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Sept. 18, 2023
340th FTG, 559th FTS team finish first in AF Marathon 3-person relay

The Air Force Marathon usually draws in more than 8,000 competitors every year and this year, three runners from the 340th Flying Training Group, 39th Flying Training Squadron, and 559th Flying Training Squadron decided to compete in the 3-person relay on Sept. 16, 2023.
Aug. 18, 2023
Balancing Faith and Academia: Lt. Col. Duane McCrory’s Story

In 1991, a young Airman by the name of Duane McCrory embarked on his Air Force career, starting at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center located at Presidio of Monterey, Calif.
May 10, 2023
Egyptian-Born, American-Proud

Born in Egypt, Yosry Zaki spent 12 years applying for a visa to come to America and has since become a U.S. citizen and is now a Senior Airman in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He is a flight services technician with the 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. This is
April 26, 2023
Basic Military Training trainees become U.S. Citizens under new streamlined naturalization process

Fourteen trainees in Basic Military Training here raised their right hands and are now the first to complete the new streamlined naturalization process making them U.S. citizens and allowing them to graduate as American Airmen.
April 24, 2023
Luke AFB hosts Days of Remembrance event

Werner Salinger, Holocaust survivor and U.S. Air Force veteran, talks to Airmen at a Days of Remembrance event at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Salinger was born in 1932 in Berlin and survived the Night of Broken Glass before immigrating to New York in 1939 and enlisting in the U.S.
April 21, 2023
Goodfellow | To the Moon

Armstrong's desire to push himself and his team toward professional development extends outside his office.
April 17, 2023
Rated Prep Program: Master sergeant gains experience for rated career opportunities 

Sixty active-duty Airmen from across the Air Force flocked to Denton, Texas, to participate in the bi-annual Rated Preparatory Program from March 27 – 31, 2023. 
March 29, 2023
Educating professional aviators: Laughlin flight simulators help pilots soar

Training technology and tools used to create Air Force pilots is ever-changing to meet the needs of the Nation and have the best, most lethal pilots in the world.Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) uses innovative technology like advanced flight simulators to ensure the most realistic training
March 28, 2023
Holloman | 49th CES EOD flight trains multi-capable Airmen

From unexploded munitions to chemical, biological and nuclear hazards, it's up to the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron’s explosive ordnance disposal flight to attenuate hazards posed by weapons or explosive materials.
March 20, 2023
Female crew chief: family and the KC-135

Julianne Martinez walks around her dedicated KC-135 Stratotanker, searching for any loose items or damaged parts while ensuring gears are oiled. As she sprays the oil onto a rag to wipe down the landing gear, her left arm shows several tattooed flowers. One birth flower for each of her nephews and