30-year ST ‘giant’ dons beret one last time
Hurlburt Field - As a teenager, he grew up like most, listening and learning from his grandfather, an Air Force maintenance officer of 25 years.
Hurricane Hunters inside eye as Michael makes landfall
Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi - The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron started flying into Hurricane Michael Sunday and over the next four days observed it intensify from a possible tropical depression to a Category 4 storm, which made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Air Force “home” of C-130 testing becomes detachment
Eglin Air Force Base - The 413th Flight Test Squadron’s C-130 Combined Test Force became its own entity Sept. 10 when it was officially designated as a detachment, encapsulating more than a decade’s worth of specialized developmental tests on the Hercules.
EOD tests prototype of new job-specific fitness test
Eglin Air Force Base - During a deluge of rain, 21 explosive ordnance disposal technicians from seven bases across the Air Force ran a mile and a half to the gym and completed a timed 1,000-meter row.
A day that resonates
Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas - By looking at him you wouldn’t know it, but Tech Sgt. Trevor Brewer, 72nd Security Forces Squadron flight chief at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, has deep scars from a day that took the lives of two fellow Airmen and severely wounded two others. His wounds are invisible. He has post-traumatic stress disorder from a terrorist attack many may have heard news reports about and forgotten. But, Brewer has not forgotten that day … he relives those moments constantly.
Air Force’s first Invisible Wounds Center opens
Eglin Air Force Base - The 96th Medical Group held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Air Force’s first Invisible Wounds Center Aug. 30.
Eglin’s living shoreline
Eglin Air Force Base - Nearly 100 volunteers have taken turns moving rocks along Eglin’s shorelines near Postl Point to protect nearby archaeological sites from the impacts of erosion.
Pentagon restricts use of fitness trackers, other devices
Washington (AP) — Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won't be allowed to use fitness-tracker or cellphone applications that can reveal their location, according to a new Pentagon order.
Air Force Widow vows to bring awareness to invisible wounds
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- Air Force veteran Stacey Pavenski, 46, of Palm Bay, Florida, has post traumatic stress disorder, but she didn’t get it from serving in combat. It came from her husband’s combat struggles that drove him to take his own life in their bedroom, Sept. 18, 2017, while she was in the kitchen. He was 45.
New squadron specializes in Battlefield Airmen recruiting
Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland, Texas -- The first squadron focused solely on recruiting Battlefield Airmen and combat support career fields stood up in a ceremony June 29 at the Medina Annex on Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland.