17th Air Force Chief of Staff visits Moody

Retired Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper, his wife, Ellen, and many former members of the 820th Base Defense Group visited to celebrate the groups 20th Anniversary, March 27 to 30, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Jumper was a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, including

Airmen ‘spice things up’ during competition

The Georgia Pines Dinning Facility hosted its first Iron Chef Competition, March 23, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Four teams met at the Georgia Pines Dining Facility and were given an hour to prepare their meals for the judges. The 23d Force Support Squadron plans to hold at least one Iron

Bataan Death March: Airman Honors POW grandfather

Starvation, torture and a 70-mile march to concentration camps or dying in the process were the only options Philippine soldier, the late Ricardo Plana faced after the U.S. surrendered the Bataan Peninsula to the Japanese during World War II.Now, 75 years later, his grandson, U.S. Air Force Staff

Air Liaison Officers test cadets

Cadets from the Air Force Academy attended an Air Liaison Officers Aptitude Assessment, Feb. 13 to 17, at Camp Bullis, Texas.Current ALOs and enlisted Tactical Air Control Party members from the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing filled the roles of cadre and raters to assess if the cadets have what it

Champions tour Moody

Weapons Airmen enable joint training

Weapons troops from the 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit enabled joint force training during Green Flag-West 17-03, Jan. 13-27 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.GFW, an air-land combat integration exercise, provided these Airmen with a rare opportunity to put their home station training to use by allowing

Green Flag 17-03 provides A-10 pilots insight

Pilots from the 74th Fighter Squadron prepared for future deployments while participating in Green Flag-West 17-03, Jan. 13 - 27, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.GFW is an air-land integration exercise that gives Air Force pilots a chance to conduct realistic close air support in a joint training

Moody Component Maintenance Squadron aims to raise the bar

The 23d Component Maintenance Squadron, here, utilized the week of Jan. 23-27 to begin assessing ways to better support the A-10C Thunderbolt II’s increased flying mission.The goal was to decrease the scheduled 28 days it currently takes to disassemble, repair and reassemble the TF-34 engine used in

Maintenance Airmen capitalize on Green Flag

Airmen from the 23d Maintenance Group capitalized on an opportunity to prepare for future deployments during a two-week training exercise, Jan. 13-27, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.Green Flag-West 17-03, an air-land integration combat training exercise, hosted 12 A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft from

BSC celebrates 52nd year of diverse care

The commissioned and enlisted members of the Biomedical Science Corps are recognizing and celebrating their diversity and impact to the mission, here, during BSC Appreciation Week, Jan. 23-27.The BSC is a collection of 2,400 officers in 15 different medical specializations, supported by 5,800