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  • Valiant action saves co-worker from choking

    The life of a 71st Comptroller-Contractor Squadron accounting technician was saved by an office co-worker at Vance Air Force Base Dec. 5. Rose Palacios was working calmly at her desk when she began to choke on a piece of candy. "At first I thought I could just cough it up out of my throat. That

  • UAS students graduate from inaugural class

    A first-of-its-kind combat familiarization program for pilots slated to fly unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, graduated nine newly-winged lieutenants from Team Randolph's 563rd Flying Training Squadron Dec. 22. The four-week Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fundamentals Course, or UFC, began instruction

  • Nomads prove readiness during week-long exercise

    This week's Operation Noble Eagle exercise proves Nomads of the 33rd Fighter Wing are ready and able to respond, with a sense of urgency, anytime and anywhere to support in our nation's defense. "F-15s will be on alert, ready to scramble and launch against air threats to a simulated no fly zone that

  • Pilot's software prowess saves millions, earns award

    A former 12th Flying Training Wing Airman saved the Air Force more than $2.3 million by creating a flight forecasting computer program, earning him an Air Force 2008 Productivity Award. Maj. Eric Schmidt also modified an existing Air Force flight scheduling software program to efficiently replace

  • Future Airman gains confidence, loses 160 pounds

    Leo Knight-Inglesby is more determined than ever, and for the past 15 months has pushed himself beyond the limits he, and his loved ones, ever thought possible. The 22-year-old Silver Spring, Md., native is so set to "Do Something Amazing" in the Air Force that he shed more than 160 pounds to meet

  • Air Force redesigns recruiting Web site

    Incorporating the latest Internet technologies while reflecting the way ahead for the service, Air Force Recruiting Service launches its redesigned Web site Dec. 15 at airforce.com. The Web site serves as the Air Force's official recruiting site and offers potential recruits and the public insight

  • Attacked Air Force recruiter in stable condition

    The U.S. Air Force recruiter who was stabbed outside her Harlem, N.Y., recruiting office Dec. 11 remains in stable condition. Staff Sgt. Sarah Charles, a recruiter with the 313th Recruiting Squadron, was speaking with a potential applicant when she was stabbed by a female assailant. The recruiter

  • Reintegration: Air Force care for caregivers

    The Air Force Chaplain Corps is in the business of providing for others, but who ministers to the caregivers when they are in need of care? The Chaplain Corps Post-Deployment Reintegration Retreat to Lady of the Snows in Bellville, Illinois, exists for chaplains and chaplain assistants to provide a

  • General Feest explores the commitment to teamwork at Altus

    Maj. Gen. Gregory Feest, 19th Air Force commander, spent two days recently with the men and women of Altus Air Force Base as part of a regular site visit. General Feest enjoyed breakfast and a question and answer session with Airmen at the Solar Inn dining facility, viewed and drove vehicles from

  • Air Force honors top recruiters for 2008

    Fourteen Air Force recruiters were named tops in their field for fiscal 2008 by Air Force Recruiting Service. The Air Force Blue Suit recruiters for 2008 are: -- Master Sgt. Michael Kovach of the 333rd Recruiting Squadron at Melbourne, Fla. -- Master Sgt. William Malcolm of the 367th RCS at Colorado