Features

April 10, 2012
Fly, Fight, Run! OTS 'aims high' with physical training program

It's 5:15 a.m. on a Monday at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and the sun is just rising. The grass glistens with drops of dew as streaks of amber and tangerine stretch throughout the sky above. It's a great morning to relax."DOWN!" yells the instructor and realization hits. You're not at home
March 22, 2012
Altus AFB technical school student aces exams

An Airman at Altus AFB is the only first-term Airman to go through the boom operator technical school scoring a 100 percent on every test.Airman 1st Class Nicholas Roney is a boom operator technical school student who arrived at Altus in September 2011. Boom operator students spend the first 40 days
March 9, 2012
Nutworthy cause benefits food bank, inspires community

While many 10-year-olds are at the cusp of coming into their own, being neither a toddler nor adolescent, Emma Driggers, Randolph Elementary School student, has a pretty significant grasp of the outside world and her place in it. And that's not to say Emma is not your average 10-year-old. It's that
March 9, 2012
International festival highlights partnership building through professional military education

More than 800 students, faculty, and staff came together here, March 3 to experience Air War College's Taste of the World culinary and cultural event. This annual event, sponsored by the International Fellows of Air War College, was an opportunity for each student to showcase culinary treats
March 8, 2012
Randolph division puts its own spin on Bárány chair

The 902nd Mission Support Group Trainer Development Division is responsible for the development and production of numerous training aids that support the Air Force's flying and technical missions.Some of their better-known aids are cockpit and ejection seat mock-ups, but personnel at the division
March 7, 2012
Keesler airfield gets much needed makeover

The Keesler airfield is getting a facelift, a pamper me day if you will, to remove its rough, dry, aged and cracking surface to allow new layers of smooth concrete to be applied. It's getting a little tender-loving care. Of course, this will involve rakes, shovels, jack hammers, and the pouring of
March 2, 2012
History in progress: AETC historian reflects on more than 40 years of Air Force Service

She grew up poor, the second oldest of nine children in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her dad had left school after 5th grade to support his family. A life-long battle with polio left her mom unable to finish high school, instead earning a general equivalency diploma at age 60. Helping to care for seven younger
Jan. 29, 2012
AF basic training a family affair

Like most any parent attending Friday's Air Force basic training graduation here, Lori Huayacla had to navigate through the crowd in search of her son.But there was a difference for the 37-year-old mother of four from Portland, Ore., Huayacla was beginning a journey her eldest son, 19-year-old
Jan. 4, 2012
Songwriter sings, rides for wounded warriors

Somewhere east of Biloxi, Miss., Devorah Gottesman is mounted upon her trusty touring bicycle as she continues her cross-country journey. She's determined to go the distance and then some as she carries her precious gear -- the song of the wounded warrior.Known simply as Devorah by her family,
Dec. 17, 2011
Rampage vs JBSA-Lackland: Hockey team meets AF fitness challenge

Spurred on by the constant shouts of "Atta boy", "Way to go", "You can do it", or "Just one more," a group of San Antonio professional athletes got a sample of the Air Force fitness assessment Wednesday morning at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.The sounds of encouragement reverberated through the