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March 4, 2020
Defense Health Agency Director visits Nellis, 99th Medical Group

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, Defense Health Agency Director, takes questions from the audience during a town hall with the 99th Medical Group at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 28, 2020. In June, the 99th MDG is slated to begin using MHS GENESIS. Once fully deployed across the Military
March 4, 2020
AETC partners with multiple MAJCOMs to create virtual aircraft maintenance hangars

Air Education and Training Command is working to build a faster and smarter Air Force in partnership with multiple major commands to develop a competency-based virtual and augmented-reality training capability for the aircraft maintenance and career enlisted aviator communities.
Feb. 25, 2020
99th MDG wins AF Hospital of the Year, shows zero signs of slowing up

From treating major mishaps to delivering babies, these medics have proven they are without a doubt the best in the business. The 99 MDG won the 2019 Air Force Surgeon General Hospital of the Year Award.
Feb. 18, 2020
Red Flag 20-1 Hill AFB night operations

Near peer-level adversaries tested 421st Fighter Squadron from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, day and night in a multi-domain environment during Red Flag 20-1.
Feb. 14, 2020
Aggressors train cyber defenders to think, react, and adapt in Red Flag

For the last three weeks, eyes turned to the sky as aircraft took off and landed amidst the complex, non-stop motion of the joint large force employment exercise, Red Flag 20-1. However, inside the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), the nerve center of the air campaign, a critical fight took
Feb. 13, 2020
Nellis Airmen, international sister services team up for Red Flag 20-1

Three F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the 64th Aggressors Squadron (AGRS) prepare to take off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 11, 2020. The 64th AGRS provides realistic adversary replication to deliver the most accurate training to participants at Red Flag 20-1. (U.S. Air
Jan. 22, 2020
DoD to meet with families whose loved ones are unaccounted for from past conflicts

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that personnel from their agency, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, and Service Casualty Offices will be in Las Vegas Jan. 25, 2020, to meet with families whose loved ones are unaccounted for from our modern conflicts ranging from
Jan. 17, 2020
Nellis and RAAF team up to support Australia wildfire relief

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Nellis Air Force Base teamed up to load more than 50 bundles of fire suppressant and other critical firefighting equipment onto three RAAF C-17s so it could be delivered to the Australian Emergency authorities and Rural Fire Service.
Dec. 27, 2019
USAFWS uses crew swaps to enhance training

The U.S. Air Force Weapons School fighter pilots are preparing for rigorous combat battle rhythms with the integration of rapid crew swap exercises. These exercises require aircrews and aircraft maintainers to launch and recover the jets in one-third the normal time.
Dec. 20, 2019
Bolt AMU: bringing the future faster

It all begins on the walls of a stereotypical conference room cluttered with large drawn out diagrams, procedures and step-by-step directions of how Bolt Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) gets their fleet of F-35A Lightning IIs mission-ready on a daily basis. Maintenance personnel and civilians are