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  • Resilience on the Homefront: A POW wife's story

    When Capt. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris ejected from his F-105 Thunderchief Apr.  4, 1965, he left behind the cockpit of a doomed airplane and a family he dearly loved.     At his 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron’s base in Okinawa, the captain’s wife was unaware her husband’s plane had been destroyed by

  • Welsh presents AF update at AFA

    Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III outlined Air Force operations from 2015, the service’s plan for 2016, and what is to come in the future at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 25.

  • Cody gives enlisted perspective at AFA

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody spoke to a room of Airmen and civilians about today’s generation of Airmen and their families during the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 25.

  • Lending a helping hand in Flint, Michigan

    Staff Sgt. David Whitney (right) hands a box of bottled water to Staff Sgt. Parker Smith at Word Temple Church in Flint, Michigan, Feb. 10. Whitney and Parker are 339th Recruiting Squadron recruiters based in Flint. Due to massive amounts of lead found in Flint water, millions of bottles of water

  • Altus AFB Intelligence Flight: more than just secrets

    When people think of military intelligence they usually imagine a dark windowless room illuminated only by light coming from computer monitors that flicker with encrypted messages only trained eyes understand. Although the office is windowless, the 97th Operation Support Squadron Intelligence

  • Landing safe: Keesler Battlefield Airmen perform training exercise

    Master Sgt. Yuri, 334th Training Squadron combat control instructor, makes a successful parachute landing on the flight line Feb. 17, 2016, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Keesler’s battlefield Airmen instructors periodically perform the routine training exercise to maintain their proficiency. (U.S.

  • AETC debuts "First Faces" video series

    A video series, called "First Faces," featuring members from throughout the Air Education and Training Command makes its debut this week. Airman 1st Class Owen Ricker from the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, tells his Air Force story of resilience. "First Faces" began several

  • Indoor wash rack for aircraft increases productivity, conserves water

    For years, members of the 12th Flying Training Wing Maintenance Directorate corrosion control section washed the wing’s trainer aircraft outdoors, where temperature extremes, inclement weather and water-use restrictions often interfered with their work.Those days are over.  The 14-member corrosion

  • First class of MTLs graduate new course

    Ten NCOs graduated from the 81st Training Support Squadron’s military training leader course here Feb. 11.The course, formerly based out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, teaches NCOs and senior NCOs selected via the Developmental Special Duty program the ins and outs of leading Airmen