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  • Tyndall Airman pulls woman from car crash

    Could you pull an injured stranger from a smoke-filled car with gasoline fumes rising into the air around you? Second Lt. Shannon Bancroft knows her answer when it comes to rendering aid. "I have done it before, and it is something I would do again ... it is no big deal," she said.Lieutenant

  • Tyndall officer awarded Bronze Star for OEF, OIF

    Another member of the Checkertail Clan was awarded one of the top honors for his service while deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Lt. Col. Craig Hall, 325th Maintenance Group deputy commander, was awarded the Bronze Star medal at a wing stand-up meeting Nov. 10. "At first, I was

  • Military working dog receives 'canine' treatment, sports gold crowns

    Most dentists here have performed dozens, if not hundreds, of root canals in their career, yet none have ever risked losing a limb for sticking their hand between the jaws of a patient. That is, until now. Enter Rex, a 5-year-old military working dog, who would have gladly removed a few poking and

  • CMSAF Murray visits Tyndall, discusses hot topics

    During Force Shaping, an ongoing process to balance manning in the Air Force, the enlisted force will increase and the officer corps will decrease, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Gerald Murray said during his visit here. While at Tyndall, the chief attended the Senior Enlisted Leaders Air

  • Columbus AFB graduates 10,000th pilot

    After 33 years of producing Air Force pilots, Columbus Air Force Base celebrated the graduation of its 10,000th student during Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 06-02's graduation ceremony Nov. 18. Gen. William R. Looney III, commander of Air Education and Training Command, spoke at the

  • C-130J combat capabilities tested during Joint Training Exercise

    Active duty, Reserve and Air National Guard C-130Js converged at Little Rock Air Force Base Nov. 12-19 to put the aircraft through its wartime paces during a joint training exercise with the Army at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La. While Airmen from the 48th Airlift Squadron and

  • Keesler nurse earns Bronze Star

    Sept. 11 has evolved into a somber observance for Americans since the terrorist attacks in 2001. But the date took on special significance last year for Keesler's newest recipient of the Bronze Star. Sept. 11, 2004, Capt. Kevin Polk risked his life to save an injured Airman while deployed in support

  • Want to be a Chief or a General? Read below for the perfect career path

    That got your attention, didn't it? It makes no sense to leave success to chance. Why struggle taking jobs others insist are dead end, require too much time and effort, appear to be boring at first glance, or career killers, when you can skip all of that mundane garbage? Unlike winning the lottery,

  • Double dribble: Tyndall Airman makes All-Armed Forces basketball team twice

    Making the Air Force Women's Basketball Team is difficult. Making the All-Armed Forces Women's Basketball Team is even more of a challenge. And making both teams twice? For Mariela Miles it was reality. Miles, a 5' 8" shooting guard from Missouri, helped lead the Air Force team to victory in both

  • Tyndall Airman convicted in prescription drug case

    A Tyndall Airman was convicted of two specifications of wrongful use of prescription drugs at a special court-martial held Nov. 4 here. Senior Airman Philip Jones, 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was convicted by a military judge of violating Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military