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  • Perpetual Silence

    “He’s gone. Shawn...he’s gone.”Silence.“Did you hear me?”Pause.My voice cracked when I responded, understanding I would never be able to call or talk to my younger brother again.“Yeah.”Shawn had ended his own life.Suicide can happen quietly and sometimes it’s the people closest to us who are

  • Operation Rooftop delivers hands-on SNCO development

    Technical sergeants recently selected for promotion to master sergeant and new master sergeants attended a professional development course called Operation Rooftop at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Aug. 12-15, 2025.

  • STARBASE comes to Columbus

    STARBASE Columbus is partnering with local school districts to enhance learning objectives, resources, and standards. Fifth grade students are scheduled to start the program that encompasses over 25-hours of hands-on activities.

  • Altus Security Forces K9s partner with federal agencies for training

    The 97th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dogs Section hosted a Homemade Explosives or HME training on Aug. 13, 2025. The training aids for this event were set up and supplied by an FBI special agent from the Oklahoma Division for the training of explosive detection canines.

  • Luke AFB Commander Realigns Priorities for Lethality

    LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David Berkland, 56th Fighter Wing commander, is reinforcing the wing’s longstanding mission and vision with an emphasis on what he calls “Thunderbolt Nation’s ABCs.”

  • Altus Airmen debut first KC-46, C-17 refueling demo in Canada

    Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing’s Demonstration Team took to the skies at the Abbotsford International Air Show in British Columbia, Aug. 7-11, 2025, for their first-ever combined aerial refueling performance featuring the KC-46 Pegasus and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.