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  • 317th AW boosts Indo-Pacific reach during Balikatan 25

    The 317th Airlift Wing empowered the 40th iteration of Exercise Balikatan, the largest annual military exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military, with tactical airlift across the Philippines, April 17 to May 7, 2025.

  • How a grassroots Air Force team built the future of AI

    No tasker. No contract. No budget. Just a team of Airmen, some laptops and the belief that artificial intelligence could change everything. Two years later, that belief became RAPID, Revolutionary AI Production, Innovation and Deployment, a self-contained, offline-capable AI framework already

  • Shaping a new Airman identity through drone integration

    In a groundbreaking effort to enhance operational capabilities, the U.S. Air Force has launched a new initiative aimed at incorporating Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) into the training of Airmen across various career fields.The program began with an initial exercise this past November at

  • The 43rd FSS Leading the Behind-The-Scenes Fight

    Behind every fight there are Airmen at work who are not always seen. Every Airman must meet a level of readiness in order to accomplish daily missions. Helping to ensure that readiness for the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG) and other units on Pope Army Airfield is the 43rd Force Support

  • Storm Flag 25-05 Soars Through Louisiana Skies

    Servicemembers from both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army participated in Storm Flag 25-05, a Mobility Air Forces exercise, in multiple locations, March 15-31, 2025. Designed, led and documented by the 34th Combat Training Squadron (CTS), located at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Arkansas, the

  • Army, Air Force team proves port-opening at exercise Turbo Distribution

    WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- More than 150 Soldiers and Airmen conducted round-the-clock aerial port and cargo-transfer operations in exercise Turbo Distribution, March 12-17, 2025 at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. This exercise flexes the U.S. Department of Defense’s capability of rapidly

  • Pope Airmen Sharpen Skills with RAT

    The Airmen of the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG) honed their skills through Ready Airman Training (RAT) on Pope Army Airfield and Fort Bragg, N.C. Airmen attended the two-day training event Feb. 7 and 10, 2025, to complete various deployment requirements.