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  • New upgrades revitalize B-1 Bombers

    B-1 Bombers are undergoing the most advanced hardware and software upgrades to date, as part of the Sustainment-Block 16 program.Sustainment-Block 16, or SB-16, includes significant upgrades to the B-1, including Fully Integrated Data Link in the aft station and the Vertical Situation Display

  • JTF-Bravo provides medical care to 1,774 in Gracias a Dios

    Fifty-five members from Joint Task Force-Bravo returned to base yesterday after partnering with the Honduran Ministry of Health and Honduran military to provide medical care to 1,774 patients in a four-day joint Medical Readiness Training Exercise. The team traveled to the municipalities of Batalla

  • MSAS air advisors prepare Colombian air force to participate in Red Flag

    A broken aircraft and several delays at the airport didn't stop the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron from arriving in Colombia, June 3 and beginning its Building Partner Capacity mission - working with the Colombian air force to promote regional stability by fostering key relationships and

  • MSAS air advisors next mission: Colombia

    Aerial port, airfield operations, command and control and load planning. These were several topics on which Airmen from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron and Colombian Air Force exchanged ideas during the airbase deployment preparation portion of the Air Mobility Command's Building

  • AFSOUTH Airmen build relationships, strengthen bonds at FIDAE

    More than 60 Airmen from across the Air Force returned to their home bases after supporting Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio (FIDAE) International Air and Space Exposition in Santiago, Chile, the largest combined air and trade show in South America, March 26 - April 2. The seven-day effort

  • JTF-Bravo medics see 1,000 patients

    Members from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, saw more than 1,000 villagers during the four-day medical readiness and training exercise in the Montana de la Flor region March 7-10. "It was a very successful MEDRETE," said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. William Fecke, deputy commander

  • Medical units team up again for Francisco Morazan MEDRETE

    A 27-person team from Joint Task Force-Bravo will partner with the Honduran Ministry of Health, the Mission Honduras LeMars (a non-governmental organization), the South Dakota State University medical team and the Honduran military to provide medical care Mar. 7-10 in La Ceiba and San Juan in the

  • AF officials announce manpower force structure changes

    Air Force officials released force structure changes and resulting manpower impacts from the new DoD strategic guidance and fiscal 2013 President's Budget Mar. 6.The fiscal 2013 President's Budget adjusts Air Force military end strength to 501,000, with net reductions of 3,900 Active Duty, 5,100 Air

  • Holloman’s ORE produces record number of F-22 launches

    Members of Team Holloman participated in a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise, which tested Holloman's ability to prepare and mobilize from peacetime to wartime at a moment's notice, Feb. 27 to Feb. 29.The ORE culminated in the launching of 15 F-22 Raptors, a record number for Holloman."The

  • B-1 flies 10,000th combat mission

    Staff Sgt. Deidre Nickolson-Edie stood on the windy flight line at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, reading a book filled with maintenance checklists. It was December 1998, the start of Operation Desert Fox, and Nickolson-Edie, an avionics specialist, was part of the maintenance team that would soon