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  • Air Force Airman 1srt Class Andrew Mathews, 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, use a spanner wrench to lock an LAU-142/A Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile Vertical Ejection Launcher on an F-22 Raptor at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 5, 2021. Mathews helped fabricate the spanner wrench, saving auxiliary power unit run time, wear, and tear.

    Airman keep on 'wrenching'

    When an aircraft is connected to an auxiliary power unit, this allows the maintainers to control the LAU-142/A Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air-Missile Vertical Ejection Launcher, or AVEL, for the F-22 Raptor. However, when there is no APU involved, the maintainer can manually retract and extend the AVEL using the spanner wrench.
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Matlock, the 673d Medical Group chief enlisted executive assistant, displays a bone marrow swab kit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4, 2021. Participants who choose to volunteer as potential bone marrow donors will use the kit to send off their information. JBER is hosting a bone marrow registry drive May 17 to 28 to register JBER personnel through the C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Bone Marrow Program.

    JBER to host bone marrow registry drive May 17-28

    Volunteers with the C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program will host a bone marrow registry drive May 17 through 28 on JBER.
  • An F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, and an F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, fly over Denali National Park, Alaska, Aug. 17, 2020. The 388th FW's F-35As made their debut in RED FLAG-Alaska 20-3 training alongside F-35As from the 356th Fighter Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

    Red Flag-Alaska 21-2 scheduled for June

    Red Flag-Alaska 21-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, is scheduled to run from June 10-25.
  • Sound of Speed Airshow flies for the community

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

  • DAF to allow officers to opt out of promotion in certain circumstances

    Eligible officers, who meet certain conditions, may soon request exclusion from consideration for the next higher grade. The new policy will go into effect beginning with the major, lieutenant colonel and colonel Space Force promotion boards set to convene Oct. 16, and will provide more flexible talent management options.

  • Air Force follows revised DoD transgender policies

    In March 2021, the Defense Department recognized transgender and gender non-conforming people and their continued struggle for equality, security and dignity.
  • Graphic depciting The proForce Congressional Inquiries Case Management application, launched in March 2021, streamlines and automates cases and promises to decrease the workload by 60 percent, allowing the USAF Reserve Policy Integration office (AF/REI) to more efficiently process incoming inquires. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Anthony Burns)The proForce Congressional Inquiries Case Management application, launched in March 2021, streamlines and automates cases and promises to decrease the workload by 60 percent, allowing the USAF Reserve Policy Integration office (AF/REI) to more efficiently process incoming inquires. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Anthony Burns)

    Citizen Developer Team Revolutionizes Manual Process, Creates Cloud-Based App

    Propelling forward the Air Force’s initiative to replace antiquated systems with new cloud-based solutions, a team from the Headquarters Air Force Reserve recently developed and implemented the first customer relationship management (CRM) application built for Air Force Manpower, Personnel, and Services (A1).The proForce Congressional Inquiries
  • Acting Secretary of the Air Force John P. Roth (center), Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. (left) and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond prepare to answer questions during the House Appropriations Committee on Defense during a virtual hearing at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., May 7, 2021. Committee members raised topics that included confronting new and emerging threats, air and space superiority, and nuclear deterrence.

    Roth, Brown, Raymond present Air, Space Forces priorities to Congress

    Appearing alongside Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, Roth told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that the Air and Space Forces continue to recalibrate their practices, personnel and policies to address “peer adversaries” after years focusing primarily on terrorism.
  • Thunderbirds return to St. Joseph for Sound of Speed Air Show

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

  • CSAF letter to Air Force spouses

    Dear Air Force Spouses,Thank you for your courage and strength, and for being part of our Air Force family. Those in uniform are easily recognized for their service and sacrifices, but it’s you...the unsung heroes of our Air Force who sacrifice so much to support your family, the Air Force, and our nation. As spouses, you are all too familiar with
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