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  • Jasey Colunga, machinist with the 530th Commodities Maintenance Squadron, leans on his most recently completed artwork at Hill Air Force Base. This is the single largest work of art Mr. Colunga has completed. The entire mural spans 170 feet by 35 feet, and is too wide to capture in a single photo. Drafts for the mural began with roadmaps from Texas to Utah representing the connection the unit has had with Texas in the past. Those drafts were tossed aside, however, and replaced with an all encompassing picture of Utah. The mural depicts southern Utah on the left and northern Utah on the right side. “The mural is really just to boost morale in our building,” said Mr. Colunga. “It turns our industrial workplace into an interesting shop that people remember.” Courtesy Photo

    Art at work: Maintenance employee swaps wrench for brush

    Jasey Colunga, machinist with the 530th Commodities Maintenance Squadron, leans on his most recently completed artwork at Hill Air Force Base. This is the single largest work of art Mr. Colunga has completed. The entire mural spans 170 feet by 35 feet, and is too wide to capture in a single photo. Drafts for the mural began with roadmaps from Texas
  • U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles taxi down the flightline at a base in Southwest Asia. F-15Es flew four out of the 43 close-air-support missions supporting Operation Enduring Freedom May 26. (U.S.Air Force courtesy photo)

    May 27 airpower summary: Strike Eagles provide close-air-support missions

    Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations May 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fired cannon rounds at insurgents hiding in a treeline near Sangin.

  • Maintainers increase combat capability of B-1

    Airmen at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing proved just how crucial it is to be trained and work efficiently while responding to a "catastrophic" hydraulic system failure during a B-1 Lancer combat mission. The aircrew had to perform an emergency gear extension upon returning to base due to the nature of the emergency and maintainers quickly

  • Bombers rotate at Andersen

    Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing's 20th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., arrive here May 26 to begin a four-month deployment. The Louisiana-based aircraft, aircrew, support and maintenance members will replace their fellow Barksdale Airmen from the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, who will redeploy home as part of a scheduled rotation
  • A C-5 sits in the new large aircraft corrosion control hangar Wednesday.The new facility is the largest construction project ever performed at Robins with 225,000 total square feet, in two 65,000 square foot hangar bays. It can hold a C-5 Galaxy, with 20 feet of working space around it. U. S. Air Force photo by Sue Sapp

    New facility paints bright future for Air Force aircraft

    A new facility designed around the need to house a C-5 Galaxy for paint application and removal officially opened here May 9. According to Maj. Gen. Tom Owen, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center commander, the aircraft corrosion control hangar optimizes the paint removal and application process for the C-5 and the C-17 Globemaster III and increases
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