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  • Fitting tribute: PJs honored together

    It was fitting two decorated pararescuemen were recognized together in an awards ceremony at Forbes Hall Monday.Staff Sgts. John Hatzidakis and Christopher Nilson are pararescue instructors with the 342nd Training Squadron. They joined the Air Force at about the same time in 2002, went through

  • PJ instructor earns DFC

    A pararescueman was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with valor during a ceremony at Forbes Hall Monday. The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to officers or enlisted members who distinguish themselves in combat by performing acts of heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating

  • Help comes when things heat up

    Aircrew members from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., have deployed here to support fire-fighting efforts in Mexico and Texas.The Mexican government requested the C-130 support to assist firefighting efforts against wildfires in northern Mexico's state of Coahuila, 60 miles

  • Maintainers help keep birds up, fires down

    While racecars seize the limelight upon crossing the finish line, people tend to forget that a team in the shadows helped get them to the end.Racers have the help of their pit crew, actors have a director and pilots rely on maintainers to ensure the mission gets completed. While aircrews from

  • Tyndall Fitness Center receives LEED Platinum Award

    The Tyndall Fitness Center was awarded the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum level, the highest rating possible as of Aug. 20, 2010, under the group's green building rating system. The fitness center opened Aug. 20, 2010 and is the first building in

  • Laughlin continues support of firefighting efforts in Mexico

    Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft continued to support Mexican firefighting efforts to control wildfires in the Mexico state of Coahuila April 18 by launching six aerial fire-fighting missions from here.The C-130s, from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and under the

  • Goodfellow responds to Wildcat fire

    As dense smoke from the nearby Wildcat Fire engulfed the base April 15, crews and assets from the Goodfellow Fire Department and the Louis F. Garland Fire Academy here joined forces with hundreds of other firefighters to battle the blaze that has even affected members of Team Goodfellow.Persistent

  • Air Force graduates first combat systems officers

    This week, bases across the Air Force are receiving something new courtesy of the 479th Flying Training Group at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. -- the very first Combat Systems Officers.Ten lieutenants, nine active duty and one member of the Wyoming Air National Guard, stepped into the history

  • Laughlin supports wildfire relief effort

    Laughlin members rolled out the red carpet for members of a unit tasked to fight the wildfires in Texas and Mexico.Three C-130 aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. arrived here April 16 to a warm welcome from Laughlin's leadership and many others who made sure the

  • Sheppard, Wichita Falls firefighters subdue blazes

    Firefighters from Sheppard Air Force Base helped battle at least three wildfires April 15 that destroyed the home of a Sheppard Airman and forced the evacuation of one of Sheppard's military housing areas.Two fires - north and south of the base - began burning early in the afternoon. Hurricane-force