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Enlisted Pilots

Enlisted graduates at the last class at Maxwell Field, AL, in April 1943. These men had civilian flying experience before arriving. Upon graduation they were promoted to flight officers and assigned to flight instruction duty.

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Enlisted Pilots

The first enlisted pilot, Sgt. (later Colonel) Vernon L. Burge seated in an Army Wright B airplane in the Philippines in 1912.

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Firefighters

U.S. Air Force Airman Kristina Schneider, 312th Training Squadron student, approaches an exterior aircraft fire with a water hose outside the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, August 16, 2019. Though Schneider has graduated three fire academies throughout her civilian firefighting career, she expands her knowledge with aircraft fire suppression during her technical school training at Goodfellow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ethan Sherwood/Released)

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Firefighters

Firefighters spray foam from a fire suppression kit as an HH-43B Huskie helicopter hovers overhead to create a downwash of air. The crew was assigned to the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1968.

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Firefighters

Firefighters rush to extinguish a crash fire with the help of a boom from an experimental fire truck in the 1940s.

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Firefighters

Firefighters go through a decontamination station during a hazardous material training exercise in 2019 on Kadena Air Base, Japan. The suit worn here provides the highest level of protection against direct and airborne chemical contact.

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Firefighters

Although previously excluded from leadership roles, enlisted Airmen now serve at all levels of USAF firefighting, including fire crew chiefs, station captains, deputy fire chiefs, and fire chiefs. Here, SrA Braden Kohl explains how to treat wounds while deployed to Southwest Asia in 2013.

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Firefighters

US Air Force firefighters aid a fellow firefighter suffering from smoke inhalation during rescue operations at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in 1969.

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Firefighters

Firefighters with the 673rd Civil Engineer Squadron participate in ice rescue training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in -15°F temperatures in 2020. Close cooperation and teamwork are a must.

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PT-17

The Tuskegee Airmen PT-17 trainer sits in the restoration hangar at the National Museum of the USAF.

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PT-17

(L-R) David Tillotson,III, director of the National Museum of the USAF and Rob Collings, executive director of the Collings Foundation, review historical photos of the PT-17 Stearman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lisa M. Riley)

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Grey Berets Forecasting Weather Behind Enemy Lines

USAF Staff Sergeant Bryan Carnes stands in front of a Forward Arming and Refueling Point in Orgun-E, Afghanistan. Carnes provided weather support to a small contingent of the 82nd Airborne Division in October 2002.

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Grey Berets Forecasting Weather Behind Enemy Lines

USAF Staff Sergeant Bryce Howser, Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) member, measures the depth and flow rate of a river in Afghanistan. SOWTs use this data to determine whether or not a river is safe to cross on foot.

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Grey Berets Forecasting Weather Behind Enemy Lines

A SOWT checks wind readings using a Kestrel in a sandstorm during a Special Forces mission in Afghanistan.

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Grey Berets Forecasting Weather Behind Enemy Lines

Attached to the 3rd Special Forces Group, USAF SSgt. Jason Beyer sets up and checks a Remote Meteorological Weather System (RMWS) on the dirt landing strip at Khowst, Afghanistan, in 2002. RMWS were set up along mountain ranges and other remote areas to send back weather data to enable accurate target and route forecasts.

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