July 2, 2024 Dyess AFB's 7 CS infrastructure team completes base network upgrade The 7th Communications Squadron recently set a new standard of improving & maintaining base-wide network capabilities. Their infrastructure team’s work came at a time when the DAF reintroduced the warrant officer career tracks in the IT & cyber fields, which are critical to optimizing our force.
June 28, 2024 Air Force activates Warrant Officer Training School The new Warrant Officer Corps career path aims to address critical operational needs while maintaining highly perishable skills and leveraging the deep expertise and technical capabilities of warrant officers.
June 28, 2024 MINOTAUR I ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM VSFB A Minotaur I rocket carrying an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., at 11:01 p.m. June 17, 2024. After attaining full operational capability, the Mk21A RV will be integrated on the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. The Mk21A
June 26, 2024 90 MW hosts U.S. Extended Deterrence Dialogue The 90th Missile Wing hosted the latest meeting of the U.S.-Japan Extended Deterrence Dialogue.
June 21, 2024 U.S. bombers travel back to Minot Air Force Base from latest European Bomber Task Force Deployment Four U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and recently deployed to Royal Air Force Fairford, U.K., returned back to their home station at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 20, concluding the routine bomber task force deployment.
June 18, 2024 Test of Mk21A RV complete after launch aboard Minotaur rocket An unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle was tested June 17-18 after being launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a Minotaur I rocket. The launch was an in-flight environmental test supporting the development of the Air Force's new Mk21A Reentry Vehicle.
June 12, 2024 Global Strike, USAFSAM hold public Missile Community Cancer Study virtual town hall Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, held a public virtual town hall June 6 with current and former missile community members and updated the audience with the progress of the Missile Community Cancer Study (MCCS), which recently began Phase 1B of the Epidemiology
June 11, 2024 AFGSC Approves Command-Wide Civilian Retention Incentive AFGSC's Directorate of Manpower, Personnel and Services (A1) announces the approval for a command-wide civilian retention incentive for eligible civilian Strikers starting July 2024.
June 10, 2024 What is D-Day? Second Lt. Madison Marsh, crowned Miss America 2024, details the history of D-Day and explains its lasting impact, including what it means for service today, while in Normandy, France on June 6, 2024.
June 10, 2024 Department of the Air Force launches NIPRGPT Department of the Air Force chief information officer and the Air Force Research Laboratory is accelerating initiatives to provide the Air Force and Space Force with the ability to responsibly experiment with Generative AI.