PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Florida, May 10 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Darius Sostre-Miroir, 920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs The 920th Rescue Wing successfully conducted a civilian medical airlift operation of a critical patient aboard a cruise ship located more than 350-nautical-miles off the eastern coast of the United States May 4. Within hours of the call, the 920th RQW prepared and launched a rescue force consisting of two HH-60G Pave Hawks, two HC-130J  more

PATRICK SPACE FORCE BASE, Florida, May 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Darius Sostre-Miroir The 920th Rescue Wing successfully conducted a civilian medical airlift operation of a critical patient aboard a cruise ship located more than 350-nautical-miles off the eastern coast of the United States May 4. Within hours of the call the 920th RQW prepared and launched a rescue force consisting of two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, two HC-130J Combat   more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, May 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: On March 4-6, the Air Force Special Operations Command Women's Initiatives Team hosted the third annual DAGGER ATHENA, named DA24, and outbrief the AFSOC commander and senior leaders. Each year the WIT hosts an action event, known as DAGGER ATHENA, as a concentrated, rapid-action effort to solicit grassroots-identified barriers and propose actionable solutions by Air Commando from across  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on May 9, 2024: By Matthew Olay, DOD News The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the principal civilian advisor to the secretary of defense for all matters related to Defense Department special warfare both underscored the importance of partnerships and collaboration during a pair of speeches today at the Special Operations Forces 2024 convention in Tampa, Florida. Delivering back-to-back remarks followed by  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By Matthew Olay, DOD News U.S. and allied country senior leaders discussed the roles that technology, relationships and additional topics play in developing special warfare teams for the future during a panel discussion Wednesday at the Special Operations Forces 2024 convention in Tampa, Florida. The first half of the hourlong panel focused primarily on how special operations forces, or SOF, will not only adapt to  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida issued the following news release: Ennis Alexander Andrews, 44, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 264 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, commonly known as "alpha-pyrrolidinovalerophenone," "alpha-PVP," or "Molly." United States Attorney Jason R. Coody, for the Northern District of Florida, annou  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, May 9 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on May 9, 2024, at 12:11 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict. The combined joint operation included three U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft. The U.S. C-130s dropped more than 25,300 meals ready to  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 (TNSres) -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA is preparing to launch NOAA's (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U), a mission to help improve weather observing and environmental monitoring capabilities on Earth, as well as advance space weather observations. NASA and SpaceX are targeting a two-hour launch window opening at 5:16 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 25. The mission will launch on a SpaceX Fal  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: U.S. and allied country senior leaders discussed the roles that technology, relationships and additional topics play in developing special warfare teams for the future during a panel discussion Wednesday at the Special Operations Forces 2024 convention in Tampa, Florida. The first half of the hourlong panel focused primarily on how special operatio  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, May 9 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - Between May 7 and 9, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander of United States Central Command, visited Pakistan where he met with Gen. Syed Asim Munir, chief of the Army Staff and other Pakistan Armed Forces senior leaders. Their discussions focused on counter terrorism efforts and the enduring military-to-military partnership between Pakistani and US armed forces. The leaders also   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The White House sent to the Senate on May 9, 2024, the nominations of six individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Shannon A. Estenoz, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, vice Tommy P. Beaudreau, resigned. * Christopher J. Lamora, of Rhode Island, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Central African Republic.  more