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  • A Proclamation on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2021 (via WhiteHouse.gov)

    When service members take an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, they do so knowing that they may be called upon to make great sacrifices to ensure and sustain our shared values. These patriots accept those risks and rush to fulfill the mission, no matter how harsh or dangerous the conditions. They embody the best of the American
  • A pair of hands holds a small specimen with tweezers.

    DOD Still Seeks to Find Missing Service Members From World's Battlefields

    There are thousands of American service personnel missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. About 75% of those are in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • Honoring with Dignity and Aloha

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • A poster is a collage of photographs and a superimposed motto “You are not alone.”

    Defense Department observes National POW/MIA Recognition Day

    National POW/MIA Recognition Day — which usually falls on the third Friday in September — was established in 1979 to honor those service members who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain missing.

  • Arlington National Cemetery expansion will integrate AF Memorial

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held Sept. 14 to inaugurate construction of the Arlington National Cemetery expansion that will add new gravesites and involve the Air Force Memorial.

  • Air Force update for COVID-19

    Below are current coronavirus disease 2019 statistics for Department of Air Force personnel:
  • Air Force Honor Guard members fold the U.S. flag during the interment of retired Col. Richard E. Cole.

    Last of Doolittle Raiders memorialized

    Remembered as a man who faithfully served his country and was a devoted father and a man of faith, Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole, the last of the Doolittle Raiders, was honored and posthumously promoted to the rank of colonel during a Sept. 7 ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Golf Course ballroom.
  • U.S. Air Force Academy Football vs Lafayette College 2021

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • A man stands outside the wreckage at Ground Zero in New York.

    Events at Ground Zero still motivate 307th Bomb Wing Chief

    Every month, Chief Master Sgt. Leonard Werner treks more than 1,300 miles from his home in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, to serve as the 307th Bomb Wing command chief here.With more than two decades of service in the Air Force Reserve, Werner could have retired long ago. But he continues to serve because of one day that's seared into his memory: Sept.
  • U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Schaeffer, 8th Fighter Wing command chief, provides opening remarks during the Wolf Pack Legacy Garden dedication ceremony at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug 28, 2021. Volunteers from across Kunsan Air Base dedicated hours of woodworking, gardening, painting and more to ensure the garden was built and dedicated to veterans by Sept 8, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jesenia Landaverde)

    Kunsan dedicates memorial garden to Air Force veterans, families

    Kunsan built a memorial garden 'Wolf Pack Legacy Garden' to honor veterans and family.
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