Mental health providers, leadership partner for deployment resiliency, readiness

Deployed mental health providers work closely with leadership to help maintain warfighter resiliency and readiness.Service members are away from their usual support systems during deployment, and because the environment and stress puts them in unusual situations, they require innovative and flexible

Deploying mental health care downrange

Deployed mental health providers play a vital role in delivering medical care downrange, ensuring the health of the warfighter and the mission.Even though service members who deploy are medically ready, both physically and mentally, the rigors of deployment can take a toll.

34th AES marks 10 years supporting aeromedical evacuations

Ten years ago on April 6, 2008, the 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron brought a new unique mission to the 302nd Airlift Wing.  “When we go out the door there’s a crew of two nurses and three medical technicians and what we do is turn any cargo plane the Air Force has into a flying hospital,” said

Peterson Air Force Base charrette meeting

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Aaron Briggs, Higgenbotham, Briggs and Associates local contractor, consults Peterson Air Force Base stakeholders during a charrette at The Club on Peterson AFB, Colorado, Oct. 22 – 23, 2018. The charrette is a collaborative design-based planning workshop in which

Take a turkey to work

Turkey Fryer Safety

Thanksgiving is a time for family, holiday traditions and Thanksgiving recipes. It's also when the entire family joins in the food preparation, so it's a time to think about fire safety with so many cooks in the kitchen.

USAFA cadets seek expertise from reservists

A team of Air Force cadets learned about aircraft corrosion detection techniques from 302nd Maintenance Squadron technicians to prepare for an upcoming worldwide engineering competition, here, Oct. 23. The team of six from the U.S. Air Force Academy plan to compete against other universities and

Air Force Academy cadets help family out of crashed car

Returning from a weekend ski trip in Breckenridge, Colorado, five Air Force Academy cadets witnessed the vehicle in front of them fishtail, turn perpendicular to the road and slide off the ridge.Fearing the passengers were injured, Cadets 3rd Class Connor Settle; Joseph Canoy; Karl Boerwinkle; Joel

Interns to senior leaders earn hardware

Hanscom had 17 total nominees in 11 out of 19 categories at the 2018 Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Program and Test Management awards ceremony.

Cape Cod AFS harnesses wind, increases energy efficiency for years to come

It’s been four years since the wind turbines were installed on Cape Cod Air Force Station, Mass., and as C.S. Lewis, an British writer, once said, “You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.” In this case, the Air Force found the tangible strength of the