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  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein conducts a press briefing with the Pentagon Press Corps to address Air Force response efforts for COVID-19 at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., March 18, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Clark)

    Goldfein emphasizes protecting force from COVID-19 while fulfilling all missions, operational priorities

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein said March 18 there have been seven confirmed cases of the new coronavirus to date among active-duty personnel, but that the Air Force is “still conducting global missions … which is priority one.”
  • Airmen assigned to the 167th Medical Group, Martinsburg, West Virginia, secures a simulated patient during a casualty evacuation training for Sentry Storm 19 held July 20, 2019, at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport. Sentry Storm is a joint exercise held in southern West Virginia that offers military units real world training while providing domestic rapid response capabilities to support the World Scout Jamboree. (U.S. Air National Guard photo illustration by Master Sgt. De-Juan Haley)

    Guard and Reserve crucial to CCATT expansion

    CCATTs augment aeromedical evacuation crews that turn the back of an aircraft of opportunity into a flying intensive care unit. Made up of a three-person medical team, CCATTs provide advanced care, transporting severely injured or ill patients to higher levels of care. The Air Force is increasing the number of Critical Care Air Transport Teams to support future readiness requirements.
  • TRICARE Open Season and Federal Benefits Open Season are underway. You now have until Dec. 10, 2018 to enroll in a new plan or change your enrollment between plans. The choice you make will take effect Jan. 1, 2019 and will remain in effect through all of 2019. (TRICARE Communications graphic)

    Expanded TRICARE coverage for eligible National Guard and Reserve members

    Are you a member of the National Guard or Reserve? Did you receive 12304b orders for a preplanned mission? If so, you may now be eligible for TRICARE early eligibility and transitional health care benefits, the same as Reserve Component members who are activated in support of a contingency operation receive.
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen board a C-130 Hercules at Kahului Airport, Hawaii, for airlift to the island of Molokai for Tropic Care Maui County 2018, Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2018. Tropic Care Maui County 2018 is a joint service, hands-on readiness training mission that offered no-cost medical, dental and vision services to people at six locations across Maui, Molokai and Lanai from August 11-19. (U.S Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Shulze)

    Airmen provide care during Tropic Care Maui County 2018

    More than 350 Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen deployed to Maui, Molokai and Lanai, Hawaii this summer for Tropic Care Maui County 2018, an Innovative Readiness Training exercise to provide no-cost health services to local residents.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Paula C. Shawhan is assigned as chief of Professional Continuing Education at the Air National Guard's I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in Louisville, Tenn. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

    Air National Guard chief first woman promoted into education role

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.) Chief Master Sgt. Paula C. Shawhan is not the type of woman to wait idly for her stars to align.
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