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  • Altus, McConnell AFBs selected to receive KC-46A Pegasus aircraft

    Air Force officials announced April 23, that Altus Air Force Base, Okla., is the Air Force's KC-46A Pegasus formal training unit and McConnell AFB, Kan., is the first active duty-led Pegasus main operating base."The KC-46A Pegasus aerial tanker remains one of our top three acquisition priorities,"

  • Twin brothers join Air Force together

    Dillon and Dustin Yancy did everything together while growing up in the small town of Ravendon Springs, Ark. They played football, they played baseball and their competitiveness with each other drove them both toward joining the Air Force as Battlefield Airmen.Dillon was the first to be recruited

  • Airman finds purpose in recruiting

    It took a life-changing assignment for Tech. Sgt. Summer Chamberlain to realize her calling as a recruiter. Chamberlain, the Health Professions Medical and Dental Accessions NCO in charge at Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service, was a dental technician at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., in 2000

  • Vapor Supercar unveils special operations theme

    The U.S. Air Force's supercar, Vapor, unveiled its new special operations-themed trailer during the MotoGP race weekend at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, April 11-13.The new theme allows visitors to experience the parallels between the technology in the car and technology used by

  • Plane crash, coma doesn't deter pilot

    After a 2007 plane crash, nine days in a coma and 28 surgeries, retired Capt. David Berling, now a civilian working as a 56th Contracting Squadron contract specialist, understands what it means to overcome adversity. On April 29, 2007, Berling was approximately 20 seconds from landing his private

  • Heroes walk amongst us every day

    "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion." ~Abraham LincolnOne Airman did just that when he found himself downrange in the thick of war.It was April 2008 and Maj. Scott Smith, 56th Comptroller Squadron commander, had been on Phoenix base in Iraq for almost a

  • Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: Anniversary event draws crowd to honor heroes

    It was April 18, 1942, and the United States was embroiled in World War II following the unsuspected attack on Pearl Harbor and the Imperial Japanese forces had rapidly extended their reach across the Pacific. When called upon, 80 men volunteered for a "top secret" mission blindly - a mission that

  • Flying squadron honors, remembers instructor pilot's ultimate sacrifice

    Maj. Jeff 'Oz' Ausborn, 41, was killed April 27, 2011, in Kabul, Afghanistan, when a shooter opened fire at the Kabul International Airport, killing eight Airmen and one American contractor. Ausborn, who was an instructor pilot deployed from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, was honored during a

  • JBSA-Randolph to host commemorative toast for Doolittle Raider

    Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" E. Cole, World War II veteran and one of four surviving Doolittle Raiders, will celebrate Friday on the 72nd anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid.The commander of Air Education and Training Command, Gen. Robin Rand, invites you to a commemorative toast for

  • AETC award winner says it's not about him

    There may only be one name on the award but when asked, Air Education and Training Command's Airfield Operations Officer of the Year will say that it's really about everyone else. "I just sat behind the desk, these people did all the work," said Capt. Ryan Nichols, formerly the airfield operations