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AF Week in Photos
May 1, 2026 — This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force...

AF Week in Photos
February 27, 2026 — This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force...

Air Force Week in Photos
July 11, 2025 — This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force...

IAAFA partners with AMC to modernize maintenance simulator
April 18, 2025 — A collaboration between the Inter-American Air Forces Academy and the Air Mobility Command is delivering a major leap forward in optimizing training for the Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course at the 318th Training Squadron...

Around the Air Force: Money-Saving Microvane Tech, Total Force Pilot Retention, SPAFORGEN
March 28, 2025 — In this week’s look Around the Air Force, C-17 microvane technology saves money and fuel for aircraft, Total Force Shared Service offers flexibility to active-duty pilots interested in the Reserve or Guard and SPAFORGEN ensures Guardians are ready for the high-end fight...

Around the Air Force: Remote Start System, Engine Cover Prototype, and Fuel Efficiency Technology
December 6, 2024 — In this week’s Around the Air Force, a new remote start system for the KC-46A Pegasus, new B-52 engine covers prevent icing and damage in extreme cold, and a program to reduce drag on aircraft increases aerodynamic efficiency and flexibility while reducing fuel costs...

Around the Air Force: Mission over function mindset, electric cargo plane test flight, international exercises
July 19, 2024 — In this week’s look around the Air Force, training for Airmen leans toward a mission over function mindset, an electric cargo plane makes a successful test flight, and U.S. Airmen join international troops for two large-scale exercises...

Air Force updates mental health care policies, lowers barriers
May 2, 2024 — The Air Force’s mental health waiver policy in both the Air Force’s Medical Standards Directory and Aerospace Medicine Waiver Guide has been updated to allow for Airmen to receive 60 days of treatment for mental health concerns before a return to duty waiver to fly is required...

AFIMSC air transportation tools deliver faster support across DOD
August 1, 2023 — Two data-based inventory tools fielded by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center are helping the Department of the Air Force deliver faster and more efficient logistics support across the Department of Defense...

Air Mobility Command reopens Space-Available travel
April 26, 2022 — As of April 22, all restrictions on space-available, or Space-A, travel have been lifted...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Secure Teleworking
October 14, 2021 — While teleworking is not a new concept, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the complexities of working efficiently, productively and most importantly, securely from home...

New Force Generation model builds high-end readiness, sustainability for Joint Force
August 5, 2021 — The Air Force announced Aug. 5 it is in the final phases of transitioning to a new force generation model to balance today’s combatant commander needs while building high-end readiness for the future...

AFICC delivers innovative virtual reality suicide prevention training to save lives
March 18, 2021 — With a rise in suicides across the service, the Air Force Installation Contracting Center is helping leaders fast-track a pilot program at Air Mobility Command to help save lives...

Contracting pros deliver to COVID-19 front lines
April 10, 2020 — The Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 763rd Specialized Contracting Squadron is one example of mission-focused agility in support of the greater fight, recently delivering a surplus of fast-tracked emergency support to Air Mobility Command in days, if not hours. ...

Air Mobility Command temporarily suspends most Space-A travel due to COVID-19
March 22, 2020 — Air Mobility Command has temporarily suspended most Space-Available travel aboard AMC and contracted aircraft, except for certain Category I, IV, and VI travel, effective March 21 in order to limit COVID-19’s spread and its impact on the force. ...

AETC partners with multiple MAJCOMs to create virtual aircraft maintenance hangars
February 26, 2020 — Air Education and Training Command is working to build a faster and smarter Air Force in partnership with multiple major commands to develop a competency-based virtual and augmented-reality training capability for the aircraft maintenance and career enlisted aviator communities...

AETC, AMC team up on VR solutions for modern C-130 training
January 27, 2020 — Headquarters Air Force, Air Mobility Command, and Air Education and Training Command have been working on a virtual-reality platform for maintenance training through Mass Virtual, a contractor that scans real-world objects to create virtual environments. ...

No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier
October 2, 2019 — Over four days, three aircraft, 18 medical specialists, including from the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, more than 24,000 gallons of fuel, and 100 liters of blood were committed across an 8,000-mile journey to a single goal – saving the life of one Soldier...

Flight school trains future crews for C-5M Super Galaxy
March 27, 2018 — Having the right crew is essential when it comes to flying a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft — that is why instructors at the 733rd Training Squadron and 356th Airlift Squadron here prepare students to operate a multi-million dollar aircraft...

Texas C-5M delivers supplies to Puerto Rico
October 5, 2017 — In the aftermath of three devastating hurricanes that struck Texas, Florida and the Caribbean region of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Citizen Airmen of Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing flew their 17th mission in a C-5M Super Galaxy in less than a month to answer their nation’s call for help in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico in response to the destruction of Hurricane Maria...