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  • Lt. Col. Eric Alvarez stands squarely in front of his unit with a B-1 jet positioned behind them. Making history and logging hours: B-1B WSO reaches 5,000 flying hours
    Making history and logging hours: B-1B WSO reaches 5,000 flying hours
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 21st Air Task Force transport a simulated casualty during exercise CHAOS RISING at a Combat Support Training Range location, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 9, 2025. This rigorous training ensured 21st ATF Airmen are mission ready by honing capabilities that enable operating from smaller, dispersed locations to generate and sustain combat airpower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alondra Cristobal Hernandez) 21st ATF excels in austere environment during CHAOS RISING
    21st ATF excels in austere environment during CHAOS RISING
  • U.S. Air Force identity design graphic depicts a C-130J Super Hercules with external fuel tanks flying over Basco Airport, Philippines with a Texas flag streaming behind demonstrating Max Endurance Operations for Exercise Balikatan 25 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 8, 2025. Elements in the graphic included the eight-rayed sun from the Philippines flag and Sampaguita, Philippines national flower. 317th AW boosts Indo-Pacific reach during Balikatan 25
    317th AW boosts Indo-Pacific reach during Balikatan 25
  • B-1 Lancer preparing for flight BTF 25-2: B-1B Lancers return to Dyess
    BTF 25-2: B-1B Lancers return to Dyess
  • An airman performs maintenance on a B-1 bomber aircraft Behind the Bomber: The team driving operational success
    Behind the Bomber: The team driving operational success
  • Relatives of Lt. Col. William E. Dyess observe a B-1B Lancer during a tour at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 9, 2025. Dyess AFB was renamed from Abilene AFB in 1956 in honor of the late Dyess, a two-time Distinguished Service Cross recipient with a remarkable career as an U.S. Army Air Force commander, infantry commander, and survivor of the Bataan Death March. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jade M. Caldwell) Lt. Col. William E. Dyess relatives tour base
    Lt. Col. William E. Dyess relatives tour base

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  • A U.S. Airman prepares for a B-1 mission.

    Making history and logging hours: B-1B WSO reaches 5,000 flying hours
  • U.S. Air Force identity design graphic depicts a C-130J Super Hercules with external fuel tanks flying over Basco Airport, Philippines with a Texas flag streaming behind demonstrating Max Endurance Operations for Exercise Balikatan 25 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 8, 2025. Elements in the graphic included the eight-rayed sun from the Philippines flag and Sampaguita, Philippines national flower.

    317th AW boosts Indo-Pacific reach during Balikatan 25
  • B-1 Lancer preparing for flight

    BTF 25-2: B-1B Lancers return to Dyess
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 21st Air Task Force transport a simulated casualty during exercise CHAOS RISING at a Combat Support Training Range location, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 9, 2025. This rigorous training ensured 21st ATF Airmen are mission ready by honing capabilities that enable operating from smaller, dispersed locations to generate and sustain combat airpower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alondra Cristobal Hernandez)

    21st ATF excels in austere environment during CHAOS RISING
  • A B-1 bomber sits on the flightline in the rain

    Behind the Bomber: The team driving operational success

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    2024 Nuclear Deterrence Operations and Nuclear and Missile Operations functional award winners announced
  • Members from the U.S. Transportation Command pose after winning the Warrior Challenge at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, May 22, 2025. Their team earned first place after competing in a series of physically and mentally demanding events designed to test tactical readiness and teamwork

    Scott AFB honors heritage, proves readiness in Warrior Challenge
  • Spanish Army paratroopers board a cargo plane during an exercise

    C-130s deliver US, Spanish paratroopers to Latvia, demonstrating allied strength in Swift Response 25
  • U.S. Airmen assigned to the 612th Air Operations Center (AOC) and 612th Air Communications Squadron conduct command and control operations during a mock deployment exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 13, 2025. The exercise tested the unit’s ability to execute the full Air Tasking Cycle while using the Shadow Operations Center- Nellis as a simulated deployed location to produce, publish and execute the Air Tasking Order. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Nesbitt)

    Airmen demonstrate agile C2 capabilities in simulated contested environment
  • F-35A sits on flightline

    Changing Parts: 125th LRS Embraces F-35A Conversion

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