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April 26, 2019

Air Force sports seeks male, female softball players

The Air Force is looking for men and women for 2019 Air Force Softball Trial Camps. The men’s camp is at Eglin AFB, Florida, and the women’s is at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Both camps are July 25 – Aug. 11. Armed Forces Softball Championships are Aug. 12-18 at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida. Applications are due no later than June 3 for coaching staffs and June 10 for athletes.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander, speaks with a top performer’s supervisor at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 16, 2019. Guastella coined several 432nd Wing/432nd Expeditionary Wing and 799th Air Base Group outstanding Airmen who deliver persistent attack and reconnaissance against the nation’s enemies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Clausen)

Jan. 23, 2019

Creech Showcases RPA enterprise to AFCENT leadership

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Drinkard, AFCENT command chief, visited Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 16, 2019. Guastella and Drinkard visited different operational flying squadrons on base and the Persistent Attack and Reconnaissance Operations Center to get a hands-on look at how combat Remotely Piloted Aircraft missions are executed while also interacting with the Airmen who support them. Drinkard experienced what it’s like to fly a MQ-9 Reaper in a simulated environment, learning from experienced Airmen how they execute missions.

Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, speaks to Airmen selected as superior performers during his visit to Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 6, 2018. Holmes visited the Airmen of the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing to view Remotely Piloted Aircraft operations firsthand and to discuss the future of the enterprise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Clausen)

Jan. 10, 2018

COMACC visits Creech to discuss RPA enterprise future

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The Commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Holmes, and ACC Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Frank Batten, visited the men and women of Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 6, 2018. Holmes and Batten met with Creech leadership to discuss future installation and mission opportunities. They also toured operational squadrons to greet the Airmen of the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing and see them perform their critical mission.

Maj. Richard, 432nd Wing MQ-1 Predator pilot, watches the Predator fly over a C-5M Supergalaxy while reminiscing how about how he became a U.S. Air Force pilot. As a seven-year-old boy, Richard fell in love with the C-5 and aviation during Lethbridge International Airshow in Alberta, Canada. More than twenty years later he became a C-5 pilot, flying for four years in that airframe. Now, he flies the MQ-1 Predator. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Clausen)

Aug. 3, 2017

Inspired by air show, boy becomes USAF pilot

LETHBRIDGE, Canada — Inspiration can be fleeting or it can be enduring. As seven-year-old boy, Richard felt this powerful drive during a family outing to an air show, he had no idea it would shape his future career helping him become a U.S. Air Force pilot. "Lethbridge was the first air show I went to when I was a kid,” said Maj. Richard, 432nd Wing MQ-1 Predator pilot. "We looked at all the airplanes and there wasn’t a single airplane that made more of an impression on me than the C-5 [Galaxy] did. I was just enthralled and I didn't quite know why, but even at that age I knew I wanted to be a part of it and fly it. It became my greatest dream."

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