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  • Total Force teamwork in passenger service

    Air Force Reservists with the 48th Aerial Port Squadron train and work alongside 735th Air Mobility Squadron active-duty Airmen to accomplish air transportation mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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    Air Force advances innovation at “Spark Collider”

    In Air Force-speak, the Spark Collider “will accelerate the matching of Air Force problems with viable solutions” by being equal parts speed dating, tech showcase and pitch sessions. The Air Force’s effort to innovate is part of a central tenet for defending the United States as outlined in the National Defense Strategy.

  • Patriot Warrior: more than an exercise

    More than 600 Reserve Citizen Airmen from 42 installations have descended upon three different military installations as Patriot Warrior 2019 kicks off, here.
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks with senior leaders at his reception to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 13, 2019. Over the course of his visit, Goldfein met with several Sky Warrior team members, during his first visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, from Aug. 13-14. This was Goldfein’s first stop as he visits various units in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

    Sky Warriors host CSAF at Hickam Airfield

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and his wife Dawn Goldfein, visited the Sky Warrior team, during their first visit here, Aug. 13-14.
  • Bob Krekel, Hawaii Electric Company Enterprise Performance Excellence-Execution director, highlights HECO continuous process improvement achievements to U.S. Air Force CPI Senior Leader Course participants at the HECO headquarters Aug. 2, 2019. The course is designed to teach senior leaders how to remove waste from process to better execute the Air Force mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Amber R. Kelly-Herard)

    Improving how the AF makes the mission happen

    Executing the Air Force mission never stops, but there is always room for improvement. Two iterations of the U.S. Air Force Continuous Process Improvement Senior Leaders Course, which were facilitated by the 624th Regional Support Group, were held here July 30 through Aug. 2 to find more efficient and effective ways to meet to the mission.
  • Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force #18 Kaleth O. Wright visited several units at Tinker Air Force Base and toured the 137th Special Operations Wing at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base July 30-31. During his visit, Wright received an overview of Tinker missions with an emphasis on Airmen's contributions to readiness through innovation and their impact throughout the Air Force. Wright also delivered a presentation focusing on Wingman and total force resiliency at an Enlisted All Call at Rose State College. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

    CMSAF Wright talks resiliency and readiness at all call

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright discussed resiliency and readiness with an auditorium filled with Tinker Airmen during an All Call held at the Hudiburg Chevrolet Center during his base visit last week.“The primary reason for me to do base visits is coming out to see what a base is capable of and get the understanding of your
  • Chief Master Sgt. Linda Sparks, a Reservist from Scott Air Force Base Illinois, and Col. Don Wren, 910th Mission Support Group commander, from Youngstown Air Reserve Base, Ohio, reunited during the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program event in St. Louis, Missouri, July 19-21, 2019. Sparks and Wren are former co-workers, and at the Yellow Ribbon event, Sparks took Wren's class on how to write an effective resume for a federal job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lauren Gleason)

    Colonel gives deployers tips for getting in the door to civilian jobs

    ST. LOUIS -- Chief Master Sgt. Linda Sparks was looking to take the next step in her career as a federal civilian employee when she returned from a 6-month Air Force Reserve deployment to Iraq, she said.
  • Safe + Sound Week

    Air Force Participates in Safe + Sound Week

    The Air Force will be participating in Safe + Sound Week Aug. 12-18, 2019.  Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event designed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to highlight the value of safety and health programs in the workplace and to celebrate the institutions that implement them.The Air Force Safety Center is asking Airmen to
  • Air Force announces the 12 Outstanding Airmen of 2019

    Pacific Air Forces Airman earns spot in 12 Outstanding Airmen of 2019

    An Air Force selection board at the Air Force’s Personnel Center considered 36 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force. The board selected the 12 Airmen based on superior leadership, job performance and personal achievements.
  • Staff Sgt. Kevin Greene, Reserve Citizen Airman amputee, scored six gold--two silver—and three bronze medals at the Wounded Warrior Games in Tampa, Florida June 21-30, 2019. Greene is a champion who showed the Air Force Chief of Staff, his commander, the Air Force, his friends, colleagues and family what he is made of, but most of all he showed himself that an injury doesn’t have to limit one as he effortlessly won the gold medals in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 meter dash, indoor rowing, and wheelchair basketball. He won two silvers in sitting volleyball and recumbent bicycling. He also took a bronze in recumbent bicycling. (Photo courtesy Tim Shortt of Florida Today)

    Reserve Citizen Amputee Airman scores 9 medals, new perspective, at Wounded Warrior Games

    Hundreds of spectators, families and service members cheered as Team Air Force defeated three-time defending champions, Team Navy, during the wheelchair basketball gold match in a nail-biting edge-of-your-seat competition, 66-60, June 28, 2019, during the Department of Defense Wounded Warrior Games June 21 – 30 in Tampa Bay, Florida.It was Reserve
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