Articles

  • Sharpening the edge: Airmen refine their skills for readiness

    MRAT is a hands-on exercise that is designed to prepare Airmen with the multi-capable skills and mindset needed for deployment and reinforce a warrior ethos while preparing service members to carry out missions both at home and overseas.

  • Exercise SENTRY REX: More robust than ever

    Joint-service exercise, SENTRY REX 20-3, was back for its third iteration August 23-28, and was more robust than ever.The exercise, hosted by the 552nd Air Control Wing, specialized on Combat Search and Rescue mission integration.Units and assets involved in the exercise included E-3 Sentry Airborne

  • Blue Flag exercise 40th anniversary luncheon

    The 505th Combat Training Squadron hosted a Blue Flag exercise 40th anniversary luncheon at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Dec. 15, 2016. Blue Flag provides doctrinally correct air, space, and cyberspace crisis action planning.

  • Medical Group exercises skills during TFX Olympus Archer

    Members of the 1st Special Operations Medical Group, in conjunction with aircrew assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing and members of the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, conducted medical evacuations and in-flight medical procedures during Task Force Exercise Olympus Archer here, Aug.

  • Blue Flag exercise marks 40th Anniversary

    Lightning crashes, and fire shoots from the ground. Smoke fills the room as Dorothy and her companions shake with fear of the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, until Toto pulls back the emerald green curtain to reveal a mere mortal operating a machine that creates the illusion of the ruler of Emerald

  • 505th CTS re-opens newly renovated facility

    The 505th Combat Training Squadron held a ribbon-cutting ceremony here, June 27, for the re-opening of the Air Component Control Facility, or the “Mezz”, after seven months of construction.The 505th CTS is a tenant unit located here that conducts virtual exercises such as Blue Flag and the Joint