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  • Laughlin teen to play in Macy's Day Parade

    A Laughlin teenager will perform in the 88th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on Nov. 27, 2014, in New York City, N.Y.Braylen Blassingame, Del Rio High School student and Mighty Ram Band section leader, will play the snare drum in the nationally televised parade Thanksgiving morning."I was

  • Student pilot earns second set of wings

    One flight surgeon has taken the next step to become the 14th Pilot-Physician in the United States Air Force.Capt. William Smith, 14th Flying Training Wing Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 15-02 student, became the first pilot to earn his silver wings in the new pilot-physician

  • Lt. Gen. Kwast assumes command of Air University

    Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast assumed command of Air University from Lt. Gen. David S. Fadok in a change-of-command ceremony Nov. 10 at Maxwell Air Park here.Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Education and Training Command, presided over the ceremony. Rand described AU as not only the "intellectual

  • Lackland Airman saves man from burning building

    Senior Airman Christopher Taylor recently proved an Airman is never off duty.The Airman, assigned to 802nd Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, was getting ready for work on the morning of Nov. 3, when someone started banging on his door and ringing the doorbell

  • Laughlin airman saves life in auto accident

    What started off as a trip to the San Antonio International Airport to pick up his girlfriend, turned into a moment of heroism for Senior Airman Richard Ryan, 47th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter.It was Oct. 1 at about 11 a.m., on a hot and sunny Texas day, when Ryan was driving towards San

  • Goodfellow memorializes Sgt. Brandenburg

    Goodfellow held a memorialization and building dedication ceremony for Sgt. Dale Brandenburg, Vietnam War veteran and airborne radio maintenance technician, at the 17th Training Group, building 448, Oct. 27.In 1972, Brandenburg attended the Airborne Radio Maintenance Technician training at

  • AF women try out for basketball team

    Airmen stationed around the world gathered at Maxwell Air Force Base Oct. 19 to try out for the All Air Force women's basketball team, with hopes of representing the service in the Armed Forces Basketball Championship tournament at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in November.In his second year as the head

  • 'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot sits down with cadets

    (Editor's note:  The 306th Flying Training Group at the U.S. Air Force Academy is a geographically separated unit from the 12th Flying Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph)Retired US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who saved 155 lives on Flight 1549 after a heroic emergency

  • AETC civic leaders visit Academy

    The Air Force's Academy played host to 18 Air Education and Training Command civic leaders, giving the group a close-up look at how the Academy develops leaders, Oct. 15-16.Gen. Robin Rand, AETC commander and Class of '79 Academy grad, led the visit, which included a meeting with Academy leaders and

  • Laughlin lieutenant saves life

    It was just another trip to Wal-Mart for 2nd Lt. Joshua Nelson when he popped in to grab some fish hooks for a family trip to the lake this past Spring. Little did he know that a quick shopping trip would turn into so much more.The West Virginia Air National Guardsman was walking to the Hunting and