Train like you fight

Defenders from the 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron participated in annual tactical training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., May 23, 2016. Training stations allowed SF members to practice small unit combat tactics, employ inert smoke grenades and perform casualty care and evacuation. These

Engine management Airmen give BUFFs wings

Commentary - Recruiting experience

Recently, I surpassed one year of service to the United States Air Force. Wow. Five years ago I would have never guessed I would be sitting in North Dakota wearing military camouflage and photographing the Air Force mission. Joining the military was something that was always in the back of my mind

AFGSC selects Barksdale pilot for distinguished Pathfinder internship

Elevating an Air Force career to the next level can be accomplished in many ways. For one successful Barksdale Airman, the path to future success just got even brighter.Air Force Global Strike Command has selected Capt. Shane Praiswater, 2nd Operations Support Squadron wing weapons officer, for its

A 911 call starts base all call

A frantic 911 call, almost too hard to decipher by the dispatcher, blared over loud speakers at the F.E. Warren parade field, opening the 90th Missile Wing all call, June 20, 2016. A woman cried and pleaded for help at a crash site as people were gravely injured and possibly dead.   “The loss of one

Montana's last Doolittle Raider honored

Seventy-four years after the historic Doolittle Tokyo Raid, Staff Sgt. David J. Thatcher, one of two remaining Doolittle Raiders, was laid to rest at the age of 94 on June 27, 2016, in Missoula, Montana.

Ellsworth honors fallen Doolittle Raider

"Quite simply, David Thatcher was the best of us." That is how Col. John Martin, 28th Operations Group commander, characterized one of the last two Doolittle Raiders -- U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. David Thatcher -- who was laid to rest June 27 during a special ceremony in Missoula, Montana."I had

Air Force moving forward with restructure of nuclear and missile operations (13N) career field

In early 2016, the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command directed a review of the nuclear and missile operations career field, with the goal of creating a self-sustaining career field.The review was recently completed, and over the last week, Maj. Gen. Anthony Cotton, 20th Air Force

Bombers span 5K miles, demonstrate capability during busy week of operations

Strategic bomber crews and support Airmen at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, demonstrated the flexibility and reach of airpower as they conducted eight joint and bi-lateral training sorties that spanned more than 5,000 miles across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, June 13 through 20.These missions were

SANDS creates experts, leaders of the nuclear enterprise

The School for Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies, or SANDS, began its second iteration June 1, 2016, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This growing graduate-level degree program aims to create “masters of the nuclear enterprise."