• D-M to hold operational readiness exercise

    Davis-Monthan AFB will be conducting a routine operational readiness exercise June 17. Please be advised there will be increased activity on the base during the exercise, to include A-10 flight operations sustained through a 24-hour period. The A-10s will be supporting a combat search and rescue

  • Media invited to D-M prescreening of ‘Inside Combat Rescue’

    Davis-Monthan AFB will host a prescreening for the next series of National Geographic's 'Inside Combat Rescue' on base June 12 at the base theater. The new series titled 'The Last Stand' offers a unique, firsthand perspective of Air Force combat rescue efforts in Afghanistan. National Geographic

  • D-M to host Tops In Blue for Performance

    - Tops In Blue, an all-active duty US Air Force special unit made up of talented amateur performers, is performing a free concert here June 3 at 7 p.m. Tops In Blue is one of the oldest and most widely traveled entertainment groups of its kind. Composed of 35 to 40 of the most talented vocalists,

  • D-M Airmen to be awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor

    Two Airmen will be presented with Bronze Star Medals with Valor at a ceremony here at 2 p.m. June 2.Colonel Sean Choquette, 563rd Rescue Group commander, will be presenting the medals to Captain Kevin Epstein and Technical Sergeant Brandon Daugherty both from the 55th Rescue Squadron. The Airmen are

  • D-M based Sonoran Science Academy to hold first high school graduation

    The Davis-Monthan branch of the Sonoran Science Academy will be celebrating the graduation of its first senior class on base May 20.The charter school opened on base in 2009 initially serving grades six through eight, but has successfully added a grade level each year and now serves grades

  • Media opportunity to capture Exercise ANGEL THUNDER training

    Media are invited to attend personnel recovery training in Florence, Ariz., May 16. This training is the final part of Exercise ANGEL THUNDER, the world's largest Personnel Recovery exercise, conducted annually out of Davis-Monthan AFB, integrating sister services and numerous states, national,

  • Media invited to ANGEL THUNDER training exercise

    Media are invited to cover a joint training exercise between the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army, Swedish Rangers and French Air Force May 7.Pararescuemen from the 48th Rescue Squadron will be embedded with Swedish Rangers and U.S. Army while conducting Alternate Insertion and Extraction training with

  • Airmen involved in Pacific rescue mission will meet with media today

    Media are invited to meet with Guardian Angel and HC-130J personnel involved in the rescue mission in the Pacific, along with HH-60 crews from the 563rd Rescue Group today at 12:15 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Interested media must RSVP no later than 11:30 and plan to arrive at the Craycroft