Story by Sheila deVera | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 08.06.2025
Surrounded by the roar of jet engines and the steady flow of arriving and departing aircraft, awaiting clearance from the air traffic control tower, one team stood calm, calculated, and precise like a chess player: the 3rd Operations Support Squadron airfield operations team. Their mission-critical coordination ensured the airfield remained a safe and efficient platform for joint force air power....
Story by Senior Airman Patrick Boyle | 35th Fighter Wing | 08.04.2025
As the sole U.S. Air Force air traffic control liaison at Misawa Air Base, Master Sgt. Phillip Threlkeld plays a critical role in coordinating safe, efficient flight operations between the 35th Fighter Wing and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force ....
Story by Senior Airman Audree Campbell | 36th Wing | 07.31.2025
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam— The 36th Operations Support Squadron trained U.S. Air Force Airmen from Pacific Air Forces and the 139th Operations Support Squadron on a tower simulation system for exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July, 2025....
Story by Airman Tekorey Watkins | 56th Fighter Wing | 06.18.2025
Belgian Chief of Defense Gen. Frederick Vansina was welcomed to the 312th Fighter Squadron, June 18, 2025, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Kyle Brooks | 171st Air Refueling Wing | 06.08.2025
The 258th Combat Airfield Operations Squadron, based in Johnstown, Pa., supported Lakehurst Maxwell Field, a naval component of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., from April 7 to April 14, while the permanent air traffic control tower underwent renovations....
Story by Daniel Martinez | 55th Wing | 04.25.2025
In the vast expanse of the sky, where military aircraft graze the clouds jockeying for airspace, Offutt’s air traffic controllers are there to help pilots safely navigate on approach to land or ascend upward, onward and beyond....
Story by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler | 374th Airlift Wing | 04.11.2025
Members of the 374th Operations Support Squadron and 36th Airlift Squadron conducted rapid contingency landings on a recently-approved alternate landing zone, Apr 8. The 374 OSS air traffic control tower received notification of an in-flight emergency of a Yokota-bound aircraft prompting a temporary closure of the only runway....
Story by Senior Airman Paige Weldon | 355th Wing | 05.08.2024
The Air Traffic Control Tower at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is home to DM’s eyes in the sky, air traffic controllers.
