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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force Personnel Center officials activated the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System to ensure Airmen and their families in the Moore and Oklahoma City, Okla., are accounted for and have access to assistance, AFPC...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile here during an operational test at 6:27 a.m. PST, today. Col. Brent McArthur, the 30th Space Wing's Vice Wing Commander, was the launch decision authority. The launc...
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- A U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Boeing was successfully launched May 15. The fourth GPS IIF satellite, Space Vehicle Number (SVN) 66, was carried aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V Launch Vehicle at ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) -- "It felt like the end of the world," said Scott Palomino , describing what it was like after being wounded when a mortar round exploded in his tent at Balad Air Base, Iraq, in 2004. Among his injuries was the loss of a leg, which was a serious blow to...
(This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes " series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story. Names of special forces and support members are withheld for security reasons.) The mission had been attempted multiple times before. Can...
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wa. (AFNS) -- Three Airmen from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron tragically perished Friday, May 3, near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, in the crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker. The crew and aircraft were assigned to the Transit Center at Manas near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. ...
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- The 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron executed the first combat Extracted Container Delivery System, or XCDS, airdrop April 29, successfully demonstrating the increased accuracy that this new technology provides. The new airdrop method is de...
