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  • Top rollers: Air Force takes first in bowling championship

    The Air Force Bowling Team finished first place in interservice play for the seventh consecutive year at the Armed Forces Bowling Championship held at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The Air Force women finished first in division play. Trish Rodgers, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, finished first overall in

  • Wartime planning course prepares Airmen for duty

    As the Supreme Allied Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during the Normandy invasion of World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower explained the importance of military planning when he said, "In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." A course

  • Joint counterinsurgency doctrine needs airpower, paper says

    The counterinsurgency manual used by U.S. Soldiers and Marines undervalues the role airpower plays in fighting insurgencies, according to a monograph recently published by Air University officials. That guidance, designated Field Manual 3-24 by the Army and Warfighting Publication 3-33.5 by the

  • Web site links, educates squadron commanders

    A Web site developed by Air University's Air Command and Staff College members here is now empowering commanders through a familiar concept -- communication. Known as the Commanders Connection, the site provides squadron commanders a safe environment to discuss issues -- sometimes sensitive in

  • New Airmen "do something amazing" in the snow

    Thirty-four new Airmen joined the Air Force Jan. 12 at a World PowerSport Association Snowmobile Tour event in Shakopee, Minn.More than 25,000 fans at the Air Force Canterbury SnoCross event witnessed the young adults take the Air Force oath of enlistment for the first time, led by Brig. Gen.

  • AF releases report on toddler's death

    The Air Force today released a report of investigation into the Sept. 19, 2007, death of Devon M. Davis, two-year-old dependent son of Senior Airman Michael P. Davis and Kathryn G. Davis, citing the cause of death as accidental as a result of workplace complacency. The investigation board found that

  • Sheppard Airmen featured on Food Network's "Dinner: Impossible"

    Television viewers nationwide will see a renowned chef attempt to feed 1,000 people at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, when the Food Network airs a new episode of "Dinner: Impossible" in the coming weeks. Chef Robert Irvine and his culinary crew were given 10 hours to feed members of the base and

  • Future Raptor pilots test mettle on Falcons

    The first pilots ever selected to fly the F-22 Raptor without previous fighter experience started preparing for that day Jan. 14, when they entered the 63rd Fighter Squadron here for the Raptor Lead-in course. The Raptor Lead-in course is a five-week opportunity for the four new pilots to experience