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  • Joint Task Force-Bravo supports Honduran Special Olympics

    Several members of Joint Task Force-Bravo were on hand for the opening ceremony of the Honduras Special Olympics at Carlos Miranda Stadium in Comayagua today.The ceremony marked the beginning of the Honduras Special Olympics soccer tournament, which will be played at Soto Cano Air Base, Oct.

  • RPAs Part I: Reaching 2 million hours

    (Editor's note: This article is part one of a four-part series.)The U.S. Air Force's MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft accumulated 2 million flight hours Oct. 22, 2013, not only marking a significant milestone, but also demonstrating the evolution of the program. The RPA

  • SPECIAL: Multinational exercise wraps-up in Idaho

    Two Luftwaffe "Blue" AG-51 Tornados zoomed through the desert skies, closing in on a U.S. Navy "Red" E/A-18G Growler, that just fired missiles at a U.S. Air Force convoy moving across the desert about 15 miles from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho."I got a lock-on," bellows one of the German Air

  • 9th SFS conducts pilot-rescue exercise

    Airmen from the 9th Security Forces Squadron conducted a pilot-rescue exercise at Dragon Town here, Oct. 9. The scenario involved the simulated downing of a U.S. aircraft and the capture of the pilots by opposition forces.With the aid of Air Force contractors, security forces Airmen were tasked with

  • Dagger Point with the 12 AF (AFSOUTH) commander

    Lt. Gen. Tod D. Wolters is the 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander. He has served Airmen for more than 31-years as a command pilot with more than 4,950 hours in the F-15C, F-22, OV-10, T-38 and the A-10 aircraft, and has commanded at the unit, squadron, group, wing, numbered Air Force and

  • Bold Tigers boom freedom during final day of international exercise

    The booming sound of freedom once again echoed over the Idaho desert as Bold Tiger F-15E Strike Eagles took to the skies during exercise Mountain Roundup, Oct. 15.The 391st Fighter Squadron was forbidden to fly during the government shutdown, despite being the host wing for a major,

  • MC-12W Liberty exceeds 300,000 flying hours

    Beale MC-12W Liberty aircraft surpassed 300,000 combat flying hours at a forward operating base in Afghanistan in September.The milestone translates to approximately 34 years of flying that the Liberty team achieved in less than four. Project Liberty was also credited with flying 73 percent of all

  • Stateside commissaries return to normal operations

    Stateside commissaries that closed due to the government shutdown will resume normal operations Oct. 7, the Defense Commissary Agency announced on their website today. Stores normally closed on Mondays will reopen for business on their next scheduled operating day.(Information from the Defense