Jan. 6, 2022 AFSOC History Office wins 2021 Air Force Excellence in Command History Program Award The award recognizes the best primary or field command history office for outstanding history and heritage programs leadership that provided exemplary historical services to improve organizational effectiveness, esprit de corps, and combat capability.
Sept. 2, 2021 The Summer Before 9/11 This September marks 20 years since our nation came under attack. Most people can vividly remember where they were on 9/11 and repeat that event in full detail; however, when you ask them what the nation, or the Air Force, looked like in the summer before 9/11, they struggle to find a memory.
Dec. 7, 2018 Seventh Air Force reflects on its Pearl Harbor sacrifices 77 years later OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- For American service members at Pearl Harbor, the humming of engines in the early morning of December 7, 1941 was something they’d heard many times before as the Hawaiian Air Force conducted routine flying operations, but in one horrifying instant, their reality
Nov. 30, 2018 25th OWS celebrates 75th anniversary Surrounded by historic aircraft in the main hangar of the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tuscon, Arizona, the 25th Operational Weather Squadron celebrated its 75th anniversary Nov. 2, 2018. Originally known as the 25th Weather Squadron, the unit provided weather support to Army and Army Air Corps
Sept. 5, 2018 History office plays key role in OCP emblem-to-patch conversion Since early recorded history, warring tribes often carried banners or flags marked with emblems to represent factions and motivate their warriors to fight for the cause. It is to this historical tradition that we can trace the evolution of military emblems and patches. As the Air Force begins
Dec. 5, 2017 75 years of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing: Operation Iraqi Freedom In December of 2002, while the war in Afghanistan continued to be a prominent fixture in American current events, the 386th AEW began to transform its tiny Southwest Asia undisclosed location from a small steady-state base to, at the time, the largest air base in U.S. Central Commands area of
Dec. 4, 2017 386th hand selected for largest amphibious invasion Just as the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing has a significant role in today’s mission, their storied history began during World War II. On Tuesday, June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches in Nazi-occupied Normandy, France in one of World War II’s most ambitious operations, nearly 73 years
Dec. 1, 2017 386th AEW celebrates 75 years of history On Dec. 1, the 386th BG, now the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, celebrates its 75th birthday; a journey that started at MacDill Air Field, Tampa, Florida, in 1942 and continues to this day at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.
Nov. 4, 2017 Once an Okie, always an Okie: The History of Reserve Airmen at Tinker U.S. Air Force Reserve units served here dating back to June 1946, when they were still part of the Army Air Forces. Since that time, Air Force Reserve units on base have flown bombers, trainers, transports, fighters and now command and control and aerial refueling aircraft.
Oct. 25, 2017 Nose art pays tribute to B-52’s top secret past A B-52 Stratofortress from the 419th Flight Test Squadron is sporting new nose art to commemorate it’s storied past. Renowned aviation artist Mike Machat completed the artwork earlier this month on B-52 #60-0036. Machat recently completed nose art on an Edwards B-1B Lancer and was again commissioned