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The Inter-American Air Forces Academy’s mission, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, is to provide military education and training to military personnel of eligible partner nations. To accomplish this, IAAFA partners with 23 countries to teach 32 curricula to include Professional Military Education,
Each year, Airman Magazine creates "Airman Aerials", a photographic art gallery, to honor their efforts by featuring some of the best aerial photography from around the service in the previous 12 months.
The Airman Medical Transition Unit, or AMTU, is a program that is designed to help ease the stress and uncertainty of navigating medical care within the Air Force.
The HC-130J is a fixed-wing Personnel Recovery Platform flown by rescue wings, squadrons and groups belonging to Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Reserve Command and the Air National Guard.
Col. Jeff Pixley, commander of the 737th Training Group, discusses the ever-evolving training environment at basic military training in San Antonio, Texas.
As the Air Force strives to advance technology for strategic competition, the AI Accelerator breaks down advanced technical concepts surrounding AI and machine learning, while simultaneously influencing policy to shape the current technological environment to fit National Defense Priorities.
Increasing awareness of and familiarity with emotional intelligence sets the stage for a better understanding of individual follower responses and reactions and fine-tuning leadership approaches to the challenges of leading an educated, professional force in the situations leaders face today.
Twin brothers were founding member of the Thunderbirds, an Air Combat Command unit now comprising four support officers, three civilians and more than 130 enlisted personnel in 25 career fields supporting eight pilots, including six demonstration pilots, that flies 75 shows a year.
Threats such as cyberattacks, electromagnetic spectrum, and adversarial artificial intelligence have changed the face of warfare. Follow Air Force Special Operations Command as they adapt to the constantly evolving strategic competitive environment complicated by these emerging technologies.
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is currently testing an array of technologies that, if successful, could be implemented enterprise-wide as a cost-effective force multiplier.
Within the Joint Force, the Air Force leads the way in promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, or DEIA.
Throughout its 75-year history, the Air Force has used crisis to propel itself into innovation in the hopes of ensuring the same disaster doesn’t happen twice.
Five second lieutenants are getting a unique opportunity to work side-by-side with experienced civil engineers very early in their careers through the Tyndall Hands program.
The KC-10 Extender is an advanced tanker and cargo aircraft combining aerial refueling capabilities with personnel and supply transport capabilities.
The broad spectrum of technologies the Air Force is currently fielding at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is aimed at cutting down on emergency response times, improving quality of life for Airmen and reducing maintenance costs for military installations worldwide. Following the destruction caused
In the aftermath of the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Michael in 2018, the U.S. Air Force has been utilizing fast-paced contracting processes to acquire innovative technologies from commercial partners in order to rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base as an ‘Installation of the Future’.
As part of the 75th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Air Force, Air Mobility Command will honor one of the fledgling service’s first heroes, Col. Gail Halvorsen, with a celebration of his life and legacy in his hometown of Provo, Utah, May 20-21.
In 2018, Hurricane Michael traveled through the Gulf of Mexico and decimated the infrastructure at Tyndall Air Force Base, and since the Air Force made the decision to rebuild, the base has consistently been referred to as the ‘Installation of the Future’.
Airframe Profiles
For your situational awareness, today’s Airmen are collaborative, connected, and they want to serve, making them the most valued asset in the U.S. Air Force. But what good is having super-intelligent Airmen if nobody’s listening to them?
AFSOC commander and special operations lifer Lt. Gen. James Slife to discuss new technologies, capabilities and priorities as the United States shifts focus from decades of conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror to countering peer adversaries Russia and China.
In this episode of The Debrief, the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, the CODEMANDOS, a 3-D printing guru and the director of the HSU Innovation Institute tell us about the current projects and accomplishments Airmen have achieved on the road to accelerate change, or lose.
After decades of concentrating on Afghanistan and the War On Terror, AFSOC is pivoting to focus on strategic competition with peer adversaries; Russia and China.
The 1st Special Operations Wing partnered with the Hsu Educational Foundation in June 2020 to create the FieldWerx Makerspace to offer STEM-based opportunities to Airmen and youth in the local community.
The withdrawal from Afghanistan marks a pivotal moment in the U.S. shift toward Strategic Competition. As an era of nation building ends, a new one begins - with Airmen as Air Force Special Operations Command’s strategic advantage.
Airman Magazine's compilation of outstanding aerial imagery produced by U.S. Air Force photographers during 2021.
Remembering the legacy of U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager on the anniversary of his death.
Air Force Special Operations Command has made significant changes to their deployment tempo that will allow Airmen to have designated time to build resiliency and work towards career and life goals. These changes should help them shift their focus from counter violent extremist missions to preparing
Lt. Gen. James Slife, commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, discusses the challenges AFSOC is facing to shift from the counter violent extremist mission to great power competition against peer adversaries.
FYSA: Agility Prime. For your situational awareness, flying cars are real and the Air Force is helping to rapidly get them in the air. Our guest, AFWERX Director Colonel Nathan Diller prefers to call these flying cars eVTOLs, or electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing vehicles. We’ll defer to his
At Altitude podcast with Brig. Gen. Jeffery D. Valenzia discussing the U.S. Air Force's development of the Advanced Battle Management System or ABMS.
FYSA Podcast with SECAF Frank Kendall