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Sept. 19, 2019
Esper emphasizes need for military to ‘adapt’ to confront new threats, resurgent ‘great power competition’

The blueprint for success, he said, is the National Defense Strategy, a comprehensive document assembled by former Defense Secretary James Mattis that reshapes the military to address new threats from near-peer competitors while also continuing to prosecute the war on terror and ensuring national
Sept. 18, 2019
Air Force marks 72 years since official creation

On Sept. 18, the United States Air Force will become 72 years old. Yet while this anniversary represents more than seven decades of the Air Force operating as a single organized entity, its history as one of the premier air powers in the world began at the turn of the twentieth century.President
Sept. 17, 2019
Multiple 445th AW squadrons participate in training event

Maj. Alexander Bingcang, 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, diagnosis “patients” during a combined training event Aug. 3, 2019. Reserve Citizen Airmen from the ASTS, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 89th Airlift Squadron participated in a combined training effort during their August UTA
Sept. 17, 2019
445 CES participates in training event

Senior Airman Christopher Hudson, 445th Civil Engineer Squadron HVAC and refrigeration Journeyman, prepares a Humvee for tactical convoy training Aug. 3, 2019. The exercise consisted of 20 members, five Humvees and one light medium tactical vehicle. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Angela Shay)
Sept. 16, 2019
718th IS supports sister squadron

A key component to total force integration relationships is providing critical support to host units. This past year Master Sgt. David Meyers, 718th Intelligence Squadron, stepped up to assist the 718th IS’ sister unit, the 45th Intelligence Squadron, as forensic intelligence program manager,
Sept. 16, 2019
Fowl or foul, filthy food effects thousands

September is National Food Safety Education Month, established to bring awareness to how each year one in six Americans get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from eating contaminated food, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sept. 13, 2019
Facts about DD Form 214's for Guard, Reserve

The Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or DD Form 214, is a document Airmen may receive at certain points in their careers such as separating from an active duty unit, completing job training, or returning home from a deployment.Air Force Reservists and Air National Guard members
Sept. 13, 2019
Share Your Adventure: help the Reserve team grow through testimony

The peer referral program is the lead source generator for AFRC RS with one of four people referred by current Reservists joining the Air Force Reserve and is replacing the command’s Get1Now campaign. As manning levels continue to increase for AFRC and other branches of service and the nation’s
Sept. 12, 2019
Aircrew flight equipment shop keeps wing’s aircrew mission ready

Some equipment is virtually invisible until an emergency occurs, but for the men and women of the 445th Operations Support Squadron’s aircrew flight equipment shop, their duty revolves around it.
Sept. 11, 2019
445th Airlift Wing honors its own during September 11 ceremony

More than 100 members of the 445th Airlift Wing gathered on the lawn of the Major LeRoy W. Homer, Jr. Operations building today to honor those who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001.