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  • HERITAGE TO HORIZONS: 64 years and still counting

    It was 1943 and Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president, the Army Air Corps was flying high over the skies of Europe and the Pacific, and an 18-year-old Dorothy Rowe was starting her first job working for the War Department, as an administrative specialist at the Columbus Quartermaster's Depot in

  • Earning citizenship nets Airman four more years in uniform

    Senior Airman Julio Alarcon marked a major milestone July 25 -- he was able to re-enlist for four more years in the Air Force. Though many Airmen take the opportunity to re-enlist for granted, Airman Alarcon was only able to achieve his goal to stay in the Air Force after reaching another. On May

  • Fitness Challenge brings life change to one Lackland employee

    Being physically fit generally means a longer and better quality of life. However, sometimes it means pursuing a new life plan. Matt Malenic, a staff member at Chaparral Fitness Center, recently completed the staff-wide fitness challenge. He finished with an increase in his overall health and

  • Coalition commitment saves Afghan boy

    American doctors assigned to Task Force Medical's 541st Forward Surgical Team, met 5-year-old Noor Mohammad on a typical hot day in Qalat, Afghanistan. He had huge brown eyes that looked at the doctors with hope and a little fear. Little Noor -- as many of the staff called him -- had a lump on his

  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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

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