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  • Soles4Souls: AFRS helps program provides shoes to Haitian children

    When an earthquake hit Haiti in early January, a countless number of children and adults were left without homes and other everyday necessities.A Valdosta, Ga., resident has took the initiative to help provide a small but important comfort to survivors in the form of shoes."I initially wanted to

  • Junior enlisted servicemembers give back

    When the request to restore a local Veterans of Foreign Wars facility was presented at a monthly meeting, the members of Junior Enlisted Team Sheppard gladly accepted the challenge. JETS kicked off the VFW Chapter 8878 project May 8, as members volunteered to enhance the facility. Twenty-one JETS

  • Thunderbolt selected to fly F-35

    The 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base will soon begin looking for a new wing weapons officer. Maj. Josh Wood, current 56th FW Weapons officer, will soon be departing Luke AFB and no longer fly F-16s, but the next generation aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. With Air Force

  • Serving has been the 'greatest reward'

    When Vance Clarke wakes each morning, he turns toward his wife and gently reaches over and touches her -- a reminder as to why he continues to get out of bed each and every day at 4:30 a.m., dresses and heads to work.For the Air Force Recruiting Service command chief, his wife, Pam, represents why

  • Air Force hero, ace passes away

    Aces stand as American heroes and military legends. The Air Force recently lost one such legend with the passing of an ace from America's "greatest generation" and a member of the famed 56th Fighter Group from World War II. Col. Walker "Bud" Mahurin (ret.) passed away May 11, at his home in Newport

  • Navy SeaBees Instructor earns NETC award

    The Naval Education and Training Command, announced the 2009 Military Instructors of the Year during a ceremony at the Navy Memorial, District of Columbia, May 6. The 2009 Enlisted Instructor of the Year was awarded to a Team Sheppard member, Construction Electrician 1st Class Ryan Gerdon, 366th

  • Laughlin's volunteer of the year displays art of giving back

    Andia Dinesen is Laughlin AFBs 2009 Volunteer of the Year award recipant. Ms. Dinesen, wife of Capt. Ian Dinesen, 47th Security Forces Squadron commander, received the award for her involvement in the organizations and various volunteer efforts at Laughlin, said David Sullins, chief of Laughlin's

  • Laughlin aces test

    Laughlin's 47th Flying Training Wing met and even exceeded expectations and standards during its recent Unit Compliance Inspection conducted by the Air Education and Training Command inspector general team. For the second time, Laughlin was issued an overall rating of excellent, with several