Story by Cynthia Griggs | Hill Air Force Base | 11.20.2024
AO Strong is on a mission to boost mental health awareness, provide valuable resources, dismantle negative stigmas, and overcome barriers to mental wellness. This initiative focuses on the airfield operations community, which deals with fast-paced and high-stress operations. Airfield operations include air traffic control, airfield management, and radar, airfield and weather systems....
Story by Airman 1st Class Patrick Boyle | 35th Fighter Wing | 07.31.2024
The 35th Fighter Wing hosted its inaugural Landing Zone Safety Officer (LZSO) course July 15th through 26th, 2024 at Misawa Air Base. Members from Anderson Air Force Base, Yokota Air Base, and Osan Air Base came together in the two-week training event to gain LZSO classification....
Story by Senior Airman Zachary Nordheim | 325th Fighter Wing | 01.30.2024
To launch jets at a moment’s notice, you need a safe and operational flight line at all times. The 325th Operations Support Squadron airfield management flight serve as the caretakers of critical flight line assets and keep Tyndall’s flight line prepared for real world contingency operations. With the reactivation of the 95th Fighter Squadron and the expected stand up of two additional......
Story by Senior Airman Sophia Robello | 7th Bomb Wing | 08.02.2023
Dyess held its first Landing Zone Safety Officer course from July 24 to August 4, 2023. The LZSO course provides airfield operations personnel training on managing and controlling landing zone operations in an austere environment....
Story by Senior Airman Dwane Young | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 10.15.2021
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael C. Adler, commander of the 2-111th Aviation Regiment, Airfield Operations Battalion (AOB), cased the battaltion’s guidon to ceremonial signify the unit’s relinquishing of mission responsibility over to the incoming unit, the 1-107th Aviation Regiment, AOB, during a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2021....
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 08.26.2021
Airfield operations personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security Airfield Division are shown Aug. 5, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis....
Story by Senior Airman Morgan Brown | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa | 06.06.2021
When the Soldiers of the 2-111th Airfield Operations Battalion (AOB) found out they were deploying to Manda Bay Airstrip, Kenya, a recently reactivated camp, they knew there would be a lot of work to be done. Since arriving, the Soldiers of the 2-111th AOB, in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), have worked diligently to ensure the aircraft that fly in and out......
Story by Senior Airman Milton Hamilton | 86th Airlift Wing | 05.29.2020
The 435th Contingency Response Group held their fourth iteration of exercise Agile Wolf to strengthen their tactics, techniques and procedures for establishing airfields in austere environments....
