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  • Relief fund aids 3,000 Katrina victims

    Nearly $500,000 has been channeled to 3,115 of Keesler's military and civilian victims through the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. A network of base leaders and volunteers got the money flowing to the people who needed help to put their lives and homes back together after the most devastating natural disaster in American history. As donations from
  • Lady Senator chosen to attend All-AF tryouts

    Constant practice and nonstop softball action have prepared a Team Sheppard member to potentially become the first Sheppard representative to the All-Air Force women’s softball team. Tina Cooper, an Air Force specialty code awarding scheduler with the 982nd Training Group, has been selected for the 2006 All-Air Force women’s softball team trial
  • The coolest brew in the Air Force

    Cryogenics sounds like some future way of recreating life or a search for a cure of an unknown plague. It also sounds like something from the “Star Trek” episodes or possibly even “Star Wars.” For the Air Force and the 366th Training Squadron here, it means keeping pilots and aircrews alive when they’re flying above the 10,000-foot level. “The main
  • Airmen render assistance in roadside accident

    In the hot Arkansas sun the pavement of Highway 67/167 radiated mirage-like waves undulating in the scorching air. A white mini van sat motionless its transformed shape of crunched metal, spun around to face the traffic as a plume of dust rose from the debris. On that day, July 11, a small crowd of bystanders stood gawking at the horrible
  • CAFB spouse among 5 Very Important Patriot Award winners

    Columbus Air Force Base Defense Commissary Agency employee and Air Force spouse Robert Davison will share breakfast tables with military families across the country this summer. A special-edition box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes features his portrait among five 2005 Very Important Patriot Award recipients and will be available at military
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  • 71st MDSS meets AFSO 21 tool challenge

    The 71st Medical Support Squadron’s radiology section wasted little time following the Air Force Smart Operations 21 announcement to roll out a smarter, less expensive way of conducting their business. The X-ray department recently switched to a photo archiving and communications system, or PACS. PACS takes advantage of technology to replace film
  • AETC takes ownership of CV-22 Osprey

    It's now official. The CV-22 Osprey, which has been incrementally delivered here since March, is now an Air Education and Training Command asset. The owner has been Air Force Special Operations Command, but after the recently completed Operational Utility Evaluation and final transfer and acceptance maintenance inspections, the four tilt-rotor
  • New commander takes Air Force Recruiting reins

    Force Recruiting Service welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony here July 17. Brig. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot took command from Brig. Gen. Robertus Remkes, who headed AFRS since 2004. In her new role, General Vautrinot is the first female to lead Air Force recruiting in the service’s 52-year history. The general pinned on her
  • 'I've always got time for you!' encounter with Bob Hope provides lifelong lesson

    About a decade ago, I arrived late for the weekly first sergeant council meeting hosted by our senior enlisted advisor, a grisly, no-nonsense former cop. I felt his focused stare as I took my seat in the middle of his weekly issues update. As the meeting came to end, the chief asked me to stay behind. I knew he was unhappy. After giving me his
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