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  • 31st FSS competes for prestigious Gen. Curtis E. LeMay Award

    Aviano Air Base’s 31st Force Support Squadron has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Gen. Curtis E. LeMay Award for the best large installation FSS in the U.S. Air Force.Named after U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay, fifth Chief of Staff of the Air Force, this distinguished award

  • Aviano AB hosts 2026 Honorary Squadron Commander Induction Ceremony

    31st Fighter Wing squadron commanders and their honorary squadron commanders pose for a group photo at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Feb. 24, 2026. The honorary squadron commander program is focused on fostering support and growing relationships between the base and community from a broad cross-section of

  • Civil Air Patrol: Developing Youth into Leaders

    U.S. Civil Air Patrol cadets assigned to the Aviano CAP cadet squadron practice Tactical Combat Casualty Care at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Jan. 6, 2026. CAP helps shape cadets into confident leaders, prepared to serve both their neighbors and their nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph

  • 31 FW deputy commander prepares for flight

    U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Kingry, 31st Fighter Wing deputy commander, buckles into an HH-60W Jolly Green II before taking off at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Jan. 22, 2026. Kingry is a command pilot with more than 2,500 total hours in the HH-60G Pave Hawk and HH-60W Jolly Green II and has flown over

  • 606th ACS celebrates 80th anniversary

    A 5-ton truck from the 606th Air Control Squadron rolls out of the compound to join a convoy to celebrate the squadron's 80th anniversary at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Dec. 11, 2025. The convoy commemorated the squadron’s 80th anniversary and highlighted the 606th ACS as the only control and reporting

  • Aviano AB launches a new dorm wellness room

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing listen to opening remarks during a dorm wellness room ribbon cutting ceremony at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Nov. 26, 2025. Aviano AB’s first ever dorm wellness room introduces an innovative, on-campus space, designed to give Airmen immediate

  • 56th RQS receives fifth HH-60W to its growing fleet

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 56th Rescue Generation Squadron support the offload of an HH-60W Jolly Green II from a C-17 Globemaster III at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Oct. 3, 2025. The new HH-60W has more formidable weapon systems, as well as the ability to reach much higher top speeds than

  • 31/48 Training

    U.S. Air Force F-16s from the 31st Fighter Wing and F-35s from the 48th Fighter Wing integrated to train more effectively at Aviano Air Base.