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  • TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AETCNS) -- Senior Airman Jennifer Dantzler, 28th Test Squadron/Detachment 2 electronic warfare technician, hooks up wires to an electronic warfare defense pod used on Air Force fighter jets. The squadron, one of Tyndall’s tenant units, won the Air Force Association’s 2006 Theodore Von Karman Award for outstanding contributions to national defense in the field of science and engineering related to aerospace activities. Electronic warfare systems and its associated capabilities are part of more than 400 test missions in support of 17 programs accomplished in 2006 across the combat Air Forces. Specifically, the pod in the picture is an essential tool for testing and training on F-15 and F-16 aircraft radar and avionics suites. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chrissy Cuttita)

    Outstanding contributions

  • 33rd Fighter Wing gains F-35 training mission

    WASHINGTON - Air Force officials announced plans to assign the mission of training new Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and allied F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilots and maintainers to the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla. Final planning for the move is dependent on the results of the ongoing environmental impact analysis process that is

  • Lords win O'Malley Award

    Former Keesler commander Maj. Gen. William Lord and his wife, Cynthia, are winners of the 2006 Gen. and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award. The award recognizes the wing commander-and-spouse team whose contributions to the nation, the Air Force and the surrounding community best exemplify the highest ideals and positive leadership of a military couple

  • Internet is valuable resource for con artists

    Scams may have changed, but tried-and-true advice remains -- let the buyer beware, all that glitters is not gold, and if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. The Justice Department notes that fraud schemes that have victimized consumers for many years now appear online, offering thieves a faster way to carry out their plans. Scam

  • Two Luke Airmen to compete in AF Marathon

    Air Education and Training Command has selected two Luke runners to represent the base and command at this year's Air Force Marathon, scheduled to take place Sept. 16 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Master Sgt. Mary Simmons, 56th Medical Group patient advocate, and Tech. Sgt. Philip Cushman Jr., 56th Communications Squadron NCO in charge
  • OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE (AFPN) -- An F-15C Eagle shoots off flares during a training mission Feb. 7. The flares alert civilian aircraft that they are in restricted airspace. The 33rd Fighter Wing has been supporting Operation Noble Eagle since Sept. 11, 2001, (U.S. Air Force Photo by Capt. Kristi Beckman)

    33rd Fighter Wing supports Operation Noble Eagle mission

    From Sept. 11, 2001, when F-15C Eagles scrambled from the runways here into the North American skies, until today, men and women in the 33rd Fighter Wing have supported Operation Noble Eagle by helping protect the U.S. homeland from terrorists. ONE is the military mission that combats the type of terrorist attacks used on 9-11. Those attacks
  • The X-35, Joint Strike Fighter from Lockheed Martin nears completion of flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 2001. The JSF is being built in three variants: a conventional take-off and landing aircraft (CTOL) for the US Air Force; a carrier based variant (CV) for the US Navy; and a short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft for the US Marine Corps and the Royal Navy. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    33rd Fighter Wing gains F-35 training mission

    Air Force officials announced plans to assign the mission of training new Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and allied F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilots and maintainers to the 33rd Fighter Wing here. Final planning for the move is dependent on the results of the ongoing environmental impact analysis process that is required by the National

  • Thornhill assumes command of AFIT

    The Air Force Institute of Technology welcomed its first-ever female commandant as Brig. Gen. Paula G. Thornhill accepted command from Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, Air University commander, during a ceremony July 31. Brig. Gen. Mark T. Matthews relinquished his nearly 13-month command and is now headed for an assignment as Director, Plans and
  • Air Force sharpshooters Tech. Sgt. Robert Johnson (left) and Senior Airman Jose Felix, both with the Texas Air National Guard’s 204th Security Forces Squadron, based at Biggs Army Airfield, lay waiting as part of a recent demonstration for Maj. Gen. Charles G. Rodriguez, Adjutant General of Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Luke Elliott)

    204th SFS trains sharpshooter teams

    The word sniper brings many things to mind, such as Marines, Army scouts or even Tom Berenger as Thomas Beckett in the Hollywood movie, "Sniper." One thing it might not bring to mind is the U.S. Air Force or, more specifically, the Texas Air National Guard. Perhaps it should, now that the Texas Air National Guard's 204th Security Forces Squadron,
  • Master Sgt. Steve Foley, left, and Staff Sgt. Mike Harvell, 333rd Training Squadron mobile training team members, reconfigure and prepare mobile training kits to return to the field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

    Keesler mobile training team deploys to Kuwait

    Master Sgt. Steve Foley and Staff Sgt. Mike Harvell aren’t packing light for a six-week trip to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The six equipment cases they need to take training to the warfighters weigh in at more than 1,400 pounds. Sergeants Foley and Harvell are members of one of the 333rd Training Squadron’s mobile training teams that take diverse global
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