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  • Meet the Command Chief – Who is Chief Master Sgt. Annika L’Ecuyer?

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Annika "AJ" L'Ecuyer is the current command chief for the 363d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing. She grew up in a small town (1,000 residents, not counting livestock) in Northeastern Kansas and is the eighth of 10 children, five sisters, and four

  • Every day is International Day of Friendship at 16th Air Force

    International Day of Friendship is about building bridges between communities to inspire peace, a day celebrated on July 30, 2023.16th Air Force continues to build bridges amongst our Allies and partners, and even provides them the opportunity to integrate directly into the organization’s

  • 688th Cyberspace Wing welcomes incoming commander

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The 688th Cyberspace Wing welcomed it’s incoming commander during a change of command ceremony here, June 29, 2023.Col. James Hewitt passed the guidon to Col. Joshua Rockhill as part of the symbolic military tradition at the Lackland Gateway Club. Maj. Gen.

  • Colonel John Thorne takes command of 363d ISR Wing

    U.S. Air Force Colonel Eric Mack relinquished command of the 363d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing to U.S. Air Force Colonel John Thorne, during a change of command ceremony, June 21, 2023 here. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, Sixteenth Air Force; Commander, Air Forces

  • VCJCS pays historic visit to nuke treaty monitoring center

    For the first time in its decades-long history, the Air Force Technical Applications Center here hosted the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his spouse June 9, 2023. Admiral Christopher W. Grady received several classified briefings about how the Department of Defense’s sole nuclear

  • 70th ISRW welcomes new commander

    U.S. Air Force Col. Craig S. Miller, 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing commander, relinquished command to U.S. Air Force Col. Celina Noyes, during a Change of Command Ceremony June 9, 2023, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

  • Weather prime factor in D-Day and even more important in warfare today

    The D-Day landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944 marked the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe. Few people realize that weather was the deciding factor in the timing of the momentous landings. The Sixteenth Air Force’s (16 AF) 557th Weather Wing (WW) played an active role in Gen. Dwight D.

  • Offutt rebuilds command center

    Team Offutt members gathered to celebrate the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Installation Control Center and Air Combat Command’s sole nuclear command and control watch floor May 23, 2023, at Offutt Air Force Base.