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  • Weather Airmen share mission at Rose Bowl event

    As people prepared to celebrate the New Year’s holiday, five Airmen from units across the 557th Weather Wing journeyed to Pasadena, California. Their mission was to tell the Air Force Weather story at Live on Green!, a free entertainment and education event that precedes the annual Rose Parade and

  • A Very Important Patch Tuesday

    On January 14, Microsoft released a set of patches for the Windows platform. While all of the issues addressed in the patch release are serious, this article will discuss one of them: CVE-2020-0601. Above anything else, we urge everyone to take action and patch their systems. CVE-2020-0601 is a

  • Fit through the end: ACCs new prenatal/postpartum guidance

    I sat on my bathroom toilet in shock, heart pounding almost out of my chest as tears welled up in my eyes. “There’s no way I’m pregnant,” I thought to myself, except there was a way and as unexpected as it was, it was true.

  • New 16th AF commander, command chief immerse into AFTAC mission

    The new 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander visited the Air Force Technical Applications Center Dec. 16 to get an up-close look at how the nuclear treaty monitoring center plays a critical role in the Numbered Air Force’s overarching intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber and

  • 480th ISRW SNCO wins ACC safety award

    Senior Master Sgt. Jakob Kurtz, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing safety superintendent, was selected as the Air Combat Command Safety Career Professional of the Year. During this time period, Kurtz was selected as the Air Force representative for Joint Professional

  • 392nd IS member selected for commissioning

    As the news broke from the other end of the phone, Tech. Sgt. Kristen Ketterer, 392nd Intelligence Squadron, was overcome with excitement. On the other line was the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing’s command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Trey Walker, notifying her that she had

  • Be safe online this, every holiday season

    The holiday season is a prime time for hackers, scammers and online thieves. While millions of Americans will be looking online for the best gifts and Cyber Monday deals, hackers will be looking to take advantage of weaknesses in shoppers' devices or connections in order to extract personal and

  • VCSAF meets with nuclear scientists, engineers about future operations

    Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. “Seve” Wilson paid a visit to the Air Force Technical Applications Center here Dec. 4 to meet with nuclear scientists and engineers about their role in global nuclear deterrence and nonproliferation. Wilson was accompanied by Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, Air

  • 43 SMSgts selected for promotion across 16th AF

    Air Force officials selected 43 Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant today. Congratulations to the following selects:Addington, MichaelAncic, AndreBenge, WarrenBoles, KevinBouchard, NathanBrown, JasonBurton, JasonCochran, JosephCoffin,

  • Cyber SELs talk enlisted matters during panel

    Several cyber senior enlisted leaders, including U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, command SEL of U.S. Cyber Command, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Summer Leifer, Sixteenth Air Force command chief, discussed various cyber enlisted matters during an Alamo AFCEA Chapter Event