SNCOs: Mentor Future Commanders!

“More is caught, than taught.” This common colloquialism rings true for individual development. Regardless of your tenure in the Top 3, if you have just sewn on master sergeant, or are a chief master sergeant hitting high year tenure, senior NCOs shape tomorrow’s joint leaders. We set the example

Civic Leader Program visits MAFB

AFGSC Outstanding Airmen of the Year recognized

Air Force Global Strike Command’s six Outstanding Airmen of the Year award winners pose with other Airmen from AFGSC at the AFGSC Outstanding Airmen of the Year award ceremony April 15, 2019, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The ceremony was hosted in honor of six Airmen who were selected as the

2019 BTF comes to an end

More than 450 personnel and six B-52 Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, returned home following a short-term deployment to RAF Fairford, England, in support of U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force in Europe, April 11, 2019. The BTF deployment enabled theater integration

Airmen aid stranded citizen in snowstorm

About 90 miles east of Great Falls, Montana, Carrie Mantooth was driving home Monday, about 5 miles southeast of Denton when she got her car stuck in heavy snow. The temperatures for that day were averaging below zero degrees.

Defenders rescue civilian in rollover

For one team of Airmen, a seemingly normal drive home turned into an adrenaline rush to save a civilian in the midst of a snow storm.

Commanders, senior raters to select IDE attendees

Beginning with the 2019 Developmental Education Designation Board, wing commanders and some senior raters will be able to select one Line of the Air Force officer per academic year to attend Intermediate Developmental Education in residence.

5th LRS Part 2: Dispatch section

Members of the 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron dispatch section maintain communication at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The 5th LRS dispatch section is in charge of communicating with vehicle operators, organizing vehicle packets and managing requests. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st

Missile chefs: making meals for the missile field

The taste of spices fill the air while the thought of food fills your stomach with a sense of comfort. Almost nothing beats a hearty home-cooked meal after a long, hard day at work.

Security forces new objective molds lethality, readiness

In October 2017, Secretary of Defense James Mattis published guidance for all Department of Defense personnel which included the importance and push to promote readiness within the military and evolving our current forces to become more lethal.Recently activated under the Missile Security Operating