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July 2, 2020
Guardian Angels support NASA launch

The 58th Rescue Squadron’s Guardian Angels assigned to Nellis Air Force Base made up the three-team Space Flight Support Force distributed amongst Patrick AFB, Fla., Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in support of the historic launch.
June 10, 2020
Hidden heroes: AFE equips USAFWS

A pilot’s final option in the case of an emergency is to eject. The split second following that ejection and the canopy flying off is the difference between life and death. The pilot is launched out of the cockpit at more than 10 times their own weight and attention to detail is all that separates
April 1, 2020
COVID-19 Heroes: Innovative Airmen help ‘shield’ from pandemic

The 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) started producing face shields March 30 to help the 99th Medical Group (MDG) combat COVID-19.
March 9, 2020
DOD Issues Flexible Instructions on Response to Coronavirus

The Defense Department has issued instructions to the armed services and department heads on how to respond to the implications of the growing coronavirus outbreak.
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
Dec. 13, 2019
2 pararescue Airmen receive Silver Star Medals for gallant actions in Afghanistan

Two U.S. Air Force pararescue Airmen received the Silver Star Medal in a ceremony Dec. 13 here for gallantry in action against enemies of the United States while deployed to Afghanistan.
Sept. 16, 2019
CMSAF to engage with ACC Airmen about resilliency through video games

The chief master sergeant of the Air Force is scheduled to play video games with three Airmen from within Air Combat Command from 2 to 4 p.m. EDT Oct. 23, 2019, on the ACC Public Affairs YouTube channel — ACCNewsTV. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airmen JaNae Capuno)
July 25, 2019
Feeding Red Flag

The Crosswinds Dining Facility has a rise in business during each Red Flag exercise that takes place at Nellis AFB.
June 24, 2019
EOD fights fire with fire to ensure safety on NTTR

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to the 99th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) travel to the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) regularly to dispose of ordnance used for training purposes.
June 17, 2019
Cyber domain increases WSINT readiness

A vast new battlefield has been created over the last few decades with the expansion of technology; a digital fight that isn’t touchable and reaches across the world in an instant.