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  • The coolest brew in the Air Force

    Cryogenics sounds like some future way of recreating life or a search for a cure of an unknown plague. It also sounds like something from the “Star Trek” episodes or possibly even “Star Wars.” For the Air Force and the 366th Training Squadron here, it means keeping pilots and aircrews alive when

  • Airmen render assistance in roadside accident

    In the hot Arkansas sun the pavement of Highway 67/167 radiated mirage-like waves undulating in the scorching air. A white mini van sat motionless its transformed shape of crunched metal, spun around to face the traffic as a plume of dust rose from the debris. On that day, July 11, a small crowd of

  • CAFB spouse among 5 Very Important Patriot Award winners

    Columbus Air Force Base Defense Commissary Agency employee and Air Force spouse Robert Davison will share breakfast tables with military families across the country this summer. A special-edition box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes features his portrait among five 2005 Very Important Patriot Award

  • 71st MDSS meets AFSO 21 tool challenge

    The 71st Medical Support Squadron’s radiology section wasted little time following the Air Force Smart Operations 21 announcement to roll out a smarter, less expensive way of conducting their business. The X-ray department recently switched to a photo archiving and communications system, or PACS.

  • AETC takes ownership of CV-22 Osprey

    It's now official. The CV-22 Osprey, which has been incrementally delivered here since March, is now an Air Education and Training Command asset. The owner has been Air Force Special Operations Command, but after the recently completed Operational Utility Evaluation and final transfer and acceptance

  • New commander takes Air Force Recruiting reins

    Force Recruiting Service welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony here July 17. Brig. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot took command from Brig. Gen. Robertus Remkes, who headed AFRS since 2004. In her new role, General Vautrinot is the first female to lead Air Force recruiting in the

  • 24/7 personnel services are here

    The Air Force is changing shape and size everywhere. Military Personnel Flights are part of this change. Their transformation has begun and is called Personnel Services Delivery. Phase One of the transformation has seven groups of changes projected to be in place by December 2007. Two recent changes

  • British pilot finishes Raptor training at Tyndall

    The first British pilot to complete F-22 Raptor training graduated this week at Tyndall Air Force Base. Flight Lt. Dan Robinson, from the Royal Air Force, is assigned to Langley AFB, Va. He has completed two months of training with the 43rd Fighter Squadron as part of an exchange program. In return,