Red Flag 23-3 has come to a close for more than 2,000 U.S. Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, Navy and Air National Guard that ran from July 17 to August 4.

In this week’s look around the Air Force, VCSAF Gen. David Allvin is nominated to be the 23rd Chief of Staff of the Air Force, three country’s Air Forces, the U.S., U.K. and Australia, agree to develop the Wedgetail early warning and control aircraft, and Air Force vice commanders become deputy commanders. (Hosted by Senior Airman Saomy Sabournin)

Talisman Sabre is a biennial large-scale military exercise between Australia and the United States that started in 2005. This is the 10th and largest iteration of the exercise with more than 30,000 personnel from 13 countries participating.

Silver Flag is one of the first Air Force exercise programs to align with the new AFFORGEN deployment model. Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, hosted the Air Force’s first Silver Flag course for its Airmen in the AFFORGEN deployment cycle earlier this year.

In this week’s look around the Air Force, funding for PCS moves and bonus programs is restored, the DoJ reinforces new Federal protections for military members and their spouses, and a cutting-edge effort from the Air Force is taking applications for a fellowship program.

Air Force Materiel Command logisticians have worked behind the scenes on Exercise Mobility Guardian 23 since Fall 2022 and are critical to the successful planning and execution of Air Mobility Command’s largest, and arguably most challenging, exercise in years. 

In this week’s look around the Air Force, PCS moves and bonus programs are on hold, General CQ Brown, Jr. testifies in the Senate for his confirmation hearing to become the next CSAF and the Air Force takes action with the release of the Climate Campaign Plan. (Hosted by Senior Airman Saomy Sabournin)

In this week’s look around the Air Force, the Berlin airlift was the first major challenge for a new Air Force 75 years ago, deployments are changing as the service moves to a new model and Air Expeditionary Wings get new staffing. (Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Vernon Young)

Bomber Task Force missions demonstrates the credibility of U.S. forces to address global security environments that are more diverse and uncertain than ever before.

Rescue crews from the Alaska Air and Army National Guard navigated across 1,850 miles, saving 10 people in four civil search and rescue missions and one medical evacuation mission June 30-July 4.