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  • Welsh champions communication, airpower in Air Force update

    The Air Force chief of staff discussed airpower and the service's warfighting capabilities across its core missions at the Air Force Association's 2013 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here today.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III presented the Air Force update on the second day of the

  • Forum focuses on family

    In remarks and an interactive session during the Air Force Association's Spouse and Family Forum here today, spouses of Air Force senior leaders championed the service's focus on families and support. Betty Welsh and Athena Cody, spouses of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief

  • Energy leader: The smart use of energy helps accomplish the mission

    Military and industry leaders discussed the role of energy in helping the Air Force accomplish its mission and current initiatives to improve resiliency, reduce demand, assure supply, and foster an energy aware culture. Dr. Kevin Geiss, the deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Energy,

  • ISR official urges looking to history to face future challenges

    At the Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 17, Lt. Gen. Robert P. Otto discussed the current state and way ahead for Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR, and the role Airmen play in its planning and impact.As the Air Force's

  • Acting SecAF highlights innovation in 'State of the Force' address

    In his keynote address at the Air Force Association's 2013 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 16, Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning touted innovation as the fabric of the service's past and future.The secretary delivered remarks at the start of the three-day

  • CMSAF emphasizes power of Airmen

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody discussed why the strength of the Air Force lies in its Airmen at the Air Force Association's 2013 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here today.Cody presented his enlisted perspective on the final day of the three-day, 55-session

  • Roll Call returns, encourages face-to-face communication

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody is bringing Roll Call back to the Air Force. Roll Call is designed to deliver messages to the field from senior Air Force leadership for Airmen to use as a topic of discussion when they gather for daily or weekly meetings. "Our Air Force has long

  • 89th Air Lift Wing witnesses birth of Air Force in 1947

    The 900th Air Base Squadron, which would be later be renamed the 89th Air Lift Wing, operated the presidential aircraft known as the "Sacred Cow," a modified Douglass C-47 when President Harry S. Truman signed the National  Security Act of 1947, which made the Air Force an independent service on

  • Airman's initiatives increase realism, enhance SERE training

    Darting through woods and sprinting across open fields, Aircrew from the 89th Airlift Wing found themselves making every effort to avoid being seen by patrolling enemy aircraft. Although they knew this was a simulated evasion mission, these SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) Refresher

  • Flu Vaccine Drive Coming

    The 779th Medical Group Immunization Services Clinic will have a flu vaccine drive Oct. 1-2 for all Department of Defense/Tricare beneficiaries (9 years of age and older) at the Joint Base Andrews Theater from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The flu vaccine is mandatory for all military members and must be