• Maj. Gen. Zobrist tours Seymour Johnson AFB

    Maj. Gen. Scott Zobrist, Ninth Air Force commander, is greeted by Col. Christopher Sage (left), 4th Fighter Wing commander, and Col. Brian Armstrong (center), 4th FW vice commander, Aug. 22, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Zobrist toured Seymour Johnson AFB with base and

  • Team Seymour builds some boats, celebrates Independence Day

    Airmen from the 4th Communications Squadron start to assemble their cardboard boat for the Build-a-Boat competition, Aug. 26, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Teams of eight were tasked with building a boat using only cardboard and duct tape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman

  • William Dunn; America’s first WWII ace

    The day was Aug. 27, 1941, when William Dunn, American pilot with the British Royal Air Force Squadron 71, became the first American ace of World War II. The squadron, formed in Sept. 19, 1940, consisted of American pilots who volunteered to assist in the fight against Nazi Germany, as the U.S. had

  • Flying Club soars to new heights

    The Flying Club took off during the first Make It Better Club day, April 24, 2015, and has been soaring high ever since. Chief Master Sgt. Tim Edwards, 414th Fighter Group superintendent, along with Lt. Col. Eric Schmidt, formerly the 334th Fighter Squadron director of operations, founded the club

  • Two milestones with one bird

    When the announcement came through the radio that F-15E Strike Eagle #89-0487 would land in 10 minutes, Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance and 335th Expeditionary Fighter squadrons prepared to celebrate a historic moment, Aug. 16, 2016.The F-15E was the first to achieve 12,000

  • 4th LRS helps lead the way with CRF

    The 4th Logistic Readiness Squadron was notified of a big change directed by the Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in May 2015. The 4 LRS began preparing to participate in a new initiative to consolidate aircraft maintenance back shops into one centralized repair

  • Purple Heart recipients honored during banquet

    More than 70 local Purple Heart recipients were joined by family,friends, service members and volunteers to recognize their contributions andsacrifices to our nation at a banquet held in their honor, Aug. 5, 2016, at theFirst Pentecostal Holiness Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina.The annual event

  • SERE skills tested during Razor Talon

    This month’s Razor Talon exercise included aircrew members from the 336th Fighter Squadron honing their survival, evasion, resistance and escape training, Aug. 8, 2016. Razor Talon is a monthly exercise that allows service members unique opportunities to combine land, air and sea forces from all

  • RF-A 16-3 brings nations, joint training together

    RED FLAG-Alaska 16-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, Joint National Training Capability accredited exercise, officially started Aug. 4 with familiarization day, followed by 10 days of simulated combat sorties.Originally operated under the name COPE THUNDER, the exercise moved to Eielson in 1992