Steady and ready: C-130 mainstay of medevac

Since the Vietnam War, the C-130 Hercules has been a workhorse of aeromedical evacuation, and continues to serve as a reliable platform to move patients over long distances, allowing Airmen to provide critical care in the air, aid in disaster relief efforts, and bring warfighters home.

Joint NCO/SNCO Panel provides mentorship to Airmen

Service members from the Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force spoke on a joint non-commissioned officer and senior NCO panel Oct. 2 and 9 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The joint service panels provided Peterson Airmen an open forum to interact with leaders from other

AF selects 1,532 in CY18B captains quarterly selection process

The Air Force selected 1,532 first lieutenants for promotion to captain during the Calendar Year 18B Captain Line of the Air Force, Chaplain, Line of the Air Force – Judge Advocate, Nurse Corps, Medical Service Corps and Biomedical Sciences Corps quarterly selection process

New dental clinic set to open

A new, state-of-the-art dental clinic opens Oct. 30, at Peterson Air Force Base. The clinic, located on Pete East, is focused on providing cost-effective treatment alongside the Department of Defense’s largest Area Dental Laboratory. The clinic replaces a temporary clinic that has been in use for

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Weather data pilot includes Hurricane Michael

The prototyping project is the first stage in an effort to bring more startups, small businesses and other non-traditional defense contractors into the field. The $8.1 million, one-year prototyping initiative asks an independent data processing company to study the utility of commercial data for the

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Nimble Titan – Experimentation with collective integrated air and missile defense

Senior leaders from 23 nations and three international organizations gathered at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 12-13 to collaborate on the Nimble Titan 18 integrated air and missile defense campaign of experimentation.   The event, jointly hosted by

Early missile warning unit passes evaluation with 99 percent

1st Space Company, Detachment C, Joint Tactical Ground Station, Osan Air Base, South Korea, is one of four JTAGS units worldwide that provides early missile warning for the United States and its allies, proved their mission readiness with 99 percent proficiency during their recent Operational

Air Force extends high year of tenure for E-4s through E-6s

The Air Force is extending the high year of tenure for senior airmen through technical sergeants beginning Feb. 1, 2019.The memo, signed Oct. 18, 2018, extends the high year of tenure from eight to 10 years for senior airmen, from 15 to 20 years for staff sergeants and from 20 to 22 years for