15 Dec 2020

gatewayONE and attritableONE test moves joint force one step closer to “IoT.mil,” demonstrates F-22, F-35 first secure bi-directional data sharing

This test was the latest demonstration of the transformative warfighting impact of the open architecture underpinning the Advanced Battle Management System.

14 Dec 2020

505th CCW supports largest U.S. Army Warfighter exercise on record

The 505th Command and Control Wing supported the U.S. Army's Mission Command Training Program during its execution of Warfighter Exercise 21-1, the largest WFX ever conducted. The exercise directly trained over 5,300 joint warfighters and accomplished training objectives for 12 training audiences using more than two dozen different systems connecting seven sites across the country.

11 Dec 2020

U.S. Navy supports Weapons School Integration

A U.S. Navy Airman assigned to Airborne Command & Control Squadron at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, performs hand signals in an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft during Weapons School Integration at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 1, 2020. The U.S. Air Force Weapons School teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide advanced

11 Dec 2020

Nellis celebrates newest U.S. Air Force Weapons School grads

Gen. Jeff Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, addresses graduates during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School graduation at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 10, 2020. Harrigian graduated from the USAFWS in 1995 and today is responsible for the air and missile defense of 29 NATO alliance member nations while

10 Dec 2020

COVID stinks: A story of depression, recovery, resilience

What if we lived in a world where people were forbidden from making physical contact with one another, and the very air we needed to breathe was filled with a potentially deadly virus so new and easily contracted that everyone had to wear masks to leave their homes or be within six feet of another person? Oh wait, we are living in that world.

9 Dec 2020

Hurlburt graduates third class of multi-domain warfare officers

The 505th Command and Control Wing graduated its third class of the United States Air Force's newest career field, multi-domain warfare officers, also known as "Thirteen Oscars," on November 20 at Hurlburt Field, Florida.

7 Dec 2020

Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently

To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.

7 Dec 2020

Annual DOD Housing Survey opens for tenant feedback Dec. 8

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Department of the Air Force is asking tenants of its privatized and government-owned housing to share their experiences and opinions of the programs via the DoD Tenant Satisfaction Survey beginning Dec. 8. The survey, administered by CEL & Associates, Inc., will be made available through an email link to

2 Dec 2020

Nellis COVID-19 update

As a precautionary measure, Nellis Air Force Base shifted to Health Protection Condition (HPCON) Charlie in early November in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19 across the installation and the local community.

1 Dec 2020

Air Force hits record retention levels, reviews voluntary force management efforts

The Department of the Air Force is seeing its highest retention levels in 20 years, second only to rates recorded shortly after 9/11 in 2002.