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  • 10 years later: Angel Tree still giving

    For the last 10 years, volunteers from the 28th Operations Group have worked with Santa and Mrs. Clause to deliver gifts during the holiday season to children in the Youth & Family Services program in Rapid City, S.D.This year, Airmen and volunteers from the local U.S. Postal Service delivered more

  • Honoring the past: Linebacker II remembrance ceremony

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Team Andersen honored the memory of those who served in Operation Linebacker II with a remembrance ceremony Dec. 16 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The operation was carried out 44 years ago on Dec. 18-29, 1972. The strategic bombing over North Vietnam lasted 11

  • Purple Heart presented to Malmstrom Airman

    An Airman from Malmstrom Air Force Base was awarded a Purple Heart medal during a ceremony at the Air Fields hangar Dec. 9, 2016.Staff Sgt. Joseph Dickison, 819th RED HORSE Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician, was awarded the Purple Heart medal for combat wounds received in

  • SecAF visits F.E. Warren, discusses force improvement efforts

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Lt. Gen. Jack Weinstein visited F.E. Warren Air Force Base to speak directly with Airmen about ongoing improvement efforts throughout the nuclear enterprise, Dec. 7-8.   During

  • B-52s deploy to Guam for short-term mission

    Three B-52 Stratofortresses from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 2. This short-term deployment will ensure bomber crews maintain a high state of readiness and crew proficiency, and will provide opportunities to integrate capabilities with regional

  • Despite winter weather, Airmen honor veteran

    Airmen from the Ellsworth Air Force Base Honor Guard conduct a burial ceremony for a veteran during a winter storm at the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, S.D., Nov. 29, 2016. The primary mission of the honor guard is to provide full military funeral honors to our veterans, retirees and

  • Deployed Ellsworth Airman receives call from POTUS

    Sitting at a desk in Afghanistan, a young Airman awaits a call from the most powerful man in the free world.Airman 1st Class Steven McRavin, 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group guardian angel, was chosen to receive a phone call from President Barack Obama on Thanksgiving. “He thanked me for being

  • Bully Brothers

    Airman 1st Class Jarret Nave, a 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron electro-mechanical technician, knew where he wished to be stationed when he booked the same job as his older brother. As fate would have it, he ended up with the same job as his brother Senior Airman Todd Nave, a 91st MMXS missile