Daily Report

Sept. 19, 2016

F-35s Return to Mountain Home for Training

F-35s have returned to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, for two weeks of training in a deployed setting. The F-35s, assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz., arrived at the Idaho base on Sept. 10 and will “practice...

SBIRS Joining the Fight

The Space-Based Infrared Systems’ mission control station is on track to be operationally accepted in November, Col. Kerri Mellor, division chief of the Air Force Exploitation Capabilities Division, said Friday. Command and control of the SBIRS satellites and payloads were...

Spotlight: SSgt. Jamie Zimmer

SSgt. Jamie Zimmer, an intelligence analyst with the 374th Operations Support Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2016. As a senior airman, Zimmer was instrumental in establishing the...

Spotlight: SrA. Jasmin Figueroa

SrA. Jasmin Figueroa, an emergency services technician with the 51st Medical Operations Squadron at Osan AB, South Korea, is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2016. Figueroa facilitated five specialty clinics and trained 14...

Expeditionary Work

Eight F-15E Strike Eagles from the 494th Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, and approximately 130 airmen are taking part in NATO tactical leadership training at Los Llanos AB, Spain, until Oct. 7. The training is meant to prepare flight...

Scratching the Surface of Infrared

The Air Force plans to allow for private use of data provided by Space-Based Infrared Systems for civil applications, Col. Kerri Mellor, division chief of the Air Force’s Exploitation Capabilities Division, said Friday. “The intent of these mission areas is...

Pilot Error Caused Blue Angel Crash

The Navy announced Thursday that pilot error, combined with weather and fatigue as contributing factors, caused Blue Angel #6 to crash June 2 near Smyrna, Tenn. Marine Corps pilot Capt. Jeff Kruss was killed in the crash, which also resulted...