Airman aims high, achieves life dreams

There are hundreds of thousands of active duty Airmen in the enlisted force; only 85 are accepted into the Leaders Encouraging Airmen Development program each year.This program is a continuous effort to give the nation's best and brightest enlisted Airmen the opportunity to further excel with

Bad to the Bone: drug interdiction from 30,000 feet

Total Force Integrated Airmen from the 489th Bomb Group and 7th Bomb Wing used the B-1 Lancer to track illicit drug traffickers, or “smugglers,” from South America to the U.S. out of Boca Chica Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla. March 20 - 24.The B-1 or “Bone” assisted the Joint Interagency Task

Ellsworth Celebrates Month of Military Child

Approximately 65 children of Ellsworth’s servicemembers participated in a kid’s deployment line as part of Month of the Military Child, April 8, 2017.

EOD trains to maintain readiness

Airmen with the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal completed a reconnaissance training mission at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., March 28, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)

Bumper stickers: extensions of communication

Active Duty Air Force members are held to high standards, even when it comes to bumper stickers placed on their privately owned vehicles.

91st SSPTS cares for base vehicles

The 91st Security Support Squadron at Minot Air Force Base provides support to both the 91st Security Forces Group and 5th Security Forces Squadron by storing and tracking the use and maintenance of their vehicle inventory. A check of every vehicle’s fluids, engine and tires are done to help prevent

USSTRATCOM senior enlisted leader visits HQ 8 AF

20th AF Senior Leader Conference develops a lethal fighting force

A major focus area for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force is to revitalize squadrons as core fighting units, and the 20th Air Force Senior Leader Conference held here March 29-31, did that and more for the leaders executing the Air Force’s number one priority.  Maj. Gen. Anthony Cotton, 20th Air

MXG wins Air Force maintenance award

The 341st Maintenance Group won the 2016 Air Force Maintenance Effectiveness Award.The Maintenance Effectiveness Award is presented annually to the unit that has best met the objective of providing safe, serviceable and available equipment for sustained use in peacetime and wartime, and has best

AFGSC stands up Air Force NC3 Center

Air Force Global Strike Command stood-up a new organization to oversee the Air Force’s nuclear command, control and communications systems in an activation ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 3.The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Center streamlines the