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  • Maintaining the mission: Ground equipment Airmen ensure RPA success

    With the rising need for remotely piloted airpower, Airmen work around the clock at both Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, and abroad to bring the fight from the air.Among the many operations conducted at Creech AFB, the Airmen responsible for maintaining remotely piloted aircraft ground support

  • CDC issues travel alert for Zika Virus

    Do you have travel plans outside the United States? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel alert for people traveling to certain areas of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America where Zika virus transmission is ongoing.The Zika virus is spread to people through

  • AF Selective Re-enlistment Bonus program list triples

    Air Force officials released details on the fiscal year 2016 Selective Re-enlistment Bonus program Feb. 1. This year's program, consisting of 117 Air Force specialties eligible to receive bonuses, is a substantial increase from the previous year's program where 40 Air Force specialty codes were

  • AF announces year two adjustments to enlisted evaluations, promotions

    Incorporating various observations and assessments from the first year under the new enlisted evaluation and promotion systems, the Air Force is making several adjustments for year two to ease execution and strengthen processes.In 2015, the Air Force began execution of the new enlisted evaluation

  • Warfighter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Jonathan Allen

    Staff Sgt. Jonathan Allen, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Client Systems Technician and Executive Communications Support staff member, was recognized as the Warfighter of the Week, Jan. 19, 2016.Allen was introduced to the military lifestyle at a very young age, with his father serving in the

  • Warfighter of the Week: Capt. Jasmine N. Candelario

    Capt. Jasmine Candelario, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Deputy Chief of General Law, was recognized as the Warfighter of the Week, Jan. 4, 2016.Candelario began her military career in the Army where she served for more than a decade."I served in the Army for almost 12 years before joining the

  • 552nd ACW participates in inaugural Trilateral Exercise

    Several members of the 552nd Air Control Wing recently made history by participating in the inaugural Trilateral Exercise at Langley Air Force Base, Va., that included service members from the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and the French Air Force.The exercise, held Dec. 2-18, was hosted by the

  • Tinker plays big role in Gulf War victory

    When the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center commander said in 1991 he was "proud of the tremendous contribution Tinker personnel and associates have made thus far,"Maj. Gen. Joseph K. Spiers might have been talking about their day-to-day activities, year-after-year accomplishments or even those

  • ACC Commander paves way for RPA enterprise improvements

    Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Steve McDonald paid a visit to the Airmen of the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 14, 2016, to address some of the challenges and unique issues the remotely piloted