A STEP above the rest

The Stripes for Exceptional Performers program allows Major Commands, Field Operating Agencies and Direct Reporting Unit commanders and senior Air Force officers with large enlisted populations a limited opportunity to promote enlisted members to staff sergeant or technical sergeant.The program was

New bay ribbon ceremony

Eyes in the skies

A UH-1N Helicopter flies over Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 11, 2014. The UH-1N is a light-lift utility helicopter used to support Air Force Global Strike Command missile wings and groups, Air Force District of Columbia, Air Force Survival School training, Air Advisory Operations, test and

Bottineau Winter Park

Airman 1st Class Mikal Joyce, 5th Maintenance Squadron, snowboards down a hill during military appreciation day at Bottineau Winter Park, Dec. 13, 2014. More than 170 Airmen and families were admitted into the park for free.

Passing on the EOD mission in Afghanistan

The Air Force explosive ordnance disposal mission isn't over in Afghanistan, even as Air Force personnel withdraw. Insurgents are still active, and improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance remain an immediate threat to people living in contested territory. American EOD specialists have