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  • 2016 AFR/ANG Teen Summits Now Open

    Air Force Services Activity Child and Youth Programs (AFSVA CYP) is pleased to announce the 2016 Air Force Reserve (AFR) and Air National Guard (ANG) Teen Leadership Summits! Each summit will allow teens the opportunity to explore and develop their leadership skills, build self-confidence and form

  • Top Airmen recognized

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Danielle Vaughn, 307th Medical Squadron, salutes Col. Bruce Cox, commander of the 307th Bomb Wing, after receiving awards for being chosen as the Airman of the Quarter for the period of October to December 2015. Vaughn was recognized at a wing commander’s call on March 6,

  • Service before self

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 307th and 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. help local flood victims on March 10, 2016. Residents of the Golden Meadows sub-division in Bossier City received assistance with sand bags and transportation through the flooded streets as they make every effort

  • Air Force continues to pursue total force integration

    The Air Force continues to make strides toward total force integration, according to an annual report submitted to Congress March 4. The report is based on recommendations from the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force and focuses on how the force structure should be modified to best

  • ESGR Roche Spirt of Volunteerism Award given to Jack Humphries

    Louisiana Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense office, announced that on Saturday, February 13, 2015 National Chair Paul Mock presented the ESGR James M. Roche Spirit of Volunteerism Award to Louisiana Chair Emeritus Jack Humphries. The presentation took place at

  • Operations Group Commander promoted to colonel

    U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jon Ellis, the mobilization assistant to the Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command, administers the oath of office to Col. Robert Burgess during a promotion ceremony on Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Burgess is the 307th Operations Group

  • Air Force actively monitoring ongoing Zika virus infection

    The Air Force is closely monitoring the emergence of Zika virus infection in the Americas, Oceania, and Africa to help inform and protect Airmen and their families. The Department of Health and Human Services, with its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is leading the U.S. response to

  • Air Force reveals B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first rendering of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21, at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 26 in Orlando, Fla., and announced the Air Force will be taking suggestions from Airmen to help decide the name of the

  • B-one team, B-one fight

    Five months after the reactivation of the Reserve 489th Bomb Group, they are working side-by-side with the Active Duty Airmen in the 7th Bomb Wing, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. During the Bomb Group’s February Unit Training Assembly, the maintenance crews from both units combined to complete an

  • Air Force stands up Chief Master Sergeant Academy

    The Chief Master Sergeant Academy faculty here is preparing for their first class of students in April. The academy's activation reestablishes the fourth level of enlisted professional military education and marks the first time the Air Force has had a stand-alone faculty and facility dedicated to