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  • 47th FS triumphs in second consecutive Hawgsmoke

    The 47th Fighter Squadron was announced the winner and top team overall of Hawgsmoke 2016 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 3.The remaining results of this year’s Hawgsmoke competition are listed below.45 High Altitude Dive Bomb:1. Capt. David Knighton 47th FS, D-M AFB2. 1st Lt.

  • D-M hosts another Hawgsmoke

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hosted this year’s Hawgsmoke competition June 1-3.The biennial competition focused on tactics the aircraft can employ during combat operations.This year’s event concentrated on two major areas: the tactical massing of fires in minimum time in an opposed environment, and

  • Airmen take on 50 summits challenge

    A group of 19 individuals made up of U.S. Airmen, veterans and civilians summited Humphreys Peak, Ariz., Sunday in accordance with the U.S. Air Force 50 Summits Challenge.The challenge is an enduring effort focused on bringing Airmen in each of the 50 states to the highest points of their respective

  • AF Program Receives Makeover

    Air Force leadership launched its new idea suggestion program renamed Airmen Powered by Innovation in February 2014.The Air Force Vice Chief of Staff tasked Air Force leaders to streamline and consolidate four older idea generating programs to include Innovative Development through Employee

  • D-M sets standard for deployed Airmen tracker

    Desert Lightning Team members created an innovative tool, now Air Combat Command-wide, for leadership to track their Airmen downrange at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.Two Airmen from the 355th Communications Squadron crafted an official tool, called the Blue Line Tracker, to create a more

  • Holocaust Day of Remembrance 2016

    Eight holocaust survivors told their harrowing tales of survival during the Holocaust Day of Remembrance at the Dove Chapel May 9. Dessert lightning team members were invited to listen to holocaust survivors’ personal stories and participate in a candle lighting ceremony to remember those who were

  • D-M Airmen rise to the occasion

    Three Airmen from D-M AFB are championing the summit of Mount Humphreys in Flagstaff, Arizona, 29 May, 2016.We are looking for as many individuals as possible to join. This is an all call to Airmen; Guardsmen, Reservist, Active Duty members and veterans looking for a challenge.This memorial weekend

  • Law enforcement heroes honored at memorial ceremony

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Doria, 355th Security Forces Squadron member, salutes a wreath with Tucson Police Department officers during the 9th Annual Pima County Regional Law Enforcement Memorial at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2016. A wreath was presented by 11