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  • Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Nicholas Linsalata accepts the John L. Levitow Award from Senior Master Sgt. Jason A. Ramon, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Noncommissioned Officer Academy Director of Education, during ceremonies Feb. 21, 2020, for the largest NCOA graduating class in history, 304 students. (Sheppard NCOA photo)

    SA earns top award in largest NCOA class ever

    If garnering the top award in Air Force Enlisted Professional Military Education wasn’t impressive enough, how about receiving it as the #1 graduate in the largest Noncommissioned Officer Academy Class of all time.
  • SAs Jessica Sunkamaneevongse, seated left, and Alexandra Garced, seated right, and Air University Squadron Officer School classmates discuss how to redesign the Air Force maternity uniform. (Photo by AU/PA)

    Breaking down barriers for female Airmen

    An enthusiastic group of Squadron Officer School students at Air University are dedicated to redesigning the maternity uniform and researching other initiatives aimed at making women less inclined to leave the service earlier than planned.
  • James Smalley, 42, a quality assurance engineer from Penn Yan, N.Y., pled guilty Feb. 5, 2020, before a U.S. district judge, to falsifying inspection reports for space parts. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. (Courtesy photo)

    Quality assurance engineer pleads guilty to falsifying space parts reports

    U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced Feb. 5, 2020, that James Smalley, 42, of Penn Yan, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to falsifying inspection reports for space parts. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
  • A Falcon 9 rocket launches on Jan. 6, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The rocket, carrying an installment of Starlink satellites, was the first official launch of the United States Space Force. Special Agents from Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 802, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., teamed with other agencies and organizations to ensure successful launch operations. (Photo by Mr. Joshua Conti, 45 SW/PA-BMM)

    OSI space support marks end of an era, ushers in the next

    For more than seven decades the Air Force Office of Special Investigations has been at the forefront of law enforcement and counterintelligence operations in multiple domains – including space.
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Dustin Kepley's wife, Kayla, witnessed her husband's Act of Courage, when he rescued two drowning children and their mothers from the raging New River in North Carolina, June 9, 2018. (Courtesy photo)

    SA earns medal for Act of Courage

    Four people owe their lives to a special agent who was in the right place at the right time with the right stuff. Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Dustin Kepley, 1st Field Investigations Region, Detachment 104, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., was kayaking while on leave June 9, 2018, in his home state, North Carolina, when he heard a raucous commotion and alarming screams coming from the raging New River.
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations Force Protection Detachment Uganda Special Agent In Charge Keith Ide is joined by United States Ambassador to Uganda Deborah R. Malac and Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache, Col. Edward Dupont, U.S. Army, during SA Ide's State Department Award presentation Dec. 12, 2019. (Courtesy photo)

    State Department lauds SA's rescue actions

    On April 2, 2019, Kimberly Sue Endicott, two Canadian citizens and their Uganda tour guide/driver John Paul were kidnapped from Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) while on safari along the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The two Canadian citizens were released, but Endicott and Paul were forcibly taken into the DRC and held for six days.
  • The United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency that reports directly to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. AFOSI proactively identifies, investigates and neutralizes serious criminal, terrorist, and espionage threats against the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Donald C. Knechtel)

    OSI on the case in Hawaii

    The number of different units on base can seem countless, especially in a joint base environment. There are so many people who have different jobs and lives, working together to form one military machine.
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations Commander, Brig. Gen. Terry L. Bullard and Command Chief Master Sgt. Karen F. Beirne-Flint present the AFOSI wreath to a member of the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) for placement at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Jan. 7, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Mosier, SAF/PAI)

    Leadership pays respect to the Unknown at Arlington

    The new year ushered in a solemn first for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. AFOSI Commander, Brig. Gen. Terry L. Bullard and Command Chief Master Sgt. Karen F. Beirne-Flint laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Jan. 7, 2020, supported by Vice Commander, Col. Shan B. Nuckols and Executive Director, Mr. Jude R. Sunderbruch.
  • Every academic year, students at the Air War College (AWC), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., write professional studies research papers during their 10 months in residence that address questions raised by strategic leaders across all military service branches and in many government agencies. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    Special agent's research published in academic journal

    Every academic year, students at the Air War College (AWC), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., write professional studies research papers during their 10 months in residence that address questions raised by strategic leaders across all military service branches and in many government agencies.
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations Tinker Detachment 114 Commander, Lt. Col. Shannon Bancroft-James, poses with her 2019 Allendale, Mich., Public Schools Hall of Fame Induction Class. (Courtesy photo)

    Tinker Detco inducted into high school hall of fame

    The career path of Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Lt. Col. Shannon Bancroft-James reads like a geography lesson. Her hometown school system took copious notes, and on Nov. 7, the Allendale, Mich., Public Schools Hall of Fame welcomed her and four others as its 2019 Induction Class.
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