June 29, 2025, marks the 70th anniversary of the first operational Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 Stratofortress delivery to the 93rd Bombardment Wing (Heavy) at Castle Air Force Base, Calif. The aircraft, RB-52B (52-8711), departed the Boeing Moses Lake testing facility at Larson AFB, Wash., and performed a seven-hour training mission prior to the delivery to Castle AFB.

Bright green paintballs whizzed through the humid air in all directions.  Many zoomed past or contacted the advancing three-Airmen team desperately trying to reach a casualty 50 yards away.

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps’ Corporals Course at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, May 9, 2025.

Corporals Course is a professional military leadership program designed to equip participants with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to assume greater responsibility as noncommissioned officers.

Senior Airman Gage Gardner’s first day of Honor Guard training began with a bang!

The Airman, unaccustomed to a Crestview morning commute due to 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron shift work, misjudged a stop on his way to training and his 20-year-old Suburban bumped a car in front of him at the worst possible time for an accident.

In today’s operational environment, mission success demands more than just advanced technology or cutting-edge aircraft. It requires people who are trained and capable of carrying out very complex tasks. 

The Air Force Reserve plays a pivotal role in ensuring America’s ability to fly, fight, and win by recruiting, training, and retaining a ready and lethal force of warriors committed to defending our nation.

The oxygen mask seals tight and night vision goggles click into place. Each component has been tested, maintained and inspected with precision, not by those who wear it, but by those responsible for ensuring it works when it matters most.

An Eglin firefighter recently earned a Defense Department honor for Fire and Emergency Services.

Joseph Suddarth, Jr. claimed the 2024 Fire Service Instructor of the Year award for efforts in safeguarding and advancing vital national interests and assures military readiness and resilience.

Dressed in the bright whites, deep blues and dense blacks of their service uniforms, Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers returned this year to honor and remember their fallen explosive ordnance disposal brethren May 3.

The Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park is entering a new phase of development aimed at enhancing the visitor experience and highlighting the legacy of Air Commandos.

On April 18, 1942, a small group of Army Air Forces aviators changed the momentum of World War II with a single, audacious strike. Known as the Doolittle Raid, this operation — launched from the deck of the USS Hornet — was the first U.S. air attack on Japan’s home islands.