Story by Staff Sgt. Douglas Lorance | 31st Fighter Wing | 06.23.2025
On June 11, 2025, the Live Missions Operations Capability (LMOC) team showcased their mission capabilities to Brig. Gen. Tad Clark, 31st Fighter Wing commander....
Story by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 03.14.2025
AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — McConnell Airmen participated in Fighting Wyvern 25-01, a large-scale combat readiness exercise (CRE) at Aviano Air Base from March 3-14....
Story by Senior Airman Brooke Rogers | 31st Fighter Wing | 03.07.2025
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Poteet was invited back to Aviano Air Base to speak at the annual awards on March 7, 2025. Poteet completed two tours at Aviano, serving as ‘Snacko’ for the 555th Fighter Squadron from 1999-2002, and the Deputy Operations Group commander from 2013-2016....
Story by Airman Synsere Howard | 31st Fighter Wing | 07.11.2024
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Tad Clark, 31st Fighter Wing commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Cesar Flores, 31st FW command chief, addressed airmen and base personnel during a commander’s call at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Oct. 31, 2024. They spoke about global events, echoing the Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin’s message that we live in consequential times, and how......
Story by Senior Airman Jenna Bond | 31st Fighter Wing | 06.10.2024
“Growing up as a military child, I always knew I would end up enlisting eventually.” U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Rogers is assigned to the 31st Operations Support Squadron where he is the noncommissioned officer in charge of survival, evasion, resistance and escape training. He grew up with a father who was a 30 year explosive ordinance disposal Chief Master Sgt. in the United States......
Story by Senior Airman Jenna Bond | 31st Fighter Wing | 04.05.2024
The 606th Air Control Squadron hosted Aviano Air Base’s first Marsjmerket, more commonly known as the Norwegian Foot March at Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 5, 2024. First held in 1915, the Norwegian Armed Forces, the Forsvaret, meaning “the defense” in Norwegian, worked to expose new members to field conditions. One of the strategic goals was to be able to move larger units of troops......
Story by Airman 1st Class Edgar Grimaldo | 86th Airlift Wing | 08.16.2023
For the first time in over 20 years, the U.S. Air Force and Serbian air force partnered together to conduct the first helicopter flight formation in history and participate in rotary wing search and rescue operations, Aug. 7-11, 2023, at Batajnica Air Base and Sgt./Pilot Mihajlo Petrovic Air Base, Serbia....
Story by Airman 1st Class Thomas Calopedis | 31st Fighter Wing | 04.18.2023
The 724th Air Mobility Squadron, an Air Mobility Command tenant unit at Aviano Air Base, Italy, was recently awarded the 2022 Outstanding Logistics Readiness Unit Small Air Terminal of the Year. The squadron had a busy year in 2022. They were recognized for multiple accomplishments including their 24-hour support of NATO Alliance missions that involved numerous logistical movements and a......
