SSgt promotion test rescheduled for April 1-May 16

To ensure senior airmen selected for promotion to staff sergeant do not meet the enlisted retention board, the Air Force will move the testing window up earlier this calendar year, from May 1-June 15 to April 1-May 16, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today."We have assured Airmen selected

Las Vegas City Council members learn ISR mission

A group of about 20 Las Vegas City Council members, including Mayor Pro Tem Stavros Anthony, received a firsthand look at the ISR mission during a short visit Jan. 30.During the tour, the officials viewed static displays of the MQ-1B Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft and learned

Airmen perform CPR, save stranger's life

Three noncommissioned officers were awarded the U.S. Air Force Achievement Medal during a ceremony Jan. 31 for their quick reactions that saved the life of a stranger at McCarren International Airport earlier in the month. Staff Sgt. Brent Olson, military working dog instructor with the 99th Ground

AFCENT Command Chief receives firsthand look at ISR mission, Airmen

The 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing welcomed the Air Forces Central Command command chief, Chief Master Sergeant Shelina Frey during her two-day visit Jan. 9-10.The visit allowed Frey to see the faces of the Airmen who support and conduct the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

12th AF commander receives firsthand look at ISR mission

The Hunters of the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing welcomed the 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander, Lt. Gen. Tod D. Wolters during a two-day visit Jan. 13-14.The visit gave the commander the opportunity to meet the Airmen who perform the Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and

2013: Year in photos

Making the final flight

The 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing has wrapped up 2013 with its last shipment of the year - one that will be used to champion remotely piloted airpower during 2014 and, hopefully, beyond. Three C-17 crews arrived from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on Dec. 30, 2013, to load their aircraft

AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement

Beauty and a Beast: Airman's road to becoming world's strongest woman

It's not uncommon to see Alanna flipping a 600-pound tire, carrying a 200-pound keg or a 150-pound sandbag, or doing a 225-pound farmers carry; things her neighbors have grown to see as normal.She can be seen at all hours of the day and night lifting weights or lugging atlas rocks around. Yet she

Former commander sees mission decades later

Linus Upson Jr. was a 27-year-old Army Air Corps major when he was assigned to command Indian Springs Army Air Field in 1945.Both Upson and the base were in the early stages of serving their country. Upson had only a few years of service under his belt when the base stood up in early 1942."There was