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  • Tops in Blue charms Wichita Falls

    A cascade a bright lights and colors streaked across the stage as lively entertainers from the Air Force's Tops in Blue performed at the Memorial Auditorium in Wichita Falls, Texas, Aug. 28, 2014. Tops in Blue is an all volunteer unit made up of vocalists, musicians, dancers and technicians."Loving

  • Team Keesler, local community honor forgotten hero

    A "Forgotten Hero" ceremony was held for Pierre David Junod, a navigator in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, Aug. 18, at the Biloxi National Cemetery.Although Junod, a 66-year-old Buffalo, New York, native, had no immediate family, more than a hundred military and civilian members of the

  • Luke AFB celebrates 100th F-35 flight

    Luke Air Force Base launched its 100th F-35A sortie at approximately noon on Tuesday."Flying the 100th F-35A sortie at Luke is a tremendous accomplishment," said Maj. William Andreotta, 61st Fighter Squadron chief of standardization and evaluations. "It is also a tribute to all the hard work and

  • Altus Airmen run for a cause

    Every Airman must run one-and-a-half miles on at least an annual basis, but some dare to follow in the footsteps of the ancient Greeks and run a full marathon.Two Altus Airmen have set their aim on achieving this goal, but also want to raise $4,000 for the Air Force Enlisted Village, a non-profit

  • Call for nominations: Portraits in Courage, Vol. IX

    Nominations are being accepted and reviewed for inclusion in Portraits in Courage, Vol. IX, now through Oct. 13."For seven years now Portraits in Courage has told Airmen's stories of courage, valor and heroism," said Lt. Col. Paul Baldwin, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Engagement

  • Training is not a waste of time

    A Laughlin Airman came to the aid of a woman who was struck by a vehicle while walking along Interstate 410 in San Antonio, Texas, on the morning of July 14.San Antonio native, Airman 1st Class Ashli Harris, 47th Medical Group flight medicine technician, was on I-410, driving back to Laughlin after

  • Remembering first living AF Medal of Honor recipient

    On Aug. 16, 2014, the first living Air Force recipient of the Medal of Honor and the first Air Force member to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War, more importantly, an incredible legacy, passed away in Idaho at the age of 87. When I heard the news of his passing, I was

  • Airman gives civilian second chance at life

    It was just another night out dancing July 3 for Staff Sgt. David Patton, 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron support section floor chief and his girlfriend, Ann Strasser, until the unthinkable happened.Patton and Strasser frequent the Brookside 2 Bar and Grill to see their favorite country band and

  • The longhorns are back on Altus AFB

    The 16th Annual Altus Air Force Base Cattle Drive took place Aug. 21, 2014, to kick off the Great Plains Stampede Rodeo. Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing and surrounding community members rode on horses to guide more than 20 longhorn cattle around the base while families, students and other