Air Force kicks off NASCAR season at Daytona

The Air Force begins its seventh year of sponsorship in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series when the No. 21 car begins the 2007 season Feb. 10 at the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, Fla. The Air Force No. 21 car, owned by Wood Brothers Racing/JTG Organization, features a new paint

361st TRS Airman killed en route to Tyndall

Airman 1st Class Joseph Kitzmiller could barely keep from laughing as he stood in a room Feb. 2, telling a story of a man of small stature who lived life as a giant. The 23-year-old Airman told of countless times students in the 361st Training Squadron's Aerospace Propulsion course would holler out

Iraqi AMOC graduate dies in suspected attack

Iraqi Air Force Col. Ahmed A. Al Amran left Sheppard with the dream of making a war-torn Iraq a better place ... to make his increasingly dangerous neighborhood in Baghdad a safe haven where children could run and play in the streets. That dream was cut short Jan. 28 when he was killed in a

Second Purple Heart and Bronze Star awarded to explosive ordnance disposal heroes

Two recently deployed Airmen from the 314th Airlift Wing received honors in a ceremony here Jan. 30. Staff Sgt. Matthew Patnaude received his second Purple Heart and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Lipinski was awarded the Bronze Star. Both Airmen are 314th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal

The Fray tears through CAFB

Air University debuts strategic publication, seeks articles for inaugural issue

Air University announces the debut of a publication that will serve as a forum for the critical examination of and debate about contemporary national defense topics, and is inviting authors to share their perspectives on strategic issues in today's headlines. Topics of discussion within the pages of

Night Vision Goggle Academic Instructor training debuts at Randolph

Randolph sets a new training milestone Monday as it begins its first Air Force Night Vision Goggle Academic Instructor course. The course, which has been conducted under the Air Force Research Laboratory in Mesa, Ariz., since the early 1990's, was officially transferred to the Air Education and

AMPing up the C-130 fleet

Members of the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing are helping shape the future of C-130 airlift as they advise Air Force contractors in California and systems specialists in Ohio with the development of the C-130 AMP, known in aviation circles as the Avionics Modernization Program. Air

Helicopter rescuers rely on SERE training

The situation was desperate. A father and son's snowmobiling expedition turned potentially deadly when they became stranded in the Idaho wilderness due to weather so severe a ground rescue was impossible. Luckily for the stranded men, a group of Airmen from the 36th Rescue Flight based at Fairchild

Sheppard phases in new phase program

Sheppard Airmen in training are finding themselves with more freedom and responsibility as Air Education and Training Command transitions into its new phase program. The new program, which took effect after the Airmen returned from holiday exodus, is scheduled to be fully functional across Sheppard