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  • Colorado reservist member of award winning C-130 MAFFS crew

    Maj. Derik George, a C-130 pilot with the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing was part of the crew that recently received the Air Mobility Command Chief of Safety Aircrew of Distinction Award for their efforts following a landing gear malfunction while fighting fires in southern Utah.The

  • COMACC tours 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern)

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, expressed gratitude to the men and women of 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) and discussed the past, present and future of the Air Force during a visit to Tyndall Feb. 2-3."I can't say thank you enough and you can't hear it

  • AFNORTH CC hosts Commander's Call

    The commander of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region - 1st Air Force (AFNORTH), Lt. Gen. William H. Etter, recognized  annual award winners, reviewed accomplishments for 2014  and outlined a key goal for 2015 during the organization's first commander's call of 2015."The

  • Son flies in father's footsteps

    Some sons follow in their father's footsteps. Others fly in them.Such was the case recently when Capt. Taylor Wight, an F-15 Strike Eagle pilot, flew a Weapons Systems Evaluation Program mission at Tyndall with his father, Col. Al Wimmer, director of Air Forces Northern's Operations and Information

  • Congressional Gold Medal honors Civil Air Patrol's World War II service

    Forty-six founding Civil Air Patrol members were present today to see the organization honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for the service they and more than 200,000 other CAP volunteers provided during World War II, when they helped proect U.S. shipping against German U-boat attacks and

  • Commander, Mexican Air Force, visits AFNORTH

    The commander of Mexico's Air Force visited Air Forces Northern Nov. 24-26 for an exchange of mission-related information.When Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Rodriguez Munguia arrived at the Killey Center for Homeland Operations, he was greeted by an honorary cordon of 18 salute-bearing Air