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  • Warfighter of the week: Capt. Jeff Shi

    Capt. Jeff Shi, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) operations research analyst, was recognized as the Warfighter of the Week, October 19, 2015.Shi, a native of Austin, Texas, has been serving in the Air Force for 4 years. After graduating high school, he attended the University of Texas as an AF

  • Busted, top 10 RPA myths debunked

    Drones. The once harmless term has taken on new meaning in recent years largely due to miseducation, Hollywood dramatizations and their growing uses in non-military settings.For the men and women of the remotely piloted aircraft enterprise who provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance

  • Hill commemorates new era in combat air power

    Hill and the Top of Utah community officially welcomed the F-35 Lightning II at a ceremony Oct. 14, an event that formally marked the beginning of F-35 operations for the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings.Members of the Utah congressional delegation, Lockheed Martin, and the Air Force addressed a crowd

  • Warfighter of the week: Staff Sgt. Luke Carnathan

    Staff Sgt. Luke Carnathan, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) spectrum manager, was recognized as the Warfighter of the Week, September 21, 2015.Carnathan, a native of Lexington, Miss., has been serving in the Air Force for 10 years. After graduating high school, he knew that he wanted to be a

  • 12th AF commander hosts all call, bids farewell to 28th BW

    Lt. Gen. Chris Nowland, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander, addressed Ellsworth Airmen during an all call at the Pride Hangar Sept. 24.Nowland discussed the importance of the 28th Bomb Wing's performance over the years and how Airmen should take all leadership opportunities as a way to

  • Honduran NCO Day builds partnership between two Air Forces

    The 612th Air Base Squadron and Honduran Air Force cadets participated in the first-ever Honduran Non-Commissioned Officer Day, Sept. 1, 2015, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The event kicked off with a few words of encouragement from Lt. Col. James Wandmacher, 612th ABS commander and Lt. Col.

  • First operational F-35As arrive at Hill AFB

    The Air Force ushered in a new era of combat air power today as Hill Air Force Base received the service's first two operational F-35As.Hill's active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing will be the first combat-coded units to fly and maintain the Air Force's newest

  • New program aimed to improve MQ-1/9 community begins at ACC

    The initial stage of Air Combat Command's new program, the Culture and Process Improvement Program, began here, Aug. 21, and is designed to take place across 12 Air Force active duty, reserve and National Guard bases.The CPIP was established to target and develop methods of improvement for concerns