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  • Major General Chad Franks assumes command of the 15th Air Force

    Fifteenth Air Force activates, consolidates ACC’s conventional forces

    Fifteenth Air Force activated Aug. 20, integrating wings and direct reporting units from 12th Air Force and Ninth Air Force to form a new numbered air force responsible for generating and presenting Air Combat Command’s conventional forces.
  • A lab worker wearing blue gloves uses a needle to test cells.

    DOD Issues Flexible Instructions on Response to Coronavirus

    The Defense Department has issued instructions to the armed services and department heads on how to respond to the implications of the growing coronavirus outbreak.
  • Tech. Sgt. Matthew O'Neill working at a computer.

    557th WW integrating with 16th AF missions

    The 557th Weather Wing is working to integrate its strengths into the recently formed 16th Air Force, which brought intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber, electronic warfare, information operations and weather all under one roof. Integration is a key theme for the Air Force’s first information warfare numbered air force. The 557th’s efforts both reinforce the value of the wing’s existing missions, such as providing weather for aviation, but also offer new opportunities for the wing to increase lethality in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions of other 16th AF wings. “The realignment of the 557th WW into the information warfare numbered air force will have a profound effect on the future of weather and environmental intelligence operations, and we intend to bring that future fast,” said Jeffrey Fries, 1st Weather Group chief of operations standards and tactics.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright will play a football video game on this live-stream platform to discuss how Airmen can influence each other and develop a resilient organizational culture

    CMSAF to engage with ACC Airmen about resilliency through video games

    The chief master sergeant of the Air Force is scheduled to play video games with three Airmen from within Air Combat Command from 2 to 4 p.m. EDT Oct. 23, 2019, on the ACC Public Affairs YouTube channel — ACCNewsTV. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airmen JaNae Capuno)
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel Nunez, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 77th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, secures an AIM-9X Sidewinder on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a Load Crew of the Year competition at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 1, 2019.

    Gamblers, Tigers compete for year’s best load crew

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron participated in the annual Load Crew of the Year competition, March 1. The load crews assigned to the 77th and 79th Aircraft Maintenance Units loaded munitions onto F-16 Fighting Falcons, underwent uniform and toolbox inspections, and completed a written test based on career knowledge.
  • In the Air Force it is highly encouraged to volunteer and help the local community, including the homeless as much as possible.

    Airmen give back

    When you get up in the morning, pull on your uniform, button up and check the mirror before you leave; do you think to yourself, “How am I going to make a difference today?”
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Zoe “SiS” Kotnik, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team (VDT) commander and pilot, performs preflight checks before performing an aerial demonstration at Joint Base Langley-Eustice, Va., Jan. 29, 2019

    F-16 VDT announces new pilot

    Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, certified the new F-16 Viper Demonstration Team pilot and commander ahead of the 2019 season, Jan. 29.
  • (From left) U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Schneider, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team (VDT) superintendent, Tech. Sgt. Ryan Hutchinson, F-16 VDT assistant noncommissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Stephen Mullins, F-16 VDT avionics specialist, discuss maintenance of an F-16CM Fighting Falcon following a Bahrain International Airshow demonstration flight at Sakhir Airbase, Kingdom of Bahrain, Nov. 14, 2018.

    F-16 VDT completes 2018 season at BIAS

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team completed the 2018 air show season by participating in the Bahrain International Airshow at Sakhir Airbase, Kingdom of Bahrain, Nov. 14-16.
  • U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Capt.) Eddie Rubero, 20th Fighter Wing (FW) chaplain, left, and Staff Sgt. Quyen Nichols, 20th FW chapel noncommissioned officer in charge of training and readiness, stand for a photo at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 2, 2018.

    Chaplain Corps enhances Airmen resiliency

    For numerous Airmen across the Air Force, having someone to rely on can be the difference between mission success and failure.
  • Gen. Mike Holmes, and Chief Master Sgt. Frank A. Batten II, of Air Combat Command, sign up for the 2018 Air Force Assistance Fund

    When you can give, the Air Force Assistance Fund gives back

    Since 1942, the AFAF campaign has been run by the Air Force family to help the Air Force family. Whether we are aware of it or not, each of us knows someone who has been helped by the Fund. Anything we can do today helps ensure that assistance will be available for other Airmen and other families when they need it tomorrow.
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