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  • Sheppard, community celebrate Freedom Fest 2010

    Wade Bowen, a Texas-born country singer, performs the "Star-Spangled Banner" to a crowd of 35,000 people during Freedom Fest 2010 July 3, at the Sheppard Clinic pavilion at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Freedom Fest 2010 featured a volleyball tournament, car show, a variety of foods, performances

  • Senior Master Sgt. Michael Morris, Altus Award Winner!

    Senior Master Sergeant Michael Morris is the 2009 Staff Sgt. Henry E. "Red" Erwin Outstanding Senior Noncommissioned Officer Career Enlisted Aviator of the Year.The Henry E. Erwin Outstanding Enlisted Aircrew Member of the Year Award is presented annually to an Airman, noncommissioned officer and

  • New ejection seat added to T-38

    The T-38 Talon is receiving an upgrade that officials said will improve aircrews' safety and comfort.Representatives from Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Inc. are in the early stages of installing their new escape systems in all T-38Cs at Randolph AFB after completing the same project at Laughlin AFB,

  • Altus Airman earns career enlisted aviator award

    Air Force officials announced the selection of three Airmen for the 2009 Staff Sgt. Henry E. "Red" Erwin Outstanding Career Enlisted Aviator of the Year Award July 1.The recipients are:-- Senior Master Sgt. Michael A. Morris, 54th Air Refueling Squadron, Altus Air Force Base, Okla.-- Tech. Sgt.

  • Luke Airmen defend Bagram against attack

    On May 19, at Bagram Air Base Afghanistan two 56th Security Forces Squadron Airmen, engaged in a fire fight with multiple insurgents when they tried to breach the perimeter of the base.Senior Airman Keegan Donnelly and Airman 1st Class Dustin Barnes were only two months into their first deployment

  • AFRS films Lackland training

    Building on the recent success of its Web site's basic military training video, the Air Force Recruiting Service returned to Lackland June 21-25 to film several technical school career fields for a new AirForce.com technical training video.The new video is part of the AirForce.com content

  • JBSA Airmen pay tribute to family

    The flag at half staff behind the 37th Training Wing headquarters building during the basic military training graduation parade June 25 served as a visual reminder.But it wasn't necessary for Marie Campbell. The date -- June 25, 1996 -- is unforgettable for her and 18 other families. On that day 14

  • All military medical training roads now start at METC

    The future of military medical training arrived at Fort Sam Houston in a big way June 30 with the opening of the sprawling Medical Education and Training Campus.The METC, the crown jewel of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's mandates for Fort Sam Houston, is an integrated campus

  • MC-12W site survey team visits Altus

    Altus AFB hosted the MC-12W site survey team from headquarters Air Combat Command June 22-24. The purpose of the visit was to provide a thorough evaluation of the base infrastructure, in support of basing up to 37 MC-12W aircraft on the installation. The primary mission of the MC-12W is providing

  • VA Hospital gives soldiers early holiday

    They're helping veterans everyday in their facility but their care goes beyond the hospital. Staff at the West Texas VA Medical Center in Big Spring, Texas, and the Big Spring community teamed up in June to give deployed servicemembers an unexpected holiday with Operation Soldier Holiday