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  • GAFB celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2024

    Goodfellow Air Force Base celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a vibrant cultural event, Oct. 15. The event highlighted the culture and contributions of Hispanic Americans in the military.

  • From Puerto Rico to the Air Force

    By the time she was 30, Figueroa had a daughter and a family in Puerto Rico, but the desire to serve never left her. “It wasn’t until shortly after Hurricane Maria that I made the decision. I decided it was now or never. I finally enlisted in 2021,” she said.

  • From rural roots to AF leadership: Senior Master Sgt. Nancy Chavez Mozingo

    Senior Master Sgt. Nancy Chavez Mozingo, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron first sergeant, has always had values of service and community. The youngest of 12, Chavez Mozingo grew up in Tracy, a small town in Northern California, where her connection to those around her helped shape who she is today.

  • Laughlin AFB hosts Hispanic Heritage Luncheon

    Laughlin AFB hosted a luncheon to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 29, 2023.Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 to recognize the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture and achievements of the U.S.

  • Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on the flight line

    Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to celebrate Hispanic and Latino Americans and their rich cultural contributions and achievements to many aspects of society, including the workforce here at the 47th Flying Training Wing. Hispanic Heritage Month was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, and is

  • Keesler | Strength in family

    From an island in the North Atlantic Sea to moving across the world to Bamberg, Germany, Madeline Salazar’s values of family and heritage have never shifted.Salazar, Army and Air Force Exchange Services general manager, was born off the southern coast of the tropical island of Puerto Rico in Ponce

  • Altus | Airmen embrace Hispanic Heritage Month

    Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing commemorated this year’s Hispanic Heritage month through celebrations, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2022. From trying new foods to learning new dances from every corner of the Latino nations, Hispanic/Latino Culture Club members showcase the way diversity makes the Air