ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Amanda Dick, 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron began assisting the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing in the development cycle of the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit after a meeting July 15, bringing the medical documentation tool to Apple's mobile operating system, iO  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Aug. 2 -- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency issued the following news: Ms. Rebecca Hersman, the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, welcomed U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Lyle K. Drew to the agency as the new Deputy Director on August 1, 2024. Brigadier General Drew served most recently as the Director of Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Oth  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Megan Mudersbach, Public Affairs, Air Force Materiel Command More than 200 military and civilian Airmen from the Air Force Materiel Command represented the U.S. Air Force at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture 2024 airshow, July 21-28 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The event was an opportunity to highlight the command's commitment to inspiring future generations of Airme  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: News Release CHARLESTON, W.Va. More than $1 million has been approved for homeowners and renters in West Virginia after the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides of April 11-12, 2024. Federal disaster assistance is available to residents of seven counties: Kanawha, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Roane, Wetzel and Wood. The  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: By Allyson B. Crawford, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Public Affairs DAYTON, Ohio (AFNS) -- "The strategic environment we're in today is the toughest that I've ever seen," expressed Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall during his keynote address to the Life Cycle Industry Days crowd, July 30, in Dayton. During his introduction, it was noted that Kendall has worked in government for 50 years. This helped make hi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Technician Fifth Grade (Tech5) Harold D. Pittis, 21, of Freeport, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for March 20, 2024. In February 1945, Pittis was assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. His regiment was engaged in fierce fighting near  more