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  • Senate confirms Barrett to be Air Force secretary

    The 85 to 7 vote makes Barbara Barrett the third consecutive woman confirmed to lead the Air Force and its 685,000 total force Airmen. Barrett replaces Heather Wilson who resigned in May. Undersecretary Matthew Donovan served as acting secretary in the interim.

  • Share your truth: Be present (Part 2)

    “I was in an undercover [police] survival class and they said if you can recognize or comprehend that you have been shot, then you can live. At that point you can address the injury and call for help. In life, a lot of times, it’s the same way. We don’t recognize or comprehend that we have been shot

  • Air Force Recognizes Energy Action Month 2019

    October is Energy Action Month, an opportunity to highlight why energy is a critical enabler to combat capability for the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense, and to encourage smarter energy use and management for installations, ground vehicles, and aircraft. Unveiled this year, the Air Force

  • Share Your Truth: Be Present

    Nothing can prepare you for the reality of a knock on the door telling you your wife has been in an accident. It can’t prepare you for being the one to identify her by her wedding ring as she lies in a comma in the ICU. Nothing prepares you for becoming a widower and a single dad at the age of

  • Reserve Citizen Airman earns Chief's Choice award for outstanding service

    SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Tech. Sgt. Allyx McMunn, 310th Force Support Squadron, received the Chief's Choice award from the Colorado Springs Area Chief's Group Sept. 6, 2019. McMunn was recognized for going above and beyond through her exemplary support to the Air Force Wounded Warrior

  • AFA honors Reserve Citizen Airmen

    The Air Force Association honored several Air Force Reserve units, Reserve Citizen Airmen and their employers for outstanding achievements during the 2019 AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference here Sept. 16.

  • The 'total force' family

    Newly promoted Maj. Scott Hollister looked out at the audience during his promotion ceremony with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face. Focusing on his family in the front row, his voice broke as he spoke to his brothers, Capt. Ryan Hollister and 1st Lt. Taylor Hollister.

  • Combined Force Space Component Command Established at Vandenberg AFB

    Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, Commander, U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM), ordered the establishment of two subordinate commands to support the warfighting efforts of the command -- Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC), and Joint Task Force Space Defense (JTF-SD), immediately following the