The 31st Fighter Wing is an operational powerhouse and formidable combat force, but its strength does not stand alone. Behind the scenes, powering the mission with precision and grit, is the essential 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron. Their work is not flashy, but without their expertise and
A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Swedish air force rangers assigned to the 17th Wing in Ronneby, Sweden, work together to locate a simulated downed pilot during bilateral training at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, June 4, 2025. Warfighting
U.S. Air Force Col. Stephen Anderson, 31st Fighter Wing Mission Support Group commander, attends the Italian Republic Day celebration in Pordenone, Italy, June 2, 2024. Aviano Air Base personnel supported our Italian partners by attending the event marking 79 years of freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo
The 57th Rescue Squadron hosted a special warfare recruitment tour where attendees had the opportunity to exercise alongside Airmen in a special warfare career field.
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Mathew Hawkins, 56th Rescue Squadron senior enlisted leader, gazes outside of a U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II during a training mission near Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 27, 2025. The 56th RQS provides a rapidly-deployable, worldwide combat rescue and reaction
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Tad Clark, 31st Fighter Wing commander, applies a sealing compound onto a flaperon bearing during an immersion with the 555th Fighter Generation Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 19, 2025. During his last few months of command, Clark integrated with the 555th FGS to
U.S. Space Force Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, commander of U.S. Space Forces Europe and Space Forces Africa and Chief Master Sgt. Alex Birkle, SPACEFOREUR-AF command senior enlisted leader, met with Türkiye’s Space Commander, Col. Tolga Çinar at Ramstein Air Base on 5 June 2025. This meeting
Two of the original architects behind the U.S. Inter-European Air Forces Academy returned to the campus May 21 to speak to Class 25B, delivering a message grounded in coalition readiness, operational trust and the responsibilities of military leadership.Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Stephen Hughes and
U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa will participate in Atlantic Trident 25, a joint, multinational exercise bringing together Finnish, French, U.K., and U.S. forces to strengthen fourth- and fifth-generation integration and improve combat readiness, June 16 to 27.