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  • MEDIA CONTEST: ALSA provides quick solutions to real-time problems

    Established in 1975, the Air, Land and Sea Application Center is a multi-service unit that writes tactic, technique and procedure manuals to meet the immediate needs of the warfighter. Many of the manuals the ALSA center produces help save the lives of men and women in the War on Terror every day. Although there are other joint doctrine-producing

  • MEDIA CONTEST: Police dogs take a bite out of crime

    The 49th Security Forces Squadron has many ways of keeping Holloman safe from unwanted threats. Military working dogs are an integral part of keeping Holloman buildings, aircraft and personnel safe and secure. There are six dogs assigned to Holloman; Ate, 4; Alex, 5; Jannie, 5; Durban, 6; Blacky, 7; and Dino, 9, said Senior Airman Nicholas Drake,

  • MEDIA CONTEST: Ellsworth family feeds Bolivian children

    Word spread throughout the city dump that a fresh meal was on its way. When it came on the back of an old Volkswagen truck, courtesy of an Ellsworth Airman and his wife, 200 to 300 malnourished children were waiting eagerly; they arrived wearing the best clothes they could find. These children of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, lived in the dump and

  • MEDIA CONTEST: There’s a cure out there — can it be you?

    It may be hard enough being diagnosed with a deadly form of blood cancer, but imagine a cure is attainable, but less likely to you because of your race. That's what Tech. Sgt. Ramiro Rodriguez Jr., 612th Air Intelligence Group personnel security manager had to contend with when doctors diagnosed him with Leukemia in April. The clock is ticking and

  • MEDIA CONTEST: Jet comes back to Minot as static display

    Eighteen years ago, the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron with its F-15A Eagles, called Minot Air Force Base its home. The F-15's lifespan at Minot was short, but never forgotten. Now, the Eagle has come back to the nest. Not as a fighter, but as a static. In November of 2005, a fully functional F-15 from the 125th Fighter Wing in the Jacksonville,
  • MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - In a year that saw constant transition, Moody AFB not only changed from Air Force Special Operations Command to Air Combat Command, but also changed the name and size of the wing. These events set the stage for another year of changes as the A-10s begin the bed down process. USAF Photo Illustration by Senior Airman S.I. Fielder

    Year of change: Attack, rescue, protect become main themes of Moody's transformation

    Several transitions marked 2006 as a year of change for Moody, as the base ushered in not only a new wing and joined a new major command, but also added missions. With an Air Force currently experiencing reductions in force, Moody's near-future reflects the opposite with increases in both operations and manpower. "For all intents and purposes, the
  • Airmen 1st Class Rhelita, Juliery and Cecille Du all joined the military together and are stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base. A fourth sister is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (US Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Brian Stives)

    Three sisters serve together as Gunfighters

    For many young Airmen, a first assignment introduces them to their new military family. For three Airmen at Mountain Home Air Force base, Idaho, their first assignment also includes serving with two sisters. Airmen 1st Class Cecille, Juliery and Rhelita Du are three sisters stationed at Mountain Home. Cecille and Rhelita are assigned to the 366th
  • MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airman 1st Class Christopher Boitz, 5th Communications Squadron still photographer, takes a studio portrait of an Airman at the multimedia center Wednesday. Airman Boitz is being highlighted as a part of Serving Through the Season, a series running on www.af.mil from Dec. 18 to Jan. 3., for the work he contributes during the holiday season.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joe Rivera)

    Serving through the season: Airman 1st Class Christopher Boitz

    Each holiday season photos grace Air Force link highlighting Airmen working. However, rarely shown working is the one behind the lens - the photographer. Airman 1st Class Christopher Boitz, a still photographer with the 5th Communications Squadron, will be working Christmas Day. "I'd like to be home with my family, but I know there is a job to do,"
  • MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – (From left) Capts. Josh Holmes, Telisha McClure and Jeremy Holmes, all from the 23rd Bomb Squadron, discuss mission planning Monday afternoon in preparation for a training sortie Tuesday. This sortie was unique because it featured four family members participating in the same mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Wesley Wright)

    Flying family performs mission together

    The 23rd Bomb Squadron here performed a standard training sortie Tuesday, which ordinarily would just be another day in the air. However, for this sortie, everyone and their brother, sister or wife showed up - literally. "Everyone" in this case happened to be brothers, Capts. Jeremy and Josh Holmes, and Jeremy's wife, Capt. Telisha McClure, all
  • SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Senior Airman Jeremy DuBose, 20th Logistics Readiness Squadron refueling maintainer, and Rose Brockmeyer, an Americorp volunteer, size and cut a storm door Dec. 9 for the front entrance to a Habitat for Humanity house on Habitat Drive in downtown Sumter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman John Gordinier)

    Shaw volunteers build houses for families

    More than 330 volunteers from Shaw helped build six new houses this year in the Habitat Drive subdivision in downtown Sumter and will see their efforts come to an end Jan. 15 when the last four families move in. The subdivision will eventually have 54 houses, said Bob Brown, local Habitat for Humanity construction manager. Currently the homes are
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