Story by Staff Sgt. Lauren Cobin | 1st Fighter Wing | 03.05.2026
Senior Airman Miya Lyons Aircrew Flight Equipment Technician Senior Airman Miya Lyons is an Aircrew Flight Equipment Technician for the F-22 Demonstration Team. As an Aircrew Flight Equipment Technician, she is responsible for ensuring all flight and safety equipment is in perfect working order for all F-22 and T-38 pilots at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. SrA Lyons represents the......
Story by Staff Sgt. Lauren Cobin | 1st Fighter Wing | 03.05.2026
Captain Nick "Laz" Le Tourneau F-22 Demonstration Team Commander Captain Nicholas Le Tourneau is the United States Air Force F-22 Demonstration Team Commander and pilot, stationed at Langley Air Force Base, VA. As the F-22 Demo Team Commander, he is responsible for representing Air Combat Command, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, and the United States of America at more......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Jessica Hulbert | 186th Air Refueling Wing | 02.06.2026
KEY FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Miss. -- Some people might believe a pilot’s role begins and ends with flying the aircraft, but in reality it involves constant decision-making, leadership, and risk management. To those, a pilot’s office might always be in a cockpit 40,000 feet in the air instead of a workstation or cubicle. Yet military aviators are expected to handle both office......
Story by Christopher Jones | Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms | 01.28.2026
A VX-31 search and rescue team executed a rapid medical evacuation Dec. 3 following the ejection of an F-16 pilot near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. Launching within 30 minutes of notification, the crew—operating under the call sign Rescue 463—arrived on scene in minutes, coordinated with local and military responders, and transported the pilot to University Medical Center Las......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Crowley | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) | 12.30.2025
PACIFIC OCEAN – The roar of aircraft engines build to a deafening crescendo as an F-35C Lightning II, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 147) sits primed on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). The jet’s fuselage trembles under the surge of raw power. The high-pitched whine of the exhaust intensifies as it lines up to the catapult, steam......
Story by Senior Airman Victoria Nuzzi | 432nd Wing | 12.16.2025
In 1913, the first two military aviation badges, silver wings, were issued to members of the U.S. Army Air Corps. As time went on, pilots of all airframes have been awarded their silver wings and given the rating of pilot, senior pilot and command pilot. Since then, the Air Force has grown rapidly by constantly adapting to new playing fields and integrating technology into everyday operations......
Story by Senior Airman Zeeshan Naeem | 325th Fighter Wing | 11.07.2025
Behind every U.S. Air Force pilot soaring through the sky is a team of specialists maximizing their chances of survival if something goes wrong....
Story by Sgt. Tanner Dibble | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 10.23.2025
FORT HOOD, TEXAS —U.S. Army Soldiers from the 300th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Reserve integrated with the 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command, III Armored Corps during a staff exercise from October 20, 2025, through October 26, 2025....
