Thunder Over Georgia Air Show this weekend

The 2016 Thunder Over Georgia Air Show will roar into Middle Georgia to the delight of thousands this Saturday and Sunday.Headlining the event will be “America’s Ambassadors in Blue,” the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Their last visit here was in 2009.  “We’re very excited about this event,” Col.

Popular social media trend may violate DOD regulations

A young woman paced herself as she ran around her neighborhood, her breath visible as the brisk morning air cycled through her lungs, the wind blowing her hair back, and her cheeks stinging from the elements. She dodged people walking their dogs, trash cans left out for pickup, and finally reached a

309th EMXG receives DOD VPP award

Lots of firsts are happening at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in 2016 and it has happened again. The Ogden Air Logistics Complex’s 309th Electronics Maintenance Group has come away with the first-ever 2016 Department of Defense Voluntary Protection Program Group Achievement Award.

Out of the Boneyard, Into the Fight: Ghost Rider Flies Again

He said it was something he never thought he’d see again. The B-52H Stratofortress screamed across the blue North Dakota sky above Minot Air Force Base before coming in to land.“I saw it at the boneyard and figured that’s the end of that era,” said Robert Crane, 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron

‘Ghost Rider’ in the sky: B-52H departs Tinker in historic flight

The first B-52H Stratofortress to be resurrected from the nation’s aircraft reservoir to rejoin the active bomber fleet soared off Sept. 27 from Tinker Air Force Base. The historic flight of tail number 61-007, known as “Ghost Rider” on its nose art, marked the end of the warbird’s 19-month

97 graduate from supervisor development program

Ninety-seven leaders graduated from the Emerging Supervisor Development Program (ESDP) Sept. 9. Guest speaker Mr. Jeffrey Allen, executive director of the Air Force Sustainment Center, spoke to the graduates before presenting them individually with certificates.

It’s our Culture: Robins unit recertified by OSHA as VPP Star Site

The 402nd Maintenance Support Group has been recertified as a Star Site by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following a visit in August.   The group was awarded the prestigious OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Site accreditation in 2013 for its ongoing commitment to workplace

AFMC commander says cyber threats are real, need to get ahead of them

Cyber resiliency and hardening are more important now than ever and the Air Force Materiel Command commander made that point as she addressed a crowd at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 21.

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Airmen receive Spencer innovation award

When innovative ideas save the Air Force hundreds of thousands of dollars, leadership takes notice. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James presented the Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award to Master Sgt. Matthew Galinsky, who, in 2015, served as the Air Force fuels equipment manager at Fort