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  • Air Force sets foundation for energy optimization, lethality

    As 2020 approaches and the Air Force prepares to take on the challenges of the next decade, we must also review our successes and lessons learned from the last year. For Air Force Operational Energy, 2019 was a year for laying the foundation to build a more optimized and lethal force in the years to

  • Airmen trade blue stripes for gold bars, silver wings

    Few things tell an Airman it’s time for a fresh uniform quite like swapping enlisted stripes for second lieutenant’s rank. For a pair of former airmen first class, now second lieutenants, their gold bars come with silver pilots’ wings.

  • Airmen deliver holiday cheer to local children’s home

    Members of the 97th Operations Group at Altus, AFB, Okla. embraced the spirit of the season by donating and celebrating their annual children’s Christmas party on Dec. 14, 2019. Over 220 children attended the event and as part of the festivities, they gathered 63 gifts fulfilling the wish lists of

  • Columbus Airmen, families volunteer for holiday wrap up

    Airmen, spouses, and community members of Columbus came together Dec. 19 at the Columbus Club on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, to volunteer and show their support for the local community during the Happy Irby Holiday Wrap.

  • How a Maxwell dental assistant saved a life

    You’re finally getting off work, excited to start your weekend off with a bang by enjoying the night life with a cold drink in your hand. Instead, they’re covered in blood as you’re applying a tourniquet on a man that’s barely holding on to dear life in the middle of a road surrounded by twisted