Cold Blast
January 31st, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
A marshaling Airman turns his back to avoid the inevitable cloud of spray, broken by bright sunlight, as Airmen finish spraying a C-17 Globemaster III from a Global Ground Support Aircraft Deicer truck at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 17, 2012. When ice forms in the extreme cold temperatures, it can throw off the aerodynamics of aircraft and risk the mission, equipment and lives. Maintainers use the deicer to ensure aircraft continue flying safely. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)
Airman Competes in Tough Mudder
January 29th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
Senior Airman Danielle Sturdivant, with the 56th Communications Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., crawls through the “electric eel” obstacle Jan. 14, 2012, during the Tough Mudder competition at the Mesa Proving Grounds in Mesa, Ariz. The yellow wires contained electricity and would shock the person when they touched it. (Airman 1st Class David Owsianka/U.S. Air Force)
Special Operations Refueling Flight
January 26th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
A 71st Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey is refueled by a 522nd Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Combat Shadow II Jan. 4, 2012, over New Mexico. The 71st SOS is located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and the 522nd SOS at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. The MC-130J provided in-flight refueling as part of a joint-base partnership. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman James Bell)
Wings of Blue Parachute Competition Team
January 24th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Parachutists with the Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Competition Team attempt to set a three-point, 32-way college record during a jump competition Dec. 28, 2011, through Jan. 2, 2012, over Eloy, Ariz. Wings of Blue teams won multiple medals at the competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Mike Love)
Air Force 2011 Year in Pictures
January 9th, 2012 | Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
An A-10 Thunderbolt II with the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., drops an AGM-65 Maverick missile during a close air support training mission Sept. 23, 2011, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. This photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman is just one of several eye-catching images released today by the Air Force as part of their 2011 Year in Pictures gallery.
Snow Day At Bagram
January 9th, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Rice operates a snowblower next to an F-16C Fighting Falcon at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2012. Rice is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and is deployed from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, which is based at Atlantic City International Airport, N.J. (Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Air Force)
2011 Military Photos of the Year
December 22nd, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Mike Morones
PHOTO OF THE YEAR: Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011 after Gaeta’s ship returned from 80 days at sea. It’s a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings – one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Brian J. Clark)
Operation Christmas Drop
December 20th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
Staff Sgt. Kyle Favorite, 374th Airlift Wing loadmaster, from Yokota Air Base in Japan, pushes a pallet out of a C-130 Hercules over the island of Fais in Micronesia during Operation Christmas Drop 2011 on Dec. 15, 2011. Christmas has come early to some remote islands in the western Pacific. Care packages full of medicine, food, toys and school supplies have been raining down on dozens of tiny Micronesian islands over the past week with “Operation Christmas Drop,” the oldest ongoing U.S. Department of Defense mission in the world, in its 60th year, in full swing. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
On the Road Out
December 19th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
The last remaining U.S.military forces drove across the Iraqi border per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31. Since 2003, more than one million airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines have served in Iraq. (Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo/USAF)
Countermeasures
November 28th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
A C-17 Globemaster III launches flares during a Mobility Air Forces Exercise Nov. 16, 2011, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The U.S. Air Force Weapons School holds MAFEX twice a year to test the ability of C-17A Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircrews from Air Force bases around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)