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  • Pararescueman: Selfless service and resiliency

    Service before self is an Air Force core value each Airman is expected to embody. For one particular group of Airmen, it's central to their way of life. The pararescueman code states: "It is my duty as a pararescueman to save life and to aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my

  • Basic training command chief outlines priorities

    The new 37th Training Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant believed the Air Force had basic military training right when he left Lackland in 1989.Returning 22 years later as the wing's top enlisted Airman, he uses one word to describe today's BMT."Awestruck," said Command Chief Master Sgt. Craig

  • Laughlin Airmen offer tips for a happy, safe Halloween night

    Halloween is a time for children and families to celebrate a night surrounded by the community and be someone or something different. It's supposed to be an evening filled with fun and treats, but for those who don't prepare, it can be a night filled with tragedy. "Many Halloween-related injuries

  • Randolph welcomes public to air show

    The air show is here, and with it, thousands of visitors will soon be on Randolph Air Force Base. The 2011 Randolph AFB Airshow is projected to have 150,000 people in attendance each day. Security is a main priority on a daily basis, so to accommodate the masses at an event as large as the air show,

  • Fort Sill Soldiers taste deployed life close to home at Altus AFB

    Soldiers from the 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla., recently concluded their 10-day Patriot missile culmination training event here Oct. 21. "The training was awesome," said Capt. Bradley Hayes, 4-3 ADA BN Alpha Battery commander. "We came to Altus and we replicated what we

  • Recruiter breaks world records to inspire

    Known throughout the running community as 'Mr. Treadmill,' Staff Sgt. Brendan Brustad, 349th Recruiting Squadron recruiter, here wants to be known for more than breaking world records for running. Now, he wants to be a total athlete.Brustad earned the nickname 'Mr. Treadmill' when he broke the world

  • Airmen embark on 812-mile trek to honor fallen heroes

    When dawn broke Sunday morning, 18 active-duty Airmen began their trek from Lackland, a memorial ruck sack march in honor of 17 fallen special tactics teammates killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. An estimated 812 miles later, on Wednesday, the Warrior Airmen will arrive at Hurlburt Field, Fla.On the

  • Korean army veterinarian returns home

    After working alongside U.S. Army veterinarians for the past year, an officer in the Republic of Korea army begins the journey home this weekend, ready to share his knowledge with colleagues.Maj. Sangho Seo, a veterinarian in the ROK army, came to the Daniel Holland Military Working Dog Hospital in

  • Basic trainee succumbs during training

    Air Force officials here announced the death of a basic trainee, who died at Southwest General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, October 19, 2011 at 7:44 a.m. Twenty-six-year-old Steven D. Williams of Detroit, Mich., had just completed his physical training assessment when he collapsed around 6 a.m. The

  • U.S. Navy Blue Angels to headline Randolph Airshow

    The skies over San Antonio will be filled with thunder when Randolph Air Force Base hosts a free air show Oct. 29 and 30. All are invited to this year's show, featuring diverse military and civilian aircraft, with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels headlining both days."It's going to be a fun,