Ricky N. Rupp

Rescue ops in action!
Moody Air Force Base's 38th Rescue Squadron SERE specialists, combat rescue officers & pararescuemen conduct a water rescue during a combat search and rescue exercise in the Republic of Palau.
U.S. Pacific Air Forces
📸 by Airman 1st Class Courtney Sebastianelli

Celebrating Oktober Fist 💪
U.S. Air Forces Central Airmen executed Oktober Fist. Designed around Agile Combat Employment, this exercise displayed the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing’s ability to rapidly mobilize logistics in a strategically competitive environment.
https://www.afcent.af.mil/.../red-tails-conduct-exercise.../

Blue Skies Over Belgium 🇧🇪
Before touching down, the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team flew in a formation flight with our Belgian counterparts and their F-16s.
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa

Happy Birthday to us! 🎉 🎉 🎉
75 years of providing unparalleled , global mobility & the world's greatest .
We are the best in the world because of those who came before us and because of the continued support of each one of you.

SERE-ious training over here. 💪
Fairchild Air Force Base's SERE specialists from the 22nd Training Squadron completed parachute training.
- Fairchild AFB is home to the 's Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school & is critical in preparing our Airmen to return home.
Air Mobility Command | Air Education and Training Command

Powered by Airpower - F-16 Fighting Falcon
Providing is a 24/7 job & our F-16s are always ready. Since 1976, our Falcons & Vipers have been delivering reliable, sustainable & unparalleled combat capabilities across the globe at a moment's notice.

Experts from across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are taking every advantage to think outside-the-box!
Air Mobility Command recently completed MAF WEPTAC 2022 where 200 experts met to analyze and generate actionable solutions to operational problem sets.
Read ⬇️⬇️⬇️ about AMC’s increasing motivation to advance warfighting capabilities to project and connect the .

Mobility tactics conference delivers Pacific-oriented solutions for joint force Air Mobility Command brought together around 200 experts from across the U.S. military for the 2022 Mobility Air Forces Weapons and Tactics Conference July 25 through Aug. 6 at Scott Air Force Base,

Happy birthday U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)! You don't look a day over 73.

Happy 73rd birthday, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)!

Need some lift to get through the week? 😏
Air Combat Command | Air Force Global Strike Command | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | U.S. Pacific Air Forces | U.S. Air Forces Central

We couldn’t make the mission happen without our Contingency Response Wings! 💪🏼
These are trained to deploy at a moment's notice to support contingency operations and deliver airpower around the world...anytime, anywhere!
Air Mobility Command

It takes a team 🚁 ⛑️
U.S. Air Forces Central's expeditionary rescue squadrons are organized, trained, equipped and postured to conduct full spectrum personnel recovery at a moment's notice.
📸 by Staff Sgt. Ashley Sokolov & Staff Sgt. Charles T. Fultz

Weapons hot 💥
Our maintainers are always honing their abilities to allow us to provide - anytime, anywhere.
Eglin Air Force Base

Powered by Innovation - Agile Combat Employment
ACE offers us a chance to provide forces to anywhere across the globe at a moment's notice with the smallest footprint possible. Adapting to the fight tomorrow, starts w/ our ACE in the hole.

Happy birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard!
We'd make a Hamilton reference, but we couldn't find our shot.
For 232 years, you've been instrumental in protecting our nation. Whether it is search and rescue or counter-terrorism, your role to our nation is indispensable.

Check out CMSAF JoAnne S. Bass's perspective on the Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit. It was more than an opportunity to meet & share perspectives w/ partners from 65+ nations. It represents a promise to the future — a promise to work together.

Growing together: Partnerships are essential to forge a path to peace Our enlisted corps must be empowered and understand mission command, writes Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass.