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  • AIM-9X makes operational debut

    The newest version of the Sidewinder missilethe AIM-9Xwas fired for the first time in an operational environment March 17 at Tyndall AFB, Fla., during an air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program mission.This was the 67th AIM-9X launch, with the previous 66 conducted by test aircraft and test pilots. The missile achieved initial operational

  • B-1 crew provides CAS, destroys heroin cache

    A 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron crew here recently completed a marathon mission that included providing close air support to U.S. troops and the destruction of a heroin cache.The mission, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, lasted 21.3 hours and centered around call from friendly troops requesting close air support.The mission began March

  • Integrity First: Allow honesty to thrive

    A young staff sergeant, fresh from Airman Leadership School, is eager to show his new charges what a great leader he can be. Trying to be a good guy and a popular boss, he tells his troops that its okay to skip a couple of particularly difficult tasks and that he will cover for them. A junior officer is worried his unit doesnt look very good in

  • Vietnam Vet finds old friend at Cannon

    Retired Col. Robert Kruse flew here this week to visit an old friend -- a friend everyone who enters the bases front gate notices every day. I was reading a book on F-100s a couple of months ago and it had a list of every Hun on static display, said Col. Kruse. Imagine my surprise when I found the plane I flew almost 200 combat missions in

  • Two F-117A pilots reach 1,000 hours

    Two pilots reached 1,000 flying hours in the F-117A Nighthawk when they touched down on the runway here March 29. Lt. Col. Frank Rogers, Detachment 1, 53rd Test and Evaluations Group Operations director here, and Maj. John Markle, 7th Combat Training Squadron Assistant Operations director here are the 14th and 15th F-117A pilots to reach this

  • Beale wins Installation Excellence Award

    Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced Mar. 29 the selection of Beale AFB as the Air Forces winner of the 2004 Commander in Chiefs Installation Excellence Award.The award comes with $1 million for quality-of-life improvements and recognizes the outstanding efforts of the people who operate and maintain Department of Defense

  • Mighty Eighth returns to historic home

    Eighth Air Force officially re-opened its historic headquarters building in a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Mar. 26, two years after the building was struck by lightning and burned for more than 12 hours.Guest speakers at the ceremony included Lt. Gen. Bruce Carlson, 8th Air Force commander, Mr. Donald W. Weir Sr., after whom the building is named;

  • Minot cops capture AF awards

    Only the Best Come North held true as the Air Force announced its 2004 selections for the best security forces units March 27.The 91st Security Forces Group took the best overall Air Force security forces group award while the 5th Security Forces Squadron won service-wide honors as its best large security forces squadron.Base leaders called these

  • ACC personal safety survey ends today

    The Air Combat Command Personal Safety Survey released March 24, ends today.The survey provides a chance for every military member assigned to Air Combat Command to speak up about sexual harassment and sexual assault.Participation is key to the success of this survey, said General Hal M. Hornburg, Air Combat Command commander. We all have a role

  • Airman, warrior and mentor

    There are countless stories of leadership throughout the history of the United States Air Force -- chronicles of men and women who by force of will, vision and personality, found themselves in the right place at the right time to inspire airmen to new heights. They are the kind of people who, long after their names are stricken from the rolls
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