RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Forty-three Air Force ROTC cadets from around the country visited Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, throughout the summer of 2024 for immersive tours across the base. The cadets were fresh out of field training at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and came into Altus AFB with ideas of what their future Air Force career would look like. Some expressed the desire to work in weather, other  more

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Altus Air Force Base (97th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Forty-three Air Force ROTC cadets from around the country visited Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, throughout the summer of 2024 for immersive tours across the base. The cadets were fresh out of field training at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and came into Altus AFB with ideas of what   more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Aug. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama issued the following news release: On August 7, 2024, a federal judge sentenced Troy, Alabama resident Emmanuel Youngblood, 34, to 210 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Jonathan S. Ross. The sentence is the result of Youngblood's conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute the illegal drug. Federal inmates are   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2024: ATLANTA - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the selection of Dr. Rolando Herts as superintendent of Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and Freedom Riders National Monument in Alabama, effective Sep. 9. "We are excited to welcome Rolando as superintendent as he builds on more than a decade of distinguished leadership advancing cultural heritag  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Aug. 9 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: Story by Jason Cutshaw, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - In the presence of those who served have their nation and those still serving, 34 future service members raised their right hands and pledged to defend America. Lt. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command administered the oath of enlistment to 22 future So  more

PETERSON AFB, Colorado, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Command commander, highlighted the command's future priorities at the 2024 Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Aug 6, 2024. During his remarks, titled "Developing Critical Capabilities for the Joint Force of 2040," he offered both a look backwards and forwards to describe the requirem  more