ENID — Public Art Commission of Enid is continuing to discuss a citywide project to adorn Enid with 5-by-12-foot paper airplanes, made from fiberglass.

LILONGWE AIR BASE — Airmen from U.S. Air Forces Africa conducted force development training with the Malawian air force, Jan. 13-17. Force development training provides an opportunity for the U.S. Air Force to enhance relations, share ideas and build partnership capability in the region.

ENID — Enid Public Schools is holding a patch design contest to commemorate a Longfellow Middle School student-led experiment selected to be conducted by astronauts on board the International Space Station.

F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. — In the middle of Nebraska at a missile alert facility, an airman gets a fever and needs to see a doctor but the airman’s options are limited — until now.

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- What to do after retirement from the Air Force is a question that plagues many Airmen as they approach the end of their career. For one lieutenant colonel, an unsolicited email from the Air Force Personnel Center answered that question for her, and changed her…

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Robotic media blasting used to strip paint from fighter aircraft such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon has been around at Hill Air Force Base for more than three decades. Now, the technology is being used for the first time to remove paint from the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, is growing its Enid Composite Squadron, and seeking both adults and youth to join the organization.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RAN­DOLPH, Texas — Pilot Training Next begins the New Year with the start of the third iteration Jan. 8.

An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Ensign Joshua Watson on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. A Saudi gunman killed three people including 23-year-old Watson, a recent graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy from Enterprise, Ala., in a sh…

Attorney General William Barr announced Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, that 21 Saudi military students —including at least one in Oklahoma — were returned to their home country as a result of an investigation in the wake of a Dec. 6, 2019, shooting by a Saudi student at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. 

Seventy-five years ago last Wednesday, U.S. forces began the invasion of Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines, thereby fulfilling Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s 1942 pledge to recapture the island from the Japanese.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) — A little more than four years after receiving their first combat-coded F-35A Lightning II aircraft, Hill Air Force Base’s fighter wings have achieved full warfighting capability.

Enid and Medford native retired Gen. Dennis Reimer, former chief of staff of the United States Army, capped off a career of more than six decades on Dec. 31, 2019, with his retirement from Army Emergency Relief.

RSVP of Enid is seeking volunteers from the community to expand the reach of its food commodity box program, which delivers or hands out food to hungry people in need each month.

If you look up you may seem some different-looking aircraft flying over Enid, as Vance Air Force Base adopts historic aircraft paint schemes to honor Air Force heritage and history.

The 71st Flying Training Wing is painting five of its aircraft — one for each of the base's aircraft squadrons — in paint schemes drawn from Air Force history.

Vance Air Force Base will close its main gate to make upgrades, for an estimated 45 days beginning Jan. 20.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFNS) -- With more than 2,000 reported cases of lung injury associated with electronic cigarettes nationwide, it is vital that airmen understand potential impacts on their health.

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force Academy brought a cutting-edge, multi-drone light show to its campus last month to celebrate its storied rivalry with West Point.

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) — Two pararescue airmen received the Silver Star medal in a ceremony Dec. 13, for gallantry in action against enemies of the United States while deployed to Afghanistan.

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Kristen Christy, the 2018 Air Force Spouse of the Year, shared her story of tragedy, mourning and resiliency with Air University personnel Dec. 9, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. (AFNS) — A KC-46A Pegasus crew from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing completed the aircraft’s first flight around the world Nov. 26.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) — The Air Force’s 344th Training Squadron Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence graduated the first basic flight engineer class, comprised completely of non-prior service students, Dec. 13.

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AFNS) — President Trump signed into law Dec. 20 the sprawling, $738 billion defense bill, making history by creating the Space Force as a stand-alone, sixth branch of the U.S. military and guaranteeing for the first time 12 weeks of paid parental leave for federal workers.

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss — Everyone loves laughter, whether it’s used for therapeutic reasons or to lighten the mood in a room. BJ Lange, Air Force Wounded Warrior program comedy coach, turned laughter into a resiliency tool for airmen with his ‘Improv to Improve’ class held here, Dec. 11-14.

❝I'm just trying my best to push everybody and get this done, and that's my main focus right now.❞ — Ernesto Diaz, new construction superintendent overseeing the project

Along with funding for ongoing development of the T-7 Redhawk jet trainer, which is expected to come to Vance Air Force Base in 2023, the DCIP funding will likely directly benefit Enid and Vance, said Mike Cooper, city of Enid military liaison and chairman of Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission.