May 23, 2022 App Aims to Discover Talent in Guard, Reserve Gig Eagle, an artificial intelligence-powered app under development, aims to identify guardsmen and reservists with in-demand skills for short-term "gig" project needs.
May 23, 2022 TRICARE Answers Your Questions About Baby Formula The shortage of baby formula is having an impact on millions of families. This includes military families living in the U.S. and overseas. It’s important you know what TRICARE does and doesn’t cover. Here are a few questions and answers about infant formula coverage to help.
May 23, 2022 USTRANSCOM’s motto embodied in Operation Fly Formula U.S. Transportation Command kicked off Operation Fly Formula May 22, loading a C-17 Globemaster III with 132 pallets, or 78,000 pounds, of specialty infant formula.
May 21, 2022 C-17 Globemaster III dedicated in honor of ‘Candy Bomber,’ Berlin Airlift A two-day celebration honoring Col. Gail Halvorsen, the "Candy Bomber," took place in Provo, Utah.
May 19, 2022 Law increases number of man-days Reservists can serve before needing a waiver The change in the NDAA that allows Reservists to serve the equivalent of five years of man-days in a rolling six-year period of time – up from three years in a four-year span – is good news for Reserve Citizen Airmen who were nearing the old 1,095-day limit. It also encourages more Reservists to
May 17, 2022 Wing gives spouses first class flight on C-17 The 315th Airlift Wing hosted a wing spouses’ orientation flight May 14 aboard a Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, C-17 Globemaster III. The flight gave 29 315th AW spouses the opportunity to get a glimpse of what the military members do every day and to show appreciation for the spouses who
May 16, 2022 Air Force conducts successful hypersonic weapon test A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress successfully released an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon off the Southern California coast. The ARRW is designed to enable the U.S. to hold fixed, high-value, time-sensitive targets at risk in contested environments from stand-off distances.
May 13, 2022 Pentagon Announces Deployments to Replace Forces in Europe Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered the deployment of around 10,500 personnel in the coming months to replace previously deployed Army units serving in the European theater of operation.
May 13, 2022 AF Week in Photos This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
May 11, 2022 DOD Focused on Hypersonic Missile Defense Development, Admiral Says The Missile Defense Agency mission is to develop and deploy a layered missile defense system to defend the United States and its deployed forces, allies and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight, the agency's director said.