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  • Year-long deployments have many benefits, entitlements

    While most deployments are around 120 days for Air Force members, some are much longer. Currently there are approximately 200 positions available for year-long deployments. These deployments have certain entitlements not associated with typical-length deployments. "We want to make sure everyone is

  • Bone marrow matches -- Civilian gets chance to help leukemia patient

    Answering the phone can be a joy, an aggravation, a mindless routine -- or an opportunity to save a life. Seven years ago, when Cindy Milford participated in a bone marrow registration drive at Keesler, she was told the odds of being contacted as a donor were very slim. So, she put that prospect out

  • Coming to shore - first AF Combat Dive Course class graduates

    During the final test, teams of two kicked subsurface in murky water for 2,000 meters to reach the shore. Their goal was to hit a precise targeted objective there without being spotted by anyone on boat or land. An underwater compass and a buddy harnessed three feet from their bodies provided

  • Airman rescues man from overturned car

    March 6, Airman 1st Class George Olivo III, 81st Civil Engineer Squadron, received a phone call from his sick wife, Anna, asking him to take her to their physician. Little did he know the drive to his Biloxi apartment would end up being a heroic event. "I was driving westbound on Highway 90 behind a

  • Hall of Famer takes flight at Luke

    A Major League Baseball Hall of Famer added "F-16 ride" to his list of career accomplishments after a visit to Luke Air Force Base March 22. In addition to flying, the Kansas City Royals' George Brett also met Airmen from across the base and signed hundreds of autographs. Some Airmen who waited in

  • NATO leadership prepares for spring steering committee

    Leadership from NATO partners will meet here next week to discuss a future that will include technological innovations and flexibility. Col. Jeffrey Kendall, 80th Flying Training Wing commander, said because of draw downs to smaller air forces among the partners and a tightening of spending belts,

  • Group adopts 'AFSO21' early

    Air Force Smart Operations 21 has been making a lot of news lately across the Air Force, but the 325th Maintenance Group here has been using the tool to identify and eliminate waste for more than a year. According to the latest Letter to Airmen by Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne, AFSO21

  • If not us, then who?

    In 2003, a senior Department of Defense memo was leaked to the press in which military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq were characterized as "a long, hard slog." You may feel the same way, as you face long deployments and the many personal and family hardships associated with combat operations.

  • Vance GTC program receives AETC recognition

    Zero is a great number for the 71st Comptroller Squadron, because that's the amount of discrepancy notifications it received in a year on Vance's Government Travel Card program -- a first among all bases in Air Education and Training Command. "In the past, an AETC base without a 60-day GTC