Sexual Assault Awareness Month encourages bystander intervention

The Air Force is observing Sexual Assault Awareness Month, starting April 1.The Defense Department theme for the month is "Hurts one. Affects all," which is designed to point out how sexual assault affects not only the victim, but the department as well. The Air Force's slogan supporting the DDD

DoD to drop Social Security numbers from ID cards

Beginning June 1, Social Security numbers on military identification cards will begin to disappear, said Air Force Maj. Monica M. Matoush, a Pentagon spokeswoman.The effort is part of a larger plan to protect service members and other DOD identification card holders from identity theft, officials

Air Force leaders issue sexual assault prevention, response message

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy issued the following message to the men and women of the United States Air Force:We must commit to eliminating sexual assault from our Air Force.Air Force leaders

Photo Slideshow: Heroes vs Legends

Local service members played an exhibition baseball game against former Major League players March 12th.Click here to see slideshow.

Video: JEC basketball tournament

Click here to see a video news story about the 162nd Fighter Wing Junior Enlisted Council's basket ball tournament held on base March 5.

ANG Command Chief meets with Arizona Airmen

Maintenance officer takes home OAY state award

Capt. Jason Burns, an aircraft maintenance officer here, is the Maj. Gen. Owens Junior Officer of the Year. He accepted the award at the Arizona Air National Guard's Outstanding Airman of the Year banquet and ceremony held March 5 in Scottsdale, Ariz.All four Arizona Air Guard units sent

Arizona alert pilot named best in U.S.

In a post 9-11 world, hundreds of alert fighter pilots across the country know the feeling of sprinting to a jet at the shrieking sound of a klaxon - the piercing alarm that sends them into the skies to meet an unknown threat. Nearly 10 years after the terrorist attacks on the United States, none

Arizona veterans honor state ESGR chairman

The Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society bestowed its most prestigious civilian volunteer award on the state's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve chairman Feb. 11.Mr. Scott Essex, in his 18th year as a member of Arizona's ESGR and fifth year as its chairman, accepted the Copper Sword Award

DoD announces award for supportive employers of Guard and Reserve members' spouses

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) announced an expansion of the Patriot Award Program to include employers of Guard and Reserve members' spouses. The Patriot Award was previously presented only to employers of Guard and Reserve members. After learning of the growing number of