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AFMC enhances leadership support for suicide prevention

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — With the right contacts, tools and resources, a person can do just about anything.At the Air Force Materiel Command, a new initiative aims to better prepare leaders to develop more resilient Airmen and support suicide prevention activities across the ...

Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown

WASHINGTON — The Air Force will resume physical fitness testing July 1 with only three components: push-ups, sit-ups and the 1.5-mile run.Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 ...

Hill Air Force Base’s 388th Fighter Wing welcomes new commander

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The 388th Fighter Wing here welcomed a familiar face as the new commander on June 2 as Col. Craig R. Andrle assumed command of the Air Force’s only combat capable F-35A Lightning II unit.Andrle has served as the vice commander of the 388th Fighter Wing for a year and ...

Depot group adapts, delivers amidst pandemic

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — In the midst of a global pandemic caused by COVID-19, the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group continues to provide world-class, depot-level maintenance and return aircraft to the warfighter.While adapting to protect the largest direct labor force in the Ogden Air Logistics ...

F-35 Demo Team meets F135 Engine Team

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Members of the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team visited Tinker Air Force Base to meet and thank the men and women of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Heavy Maintenance Center for their work on the F135 engine that powers their aircraft.The May 25, ...