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  • U.S. Air Forces Central Command realigns aircraft and airmen to Kandahar Airfield

    442d Fighter Wing Airmen, orgininally slated to deploy to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, have been realigned to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
  • An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, prepares to take-off from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 20, 2018.

    A-10 Thunderbolt II Joins Air Campaign Against Taliban

      United States Forces - Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and Afghan National Defense and Security Force’s (ANDSF) air campaign against the Taliban was bolstered with the arrival of a squadron of A-10C Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft, Jan. 19 Commonly known as the Warthog, the A-10’s return to Afghanistan supports the increased need for close air
  • Maj. Gen. Ronald 'Bruce' Miller clocks 3,000 hours in A-10

    10th Air Force commander clocks 3,000 A-10 hours

    Maj. Gen. Ronald B. "Bruce" Miller, the 10th Air Force commander, logged his 3,000th hour behind the stick of an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft Nov. 29, 2017, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Miller received a plaque from the 303d Fighter Squadron to commemorate the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Bob Jennings/Released)

  • AROWS change improves visibility of operational requirements

    Beginning Oct. 1, a new data field will be added to the Air Reserve Orders Writing System that will be used primarily to track military personnel appropriation and other orders for operational requirements. This new field will be called Air Reserve Component Operational Requirements Tracker or ARCORT. The only orders required to have an ARCORT
  • Smoke rises over a wildfire in California

    Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies

    For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have effected wide swaths of the U.S.
  • 442d Maintenance Group NCO/SNCO induction ceremony

    442d Maintenance Group NCO/SNCO induction ceremony

    The 442d Maintenance Group condected a ceremony to welcome 19 new staff sergeants and 9 new master sergeants into the ranks of NCOs and senior NCOs, respectively, Aug. 26, 2017 on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Chief Master Sgt. John Candey administered the NCO and senior NCO charge and creed. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bob
  • Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler visits 442d Fighter Wing

    Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler visits 442d Fighter Wing

    Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, in purple, toured the 303d Fighter Squadron Aug. 25, 2017, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Hartzler met with Brig. Gen. Brian K Borgen, the commander of the 442d Fighter Wing, and Brig. Gen. John J. Nichols, the commander of the 509th Bomb Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bob Jennings/Released)
  • 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.
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