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  • ERBIL, Iraq – Spc. Richard Pena, a crew chief assigned to C Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Saber, conducts pre-flight inspections of an AH-64E Apache helicopter at Erbil, Iraq, July 11, 2017. The AH-64E Apache provides reconnaissance and attack capability in the fight against ISIS for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. CJTF-OIR is the Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephen James)

    Mattis: U.S., Coalition 'Steadfast' With Iraq for ISIS Defeat

    The United States and its coalition partners remain unwavering in their commitment to Iraq in defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said while in Baghdad.
  • Whiteman Air Force Base Solar Eclipse

    Whiteman Air Force Base Solar Eclipse

    An A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft sits on the flightline during a total solar eclipse August 21, 2017, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. This was the first total eclipse to pass over Whiteman in nearly a century. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bob Jennings/Released)
  • Military leaders sign an agreement.

    U.S., Chinese Military Leaders Sign Agreement to Increase Communication

    The top military leaders of the United States and China signed an agreement in Beijing that they said will improve communication between their militaries and reduce the chances of miscalculations.
  • An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fires flares during a flight supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, June 21, 2017. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride

    OIR Spokesman: No Safe Havens Left for ISIS in Syria or Iraq

    With 50 percent of Raqqa, Syria, now under the control of Syrian Defense Forces and holding forces in place in Mosul, Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has no safe haven left in either country, an Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman said.
  • SOES

    Total Force Airmen can now manage their life insurance online

    Airmen no longer need paper forms to manage their Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, thanks to the new SGLI Online Enrollment System, or SOES.

  • AF announces enlisted PME redesign

    Air Force officials announced major changes to the enlisted professional military education program today via an initiative called Enlisted Professional Military Education for the 21st Century, or “EPME 21”.
  • Capt. Christopher Cadieux, a 146th Air Support Operations Squadron air liaison officer from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, calls in coordinates during a training event at Razorback Range, Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center in Fort Smith, Ark., and Hog Military Operating Area, Mansfield, Ark., July 11, 2017. The close air support training event, called Sooner Strike, was coordinated by the 146 ASOS and enabled Airmen in the air and on the ground to share techniques and accomplish both mission qualification training and continuation training with several aircraft common to TACP missions. (U.S Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew M. LaMoreaux)

    Oklahoma Air National Guardsman participate in five-day close air support training event

    More than 50 Airmen from Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve wings participated in a five-day close air support training event at Razorback Range, Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Hog Military Operating Area, Mansfield, Arkansas, July 10-14, 2017.   Tactical Air Control Party specialists from the 146th Air
  • Reservists return from deployment

    Reservists return from deployment

    The first rounds of 442d Mission Support Group members have returned from a six-month deployment, while the remaining members are scheduled to return in time for the Unit Effectiveness Inspection in August.
  • Col. James Brock, 442d Fighter Wing Maintenance Group commander, passes the guidon to Maj. James Chevalier, incoming 442d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, during an assumption of command ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., July 8, 2017. Chevalier's previous assignment was the Implementation Branch Chief, Repair Network Integration Division, Headquarters Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Oh. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Missy Sterling)

    AMXS gains new commander

    Members of the 442d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron welcomed back Maj. James Chevalier as their new commander during the assumption-of-command ceremony here July 8.
  • Courtesy photo

    Ready for anything: 1-135th AHB deploys to National Training Center

    Soldiers wake up at the crack of dawn, dust themselves off from their sandy cot–if they were lucky enough to have one, and throw on full battle rattle. They rip open their favorite MRE and hope they can finish it before the attacks begin.
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