News

March 8, 2017
Air Force email users gain more capability in the cloud

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Command, Control and Communications Infrastructure Division here is helping lead efforts to migrate the Air Force’s unclassified email systems to the cloud.
Feb. 23, 2017
Fairchild awarded USSTRATCOM Omaha Trophy

U.S. Strategic Command named Fairchild Air Force Base its annual Omaha Trophy winner in the Strategic Aircraft category Feb. 17, 2017.This year's win marks the second year in a row the 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings, as a fully-integrated Total Force partnership, have won the trophy. The
Feb. 22, 2017
Travis supports FEMA response to California flooding

Due to historical rainfall and flooding across Northern California, Travis Air Force Base is supporting an incident management assistance team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with a staging area at the base.
Feb. 21, 2017
AMC achieves electronic flight bags milestone

Air Mobility Command recently achieved a milestone with its electronic flight bag initiative. All AMC wings and aircraft are now approved to use electronic flight bags - portable electronic devices that consolidates nearly 120 pounds of paper products into a single tablet. The tablet contains
Feb. 9, 2017
Fairchild proactively pursuing environmental stewardship through Air Force initiative

The Air Force is taking proactive measures to reduce the risk of mission-related PFOS/PFOA contamination to installation and nearby communities’ drinking water sources by working to eliminate the use of PFOS-containing AFFF, and is also testing groundwater at a variety of locations to determine if
Jan. 31, 2017
Airmen exercise ability to provide humanitarian aid

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing exercised their ability to execute and sustain rapid global mobility to deliver humanitarian aid due to a simulated natural disaster throughout the state of Washington during Exercise Dragons Breath Jan. 22 to 27.The 821st Contingency Response
Jan. 30, 2017
816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron answers the call in the Middle East

The 816th EAS, based at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, is vital to the Air Force’s efforts to combat terrorism in the Middle East. Those efforts range from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan.
Jan. 27, 2017
Mobility Airmen maintain two airframes at Ramstein

A bitter wind chases flurries of frost across the flightline, weaving around aircraft and stinging the faces of those who stand in its way. While many Airmen are still asleep in their beds, the Airmen of the 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are already awake and reporting for duty.The first stop
Jan. 19, 2017
KC-46A to help Travis project American power anytime…anywhere

Air Force officials announced Travis Air Force Base, California, as a preferred location for the next active duty led KC-46A Pegasus mission Jan. 12.
Jan. 10, 2017
459th to represent AFRC in Presidential Inaugural Parade

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- The 459th Air Refueling Wing is scheduled to participate in the Presidential Inaugural Parade, Jan. 20. Ninety Airmen will take to the streets of Washington D.C. and represent 69,000 reservists as they march in formation to honor the newest President of the United States.