317th AG Airman supports airdrop mission over Afghanistan

Panetta notifies Congress DOD preparing for furloughs

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has notified Congress that the Defense Department is prepared to implement furloughs for civilian personnel in response to the threat of sequestration.In a memo to all employees, Panetta vowed to continue working with Congress to avoid sequestration, which would add

SecDef announces Distinguished Warfare Medal

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has approved a new medal designed to recognize service members directly affecting combat operations who may not even be on the same continent as the action.The Distinguished Warfare Medal recognizes the changing face of warfare. In the past, few, if any, service

AF implements enlisted date of separation rollback

The Air Force will implement the enlisted date of separation rollback program this fiscal year, in addition to several voluntary force management programs that were announced Feb. 5, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today.The rollback will accelerate the date of separation for senior master

Welsh: Sequestration will 'undermine' readiness

Unprecedented budget factors have placed the nation's defense strategy in jeopardy, senior Department of Defense leaders told the Senate Armed Services Committee Feb. 12. During his opening remarks, the chief of staff of the Air Force stressed the severity of the current fiscal

Medics provide top notch care during Sharpshooter 13-2 exercise

Despite broken bones, cold-weather victims and numerous wounds too gruesome to mention in polite conversation, medical professionals from the 366th Medical Group carry on the task of saving lives and healing wounds during Sharpshooter 13-2.The exercise has tested the knowledge of the men and women

Despite adversity, maintainers keep Base X aircraft ready to fight

Strike Eagles roared off the flight line while maintainers were huddled inside bunkers wearing Mission Oriented Protective Posture or MOPP gear.These brave men and women battle icy winds, single digit temperatures, numerous mechanical problems and issues wearing extra gear and still make the mission

Furnishing the fight to end veteran homelessness

Nearly 63,000 veterans were homeless on any given night in the U.S. last January. Members of the 355th Contracting Squadron and other base personnel volunteered their time late last month to help shrink the daunting number of homeless veterans in Tucson, Ariz.With one of the dorms on D-M set to be

SARM Airmen prepare aircrews for flight

While aircrews are busy performing missions, training at their home station or even getting a flight physical, there are Airmen standing by, tracking every minute of it - these are the Airmen of Squadron Aviation Resource Management. Nearly 230 personnel are assigned to the 432nd Attack Squadron,

FOD for thought

Imagine losing your line badge on the flightline, and finding out later you were responsible for causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to an aircraft.Priced at more than $3,700,000 each, a B-1 bomber's engines and a variety of other vital parts - flight controls, ejection seats,