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U.S. Air Force turns 65
Sept. 18 marks a significant milestone as the Air Force reaches its 65th birthday.In military terms, the Air Force is still a young service. The U.S. Army was founded in June 1775, followed by the Navy and Marines later that same year. A few years later, the U.S. Coast Guard was created in 1790; however the Air Force has made significant strides in
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9/14
2012
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Aviators successfully return evacuated aircraft home
The 33 aircraft evacuated to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in anticipation of Hurricane Isaac returned home to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 31, after an all-clear was given by officials on the ground.The aircraft, which are collectively valued at nearly $141 million, belong to the 479th Flying Training Group, a geographically separated
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9/05
2012
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Airmen survive motorcycle crash thanks to PPE and Wingmen
"When I woke up in the ambulance, the paramedic took my helmet and shoved it in my face and said 'if you hadn't been wearing this we would be scraping your brains up off the pavement and you would be dead,'" Maj. Adam Travis recalled of a motorcycle ride that could have been his last.This fiscal year there have been 394 motorcycle mishaps, 31 of
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9/05
2012
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Randolph's UGT winners reach pinnacle at Air Force level
Six months after placing first in their categories in Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Youth Programs' You Got Talent (UGT) Family and Teen Talent Contest, three young performers are tops in the Air Force and await an opportunity to perform with the Tops in Blue entertainment troupe.Fifteen-year-old Jazmine White, a Steele High School sophomore,
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8/29
2012
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U.S. service members participate in Operation Good Samaritan
Imagine not knowing if your next meal was guaranteed. You sleep in a room packed with other children, there is no running water, your bathroom is just a hole in the ground and to top it off you have no parents.The conditions above are exactly how the 23 children of the Good Samaritan Orphanage were living before Maj. Christopher Pace, 58th Airlift
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8/27
2012
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