanson's confirmation is great news for the National Guard," said Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, the chief of the National Guard Bureau. "He brings the invaluable perspective of a former adjutant general and former deputy … [Read more...]
Daughter of Missing Navy Pilot Reflects During POW/MIA Ceremony
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016, FORT WORTH, Texas (NNS) - Shannon Spake has very few memories of her father. She recalls of melodies he sang to her and the smell of Old Spice cologne throughout their home at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, during a POW/MIA ceremony. Spake was not much older than two when her family received the news he was considered missing in action after the … [Read more...]
Astronaut and SECARMY Discuss Life on the International Space Station
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - Retired Army colonel and astronaut Timothy Kopra discussed his experiences on the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 13, during a Facebook Live hosted by ABC News. Joining him for the broadcast from the "Moving Beyond Earth" exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, was Secretary of the Army Eric … [Read more...]