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  • Defenders ‘reach for stars’ during inaugural Defender Flag exercise

    FORT BLISS, Texas – In October, security forces teams from each Air Force major command converged here for the inaugural Defender Flag 2023 – the enterprise’s first full, mission-profile field exercise – and the career field’s legacy skills competition Defender Challenge. The field exercise

  • Defenders to hone skills at combat readiness events 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The security forces career field is set to evaluate air base ground defense capabilities delivered to the Department of the Air Force, and joint and coalition mission partners around the globe during two major events at Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 23-27. “The

  • Aviano Competition Qualification for USAFE Team for 2020 Defender Challenge

    “The model defender possesses the qualities that 99% of wyvern defenders exhibit each day: discipline…in thought and action; physically and mentally ready to conquer the challenges of dynamic operating environments; lethal…superior in tactics, smarter than the enemy, and deadly behind the trigger,”

  • Teams prepare for return of Defender Challenge

    Fourteen Security Forces teams from U.S. Air Force major commands, Great Britain and Germany are training to compete in San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 10-13 when Defender Challenge returns after a 14-year hiatus.