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  • Retired Col. Terry Cawley, T-6A Simulator instructor for Lear Siegler Services, Inc., observes his last student March 16, at the T-6 flight simulator facility here. Colonel Cawley served 28 years in the Air force before becoming a T-6A simulator instructor. Moody’s last T-6A Texan Undergraduate Pilot Training course ends March 30. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech.Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

    From the old, to the new, into the wild blue

    When he joined the Air Force in 1952 to be a fighter pilot, retired Col. Terry Cawley had no idea his military travels would leave him perfectly suited to be a simulator instructor for thousands of grateful students. As Moody Air Force Base's last T-6A Texan Undergraduate Pilot Training course ends, Colonel Cawley, a T-6A simulator instructor
  • A small sample is shown of various crocheted hats and pillows made by Mad Hatters for recovering cancer patients at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Mad Hatters was originally designed to make hats for recovering cancer patients dealing with hair loss from therapy. Now it's grown to accommodate other physical ailments, such as pillows for recovering mastectomy patients, and emotional ailments, such as clothes for stillborn babies being laid to rest. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Vincent Borden)

    Mad Hatters provide comfort for recovering patients

    Two women are talking to one another casually. One is the inquisitor, asking questions about fit and feel and adequacy; the other sits with her legs up, an IV attached to her body, wearing a pink hat with matching rubber flip-flops hanging off the edge of her chair. The room they're in is tiny and a bit warm from all the other people standing
  • BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Airman 1st Class Josh Green checks the wires on a system in the Kingpin communications tent. He is with the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryan Franks)

    Kingpin orchestrates airpower symphony over Iraq

    Orchestrating the airpower symphony over Iraq are the Airmen of the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, better known as Kingpin, who turn non-stop air operations into ground forces' favorite tune -- the sound of jets prowling the skies overhead. Currently manned by the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., 728th ACS, the 727th EACS is responsible for
  • Maj. Gen. Irving Halter discusses his role as commander of the 19th Air Force.

    On The Record: 19th Air Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Irving Halter

    (The 19th Air Force is composed of more than 38,000 total force personnel in 18 wings and four independent training groups located across the United States. Overseeing the force is Maj. Gen. Irving Halter, who has served as the 19th Air Force commander for close to five months. The mission of the 19th Air Force is an important one, managing all
  • Second Lt. Timothy Cox, right, Class 08-03 Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, poses with his parents, retired Lt. Col. Terry and Cheri Cox in front of BT-13, one of more 50 aircraft flown by his grandfather and Mrs. Cox’s father, the late retired Maj. Gen. Robert Rushworth. Upon graduation from training, Lt. Cox will extend the family’s legacy as a third generation pilot. USAF photo by Frank McIntyre

    Flying a Family Affair

    A year ago Timothy Cox was a student at the U.S. Air Force Academy majoring in military history. Now, the second lieutenant and member of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class 08-03 will be making history as the Air Force celebrates its 60th Anniversary this year. When Lieutenant Cox receives his wings after completion of JSUPT, he
  • Troops to Teachers logo

    Leaving the military could mean an open classroom door

    Juggling a variety of tasks, leadership and education are all military experiences that could take an Airman from the base to the classroom after serving. Troops to Teachers is a government program that helps former military members become public school teachers where their skills, knowledge and experience are most needed. Recently, the program
  • Used materials containing silver are stored separately until they are sent to a refinery.

    Persistence, recycling reaps large rewards for AF, environment

    Money doesn't grow on trees, but sometimes you can find it in a trash can. Imagine finding more than $100,000 yearly in your bin. With some imagination and persistence, Ron Hull, 325th Maintenance Group environmental coordinator, turned otherwise hazardous waste into cash for the Air Force. Materials used in the F-22 Raptor low observable coatings
  • Texas Air National Guard Maj. Jon Stone, a pilot in the 149th Fighter Wing, listens to his father, retired Air Force Col. John Stone, describe flying missions he executed in F-4 aircraft like the static display behind them. Colonel Stone visited the wing on Lackland Air Force Base Jan. 5. (Texas National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mike Arellano)

    Fighter pilot father, son recount ambush over Vietnam

    About 40 years ago, F-105 aircraft were bombing selected targets in North Vietnam as part of Operation Rolling Thunder. However, the slower, bomb-loaded Thunderchiefs were no match for the faster, lighter MiG-21s the enemy was flying. For weeks the MiGs were successful at picking off U.S. warplanes. This had to stop, but the U.S. Air Force was
  • MSgt Oscar Ortiz hands out a yellow card after a foul

    Airman moonlights as national soccer referee

    As a young boy growing up in Paraguay, South America, playing soccer came as natural as walking. So, it's no surprise that Master Sgt. Oscar Ortiz would one day become one of the few U.S. military members to moonlight as a referee for Major League Soccer, the premier soccer league in the United States.Now in his ninth year refereeing and having

  • DON’T ROCK THE BOAT

    A man nearly two times over the legal limit for blood alcohol content killed one of his best friends in a drunken boating crash last year. He crashed his powerboat into the shoreline, ejecting all three occupants. Then a personal watercraft driver with a with a blood alcohol content that would have gotten him arrested for drunken driving on a
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