Base prepares for AFNet migration

Peterson Air Force Base is scheduled to start migrating to the Air Force Network Oct. 3. The transition is expected to take 11 weeks to fully implement. The AFNet migration is part of an ongoing service-wide effort transforming cyber operations and establishing a centralized Air Force Network under

Air Force C-130s deliver fire retardant support to Walker County fire

For a third day in a row, Air Force C-130s delivered needed fire retardant to ground fire crews Sept. 13, focusing their efforts on a wildfire north of Houston.Aircrews manning four C-130 Hercules aircraft dropped approximately 27,000 gallons of fire retardant against Fire 898, a 1,400-acre fire

Congressman views operations at Austin air tanker base up close

Air Force aerial firefighters launch missions from Austin

Airmen from Colorado and North Carolina launched missions Sept. 11 to provide aerial firefighting support to raging Texas wildfires.The Airmen assigned to the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group, based at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, started their aerial firefighting support here against Fire

Colorado, North Carolina-based Airmen arrive in Texas for firefighting support

Airmen from units based in Colorado and North Carolina arrived Sept. 10 to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to support Texas and federal agencies already battling wildland forest fires throughout the state.The Airmen, deployed as the combined 302nd Air Expeditionary Group, were expected to

MAFFS aircraft join aerial firefighting efforts in Texas, Northwest U.S.

Six Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service, Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) have been tasked by U.S. Northern Command in support of the National Interagency Fire Center to supplement wildland firefighting efforts in Texas and in the Northwest U.S.Four

Air Force leaders issue Sept. 11 message

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy issued the following message to the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force:September 11, 2011, marks the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives

NCO receives reduction in grade, hard labor for cheating on fitness test

On Aug. 6, a panel of Air Force officers convicted a former staff sergeant of one violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 107, making a false official statement, and sentenced her to a reduction in grade to senior airman and 14 days of hard labor without confinement. The panel

Congressional staff visit Colorado's Air Force Reserve

Eleven Congerssional staff members participated in visits Aug. 24-26 to Air Force Reserve units in Colorado including the 302nd Airlift Wing, the 310th Space Wing and Air Reserve Personnel Center. The staff delegation visit was sponsored by the Directorate of Policy Integration, United States Air

Air Force Reserve announces senior leader changes

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., chief of the Air Force Reserve, announced the following senior leader actions Aug. 31:Maj. Gen. Frank J. Padilla, commander, 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, is reassigned as deputy Inspector General of the Air Force, Office of