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  • One milestone at a time, pediatrician takes care of children

    ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – As service members here at Ellsworth AFB start families of their own, a dedicated and professional approach to the health and well-being of children is greatly needed. That need has recently been answered with the arrival of Capt. Megan McDonald, a pediatrician with

  • Barksdale Airmen deploy to Qatar to combat ISIS

    More than 15 years ago, America was shaken by the most devastating terrorist attacks in our nation’s history. Though the enemies who now threaten America’s welfare may have changed, their intentions are similar.More than 350 Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, deployed to Al Udeid Air

  • Uniting us all

    I was five years old. At that age I didn’t worry much, I had other people to do that for me—my food, where I slept, when to go to school, all that good stuff. Although I was young and it didn’t make much sense to me at the time, I will never forget where I was and what I was doing at five years old

  • Valiant Shield integrates joint training among U.S. forces

    Valiant Shield (VS) is a U.S.-only, biennial field training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea,

  • Pros behind Team Minot's power

    Electrical power production apprentices from the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a pre-operation inspection on a generator at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 12, 2016. Generators around base are inspected and run monthly to ensure they are working properly.The inspection includes checking the

  • SANDS graduates first class, new generation of deterrence experts

    The inaugural class of the School for Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies graduated Sept. 7, 2016, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The event marking the first successful implementation of the course, a master’s degree program designed to created expert leaders in the nuclear enterprise.

  • 91SFG tests combat capabilities

    Throughout the month of August, various units within the 91st Security Forces Group completed combat capability assurance training at the Camp Grafton Training Center in Devils Lake, North Dakota. This training event was held to implement CCAT strategies to ensure a force capable of tactically

  • TACP trains Malmstrom Airmen

    Airmen from Malmstrom recently received training from a Tactical Air Control Party team.The training was initiated to enhance the working relationship between the 40th Helicopter Squadron and the 741st Missile Security Forces Squadron.“We developed the training to advance the missile security forces

  • Malmstrom Tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenberg

    A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle Sept. 5 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time from Vandenberg Air Force Base,