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  • Swift Response 24

    U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade participate in exercise Swift Response 24.

  • DAF sets documentation requirements for pet travel expense reimbursement

    The Department of the Air Force has established documentation requirements for Airmen and Guardians planning to request reimbursement pet travel expenses due to permanent change of station moves.The Defense Travel Management Office announced a new policy to cover pet travel expenses, including pet

  • Off We Go, to the ball

    Every year, the U.S. Air Force invites active-duty members and their families to attend the USAF Ball. The ball celebrates the birthday of the USAF and marks the historic event in which the Army Air Corps transitioned into its own branch and became the USAF on September 18th, 1947. This year’s event

  • Emerald Strike 2023: Bilateral exercise begins

    The 555th “Triple Nickel” Fighter Squadron kicked off Emerald Strike 2023, Jan. 27, at Grosseto Air Base, Italy.The two-week exercise is designed to optimize integration of aircraft and to strengthen interoperability with Italian Air Forces during joint operations and air defenses to maintain joint

  • 31st LRS Vehicle Maintenance keeps Aviano AB Mission Ready

    Without vehicles to transport assets, goods, or personnel, it would be very difficult to complete the mission. The 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron Vehicle Management flight helps keep Aviano AB mission-ready by maintaining the vehicles for all the units across Aviano, including geographically

  • 21st Annual Italian-American Friendship Festival

    An Italian air force honor guard member assigned to Aviano Air Base and a U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department stand at parade rest during the 21st Annual Italian-American Friendship Festival in Roveredo in Piano, Italy, Sept. 10, 2022. The festival’s

  • Egress Airmen continuously improve processes, plans

    Imagine sitting comfortably in your car when suddenly a severe mechanical failure occurs and the safest course of action is to launch yourself into the air by nothing more than your driver’s seat. It may sound like a crazy thing to do, but for aircraft pilots this can be a very real situation.The

  • Police Week: Battle of the Badges, Guns and Hoses Competition

    Airman 1st Class Jalyn Cash, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department firefighter, drags a fire hose during the annual Guns and Hoses obstacle course in honor of Police Week at Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 18, 2022. The 31st CES competed against the 31st Security Forces in an obstacle course