19 Mar 2021

Expanding Capabilities: 414th FG leads flying ops

In an effort to expand capabilities, the 414th FG, a subordinate unit to the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, successfully launched four F-15E Strike Eagle training sorties on Saturday of the UTA. The effort involved members of the 414th Maintenance Squadron, 307th Fighter Squadron, and the 4th Fighter Wing’s 336th Fighter Squadron.

26 Feb 2021

Team 916 answers calling from higher power

When flood waters rise, the community of Goldsboro can count on their friends at the 916th Air Refueling Wing to lend a hand and protect what matters. On February 19, Senior Master Sgt. Ian Gardner received a call from a troubled former 916th member who needed immediate assistance. Pastor Les Caper, who retired from the wing in 2006 after serving as a survival equipment technician with Gardner, needed help fortifying his church, St Joseph’s Free Will Baptist Church, against potential flooding.

6 Jan 2021

Time to Address the Elephant in the Room

Sometimes, the hardest conversations are the most needed for growth. The 916th Air Refueling Wing recognizes this and set out on a path for growth by creating the Elephant in the Room discussion forum. The Elephant in the Room began as an idea engineered by Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Greene, 916th AMXS First Sergeant and Senior Master Sgt. Rebecca J. Wyatt, 567th Red Horse Squadron First Sergeant and others within the 916th. They wanted a safe platform for some of the harder discussions sparked by recent events.

5 Jan 2021

Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine

We understand that some people may be concerned about getting vaccinated now that COVID-19 vaccines are available in the United States. While more COVID-19 vaccines are being developed as quickly as possible, routine processes and procedures remain in place to ensure the safety of any vaccine that is authorized or approved for use. Safety is a top priority, and there are many reasons to get vaccinated.

13 Nov 2020

Around the Air Force: SECAF on language & culture, a generational roundtable with Tuskegee Airmen

Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett’s message to Airmen about the impact language and cultural competence have on Air Force capabilities, and Air Force Cadets speak with two Tuskegee Airmen during a roundtable hosted by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Produced by Staff Sgt. Timmethy James)

19 Oct 2020

The 414th FG then, now

The 414th Fighter Group, a geographically separated unit of the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, hit their 10-year anniversary this summer since their reactivation at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, in July of 2010.

19 Oct 2020

Domestic violence: know how to help your wingman

Did you know that denying a spouse access to the family’s income is a form of domestic violence? That isolating a spouse or partner from their family and friends is also a form of domestic violence? These are just a few of the items Airmen of the 916th Air Refueling Wing can learn during Domestic Violence Awareness month.

15 Oct 2020

A Message to the Strong

Help:To make something more pleasant or easier to deal with; to make less severe.Help is one of the simplest words to describe or define. Why isn’t it just as easy to say? We have come to know it as a cry or last ditch effort to get us out of a life or death situation.Imagine you are in the stands at a sporting event and your friend or family

9 Sep 2020

Be Ready to Weather the Storm

Tips from Emergency Management and the Be Ready campaign on how to be prepared for emergencies.

29 Jun 2020

Reserve Citizen Airman makes life-saving decision

A simple decision not to let down a few friends helped Master Sgt. Carlos Jackson save a child's life.