Air Force

Officer: Don’t drink and climb trees…and stay safe

This officer may not have been arrested, but he suffered a) a blow to his ego and b) 25 broken bones. 2nd Lt. Stephen Hunter recently recalled for Air Education and Training Command’s Torch Magazine a misfit move he pulled back in May 2012 when he was an incoming senior at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Hunter woke up to paramedics trying to treat his mangled body. The cadet, who had been drinking rum and Cokes since noon, thought it’d be a good idea to climb nearly 40 feet up a 110-foot cottonwood tree at 2 a.m. Until he fell.…

The Singing Sergeants Choir joins @CarrieUnderwood to perform “Something in the Water.” http://t.co/Nf1n5ki03o
— HBO (@HBO) November 12, 2014

Veterans Day: the Air Force in action

By Oriana Pawlyk on November 12, 2014 Air Force, Veterans

Whether it was in your community or on the jumbotron, Air Force members were honored across the country yesterday for Veterans Day. Check out some moments from sporting events, ceremonies, and from ‘The Concert for Valor’ held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.: The Singing Sergeants Choir joins @CarrieUnderwood to perform “Something in the Water.” http://t.co/Nf1n5ki03o — HBO (@HBO) November 12, 2014

A-10 fight to return to Capitol Hill on Thursday

By Brian Everstine on November 12, 2014 Air Force, budget cuts, Uncategorized

The battle over the future of the A-10 will return to Capitol Hill tomorrow as a group of lawmakers and Air Force veterans gather to call on the service to end its planned retirement of the jet. Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., John McCain, R-Ariz., Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., will host an event with Reps. Ron Barber, D-Ariz., Vicki Hartzler, R-Mo., and Austin Scott, R-Ga., on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The press conference will come two days after the Air Force said it is discussing a compromise with Congress to just retire some of the…

Suspect in bank robbery using Air Force PT uniform as disguise

By Oriana Pawlyk on October 29, 2014 Air Force, PT, Uniforms

Police and the FBI are hunting for a bank robber disguised as an airman who can’t pass the tape test. Kansas City authorities say what appears to be “a heavy-set woman” wearing an Air Force PT jacket and pants combo is the suspect behind a bank robbery and an attempted bank robbery on Monday in Missouri, Fox4KC reports. The suspect was also seen wearing a winter-style Skull cap, dark sunglasses, black gloves and carried a laptop-style black bag. The suspect reportedly walked up to a teller at a Capitol Federal Savings inside of a Price Chopper supermarket in the Northland…

Airman sings ‘God Bless America’ at the World Series

By Brian Everstine on October 27, 2014 Air Force, Sports, Video

Airman 1st Class Michelle Doolittle sang “God Bless America” last night during the fifth game of the World Series last night in San Francisco. Doolittle is a member of the Air Force Band Golden West at Travis Air Force Base, California, according to a Tweet from the service.

Ground mishaps drop across the Air Force

By Brian Everstine on October 24, 2014 Air Force

The Air Force in fiscal 2014 posted its safest year for ground safety in 10 years, the Air Force Safety Center announced Oct. 22. There were three on-duty and 42 off-duty ground fatalities in 2014, down from seven on-duty and 47 off-duty fatalities in 2013, according to the Safety Center. Over the past 10 years, the average is 5.9 deaths on duty and 50.6 off duty. The drop comes after a spike in summer deaths in 2013, which was the highest since 2009. The service’s Critical Days of Summer campaign, focused on risk management, coincided with a drop in fatalities…

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James to chat on Twitter

By Brian Everstine on October 20, 2014 Air Force, Leadership

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James will take your questions on Twitter next week. The Air Force announced she will be available at 2:30 p.m. next Monday to talk about “top life and leadership lessons.” Get your questions ready, this is the first chat with James and the first for a current Air Force secretary.

Have an injury? Website offers virtual doctor's office to airmen

By Oriana Pawlyk on October 15, 2014 Air Force, Defense Department, PT, Sports

Is that ankle sprain getting worse? Your knee acting up again? Maybe it’s time to consult someone who isn’t WebMD. Now you can “Ask the Expert,” an online program military members and DoD civilians can use to submit questions to sports medicine experts. Under a new partnership between the Air Force Medical Service and the Defense Department’s Human Performance Resource Center, airmen can consult HPRC experts on sports medicine, physical therapy, exercise physiology, athletic training, nutrition and more, according to an Air Force release. “All Air Force healthcare providers — whether active duty, Guard, Reserve, civilian, or contractor — need…

First general officer qualifies in the F-35A

By Brian Everstine on October 2, 2014 Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command, Air Force

The first general officer has completed qualification training in the F-35A. Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, completed the training on Sept. 26 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Silveria topped off the seven-week training regimen with five hours of flying in two back-to-back sorties along with a hot pit refuel. “The Warfare Center is so involved with the development and future of this aircraft that it was important for me to see and experience this new program at the lowest tactical level and bring that knowledge base back to the higher level strategic…

…Does Air Force have a response? Navy hammers Air Force with parody video before football game

By Oriana Pawlyk on October 1, 2014 Air Force, Air Force Academy

The newly released iPhone 6 is getting all sorts of attention these days. And the Navy is using it to their advantage. In this Siri iPhone parody video, the “Go Navy, beat Air Force” spirit is in full swing before the Midshipmen take on the Falcons this Saturday at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Watch Siri’s sassy behavior shut down the conversation.

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