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  • Hispanic Heritage Month trivia night participants answer cultural questions at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Oct. 12, 2018. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Ellsworth AFB Diversity Council hosted a book reading at the Child Development Center and a trivia night at the Dakota’s Club. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Karol)

    Ellsworth celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which is officially celebrated Sept. 15-Oct. 15, the base Diversity Council hosted two cultural events on Ellsworth Air Force Base.
  • Capt. Saira McGan, a 28th Logistics Readiness Squadron operations officer, pulls a training dummy while racing through the Firefighter Challenge at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Oct. 5, 2018. The 28th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection flight hosted multiple events during National Fire Prevention and Safety Week, including a Firefighter Challenge, a parade and school demonstrations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Karol)

    Fire prevention week warms up at Ellsworth

    National Fire Prevention and Safety Week was started in 1925 by President Calvin Coolidge to help educate the populous about proper techniques when dealing with fires. During this week, fire departments across the country get out into their local communities to teach fire hazard awareness and the importance having fire escape plans at work and at home. Each year, the event’s theme changes, and this year it’s: “Look. Listen. Learn.”
  • 2 MUNs Airmen keep safety on target

    2 MUNs Airmen keep safety on target

    When a bomb hits a target, it must first go through a long process of safe transportation and close observation. Airmen from the 2nd Munitions Squadron system flight munitions control are there for the entirety of a munitions life cycle.
  • 8th AF commander visits Dyess

    8th AF commander visits Dyess

    The commander of the 8th Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center visited Dyess Air Force Base Oct. 3-5 to meet with Airmen across the 7th Bomb Wing to commend them for their efforts supporting the Mighty Eighth’s mission, as well as to learn more about Dyess challenges and successes.Maj. Gen. James Dawkins Jr. used his first visit to
  • Abilene community, Dyess leadership conduct memorial park groundbreaking

    Abilene community, Dyess leadership conduct memorial park groundbreaking

    Dyess Air Force Base leadership, the Abilene community and family of the fallen Airmen of TORQE 62 came together to conduct a groundbreaking ceremony at the Dyess Memorial Center, Oct. 2, 2018.  The groundbreaking signified the beginning of the Dyess Memorial Park Expansion to honor the sacrifices of Dyess Airmen who lost their lives in the line of
  • Linda Ambard, a violence prevention integrator at the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, left, stands with her daughter, U.S. Air Force Maj. Emily Short, during the Air Force Symposium dinner Sept. 19, 2018 at National Harbor, Maryland. Ambard and her daughter attended the dinner for the official release of the Gold Star Family video that Ambard narrated. (Courtesy photo)

    Family Forever: Gold Star tribute video shares images, memories of heroes

    “We remember.” Those words are the theme of a new tribute video released by the Profession of Arms Center of Excellence (PACE), on Sept. 20, 2018.

  • Air Force begins transition of hospitals, clinics to the Defense Health Agency

    The Defense Health Agency officially assumed administrative and management responsibilities of a handful of hospitals and clinics as part of the Military Health System reforms mandated by Congress. The transition of the facilities is part of a phased implementation plan developed by DHA and Services medical departments that begins on Oct. 1, 2018.
  • U.S Air Force Gen. Timothy Ray, Air Force Global Strike Command commander, meets with 595th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron members at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska Sept. 13, 2018. The maintainers work and fly on the E-4B aircraft which is a militarized version of the Boeing 747-200. It provides a highly-survivable, command, control and communications center to direct U.S. forces, execute emergency war orders and coordinate actions by civil authorities in case of national emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Drew Nystrom)

    Global strike leader connects with nuclear command, control team

    The leader of the U.S. Air Force’s nuclear enterprise visited with Offutt-based servicemembers responsible for the Air Force nuclear command and control communications mission Sept. 13, 2018.
  • An Airman holds up his Trusted Care badge at the Defense Health Headquarters, Sep. 19, 2018. The Defense Health Agency will assume authority, direction and control of military treatment facilities. On Oct. 1, 2018, four Air Force medical facilities will begin this transition. The process completes Oct. 1, 2021, when all 76 Air Force medical facilities will be under DHA control. Throughout this transition, medical Airmen will still implement the Trusted Care principles and deliver safe, patient-centered care to the warfighter and their families. (U.S. Air force photo illustration by Josh Mahler)

    Trusted Care everywhere is not going anywhere

    As the Defense Health Agency assumes authority, direction and control of military treatment facilities, the Air Force Medical Service will remain steadfast on its Trusted Care journey towards higher reliability and Zero Harm.
  • Airman 1st Class Beau Cantrell, 47th Communications Squadron cyber transport technician, logs into a “switch” to check the configuration in a server room, Sept. 24, 2018, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. With the Network-as-a-Service agreement, Airmen like Cantrell will be able to transition to core cyber missions, like cyber defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marco A. Gomez)

    Hanscom begins Network-as-a-Service experiments

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here awarded two Network-as-a-Service agreements today for a total of $121 million, freeing Airmen currently assigned to support base network operations to transition into core Air Force mission cyber operations. The team used an Other Transaction Agreement for this effort,
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