FEBRUARY 6, 2025 – On Jan. 27, 1945, ten thousand Allied POWs stepped off from Stalag Luft 3 in Żagań as the Nazi regime began forcibly evacuating its POW camps in the face of the advancing Soviet onslaught in what would be called the Long March. They would trek 60 miles to the city of Spremberg, Germany, enduring one of the coldest winters on record. Eighty years later, 147 … [Read more...]
Mission Readiness is Focus of Exercise Spears of Victory
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Garrett Holloway, 378th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant dedicated crew chief, secures components within an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Exercise Spears of Victory at King Abdulaziz Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 28, 2025. Pilots and crew chiefs work together before and after flights to inspect aircraft for issues, ensuring … [Read more...]
U.S. and Japan Launch First Bilateral Space Effort
FEBRUARY 6, 2025 - A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on February 2. This is the first bilateral U.S. Japan cooperative space effort focused on national security, and … [Read more...]
U.S., DoD’s Commitment to Israel
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a bilateral exchange with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders) FEBRUARY 6, 2025 - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday at the Pentagon for a discussion following last … [Read more...]
Air Force Releases Memo on Gender Ideology Extremism
FEBRUARY 6, 2025 - The Department of the Air Force released a memorandum, Feb. 4, on Implementation of Executive Order 14168, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government in compliance with Executive Order Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government and the … [Read more...]