Story by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller | 86th Airlift Wing | 03.20.2016
Senior Airman Tormod Lillekroken makes a joke to his teammate next to him and flashes a smile as his eyes dart from the map in his hand to an old car about 500 meters in the distance. This is his target, and he’s attempting to pinpoint its exact location. Shielded by bushes on a high hill, he peeks through openings in the leaves to gather enough information to describe it to a pilot that he......
Story by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller | 86th Airlift Wing | 03.07.2016
U.S. Air Force Airmen, along with 11 additional NATO countries officially kicked off the French-led Exercise SERPENTEX 16 on the island of Corsica, France, March 7....
Story by Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko | 86th Airlift Wing | 02.08.2016
He tries to ignore the silent trickle of rain falling down his face and focuses on the rapid bursts of gun fire in the distance; he and his Airmen will be found soon....
Story by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer | 182nd Airlift Wing | 10.08.2015
Battlefield Airmen with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, hosted a ribbon cutting Monday at the 182nd Airlift Wing here for a combat simulator they helped create. The Air National Guard Advanced Joint Terminal Attack Controller Training System allows tactical air control party specialists to practice coordinating airstrikes while deployed overseas with......
Story by Sgt. Brooks Fletcher | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.15.2015
Military personnel from the Latvian National Armed Forces, U.S. Army and Air Force performed joint airborne training operations in conjunction with Operation Atlantic Resolve at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, June 15....
Story by Airman 1st Class Amber Powell | 177th Fighter Wing - NJ Air National Guard | 06.09.2015
Local first responders and military personnel visited Alder Avenue Middle School in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, to celebrate the school’s Not All Heroes Wear Capes event on June 9, 2015....
Story by 1st Lt. Alicia Lacy | Texas Military Department | 04.22.2015
Texas Air National Guardsmen played a vital role in preparing Czech Republic forward air controllers for their upcoming deployment to Southeast Asia....
Story by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson | 182nd Airlift Wing | 01.11.2015
Physical fitness is not just a regular part of being an Airman assigned to a tactical air control party with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron in Peoria. It is just as vital as any other type of job training....
