RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Staff Sgt. Alejandra Ortega Mejia's life took a dramatic turn before she was even a year old. At just nine months, her family fled Mexico after a series of catastrophic explosions rocked their hometown, forcing them to seek safety and new opportunities in Portland, Oregon. On April 22, 1992, a series of devastating gasoline explosions ripped th  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Staff Sgt. Alejandra Ortega Mejia's life took a dramatic turn before she was even a year old. At just nine months, her family fled Mexico after a series of catastrophic explosions rocked their hometown, forcing them to seek safety and new opportunities in Portland, Oregon. On April 22, 1992, a series of devastat  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Eric Branum On July 25, 2024, the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) system received approval to "go-live" and deployed to the Propulsion Maintenance Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) wasted no time as it used MRO to perform maintenance actions on Public-Private Partnership Workloads involving the F119 engine in the first few weeks  more