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  • Beach Rescue to Ranger Tab: Journey of an Airman Leader

    “I saw a life on the line and did what needed to be done.”Before he earned the coveted Ranger tab, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Trevor Thrasher-an aerospace medical technician at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, was ankle-deep in red-flag surf near his hometown of San Clemente, California, unaware

  • Red Horse Airmen Reunite with Family During Redeployment

    Both the 820th and 555th Rapid Engineering Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineer Squadrons' mission during a six-month deployment to the Pacific Theater included site assessment, design, planning, procurement and construction.

  • Hometown Hero 2025

    Hometown Hero is a program founded by the Thunderbirds to give back to the notable individuals within the local community and give selected candidates a special opportunity to fly with them in the backseat of one of their F-16s.

  • Red Flag’s 50th Anniversary

    The U.S. Air Force celebrates 50 years of Red Flag—an aerial combat training exercise that has transformed how pilots prepare for modern warfare.

  • Air Force Concludes WEPTAC 2025

    The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center hosted the Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) recently at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

  • Red Flag-Nellis 25-1 Night Take Offs

    Two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, taxi in after a mission during Red Flag-Nellis 25-1, Jan. 27, 2025, at Nellis AFB, Nevada. Red Flag provides participants the opportunity to plan and employ together in the air domain,

  • AMMOS celebrates 1,000th graduate milestone

    A group of 18 Airmen graduated from the U.S. Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operations School (AMMOS) Combat Mission Generation Course hitting its 1,000th graduate milestone at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 30, 2024.

  • NTTR presents 3rd quarter awards during commander’s call

    U.S. Air Force Col. Dane J. Gehrmann, commander of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), presents the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) to Capt. Jesse Nguyen, acquisition manager assigned to NTTR during a commander’s call at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 31, 2024. The MSM is presented to

  • 99th Mission Support Group presents 3rd Quarter Awards

    U.S. Air Force Col. Harley P. Thompson, left, commander of the 99th Mission Support Group (MSG), and Chief Master Sgt. Scott Castrovinci, Senior Enlisted Leader of the 99th MSG, right, present the Company Grade Officer of the Quarter award to Capt. Curtis Rosebery, a vehicle management flight

  • 57th Wing thanks maintenance with barbecue

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Tegan Cambier, an F-35A Lightning II pilot with the 65th Aggressors Squadron, left, and Capt. Spence Russi, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot with the 64th Aggressors Squadron, hand out barbecue to maintainers assigned to the 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 28,

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