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  • Thunderbirds accident report released

    Pilot error caused a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 aircraft to crash shortly after takeoff at an airshow Sept. 14 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The pilot ejected just before the aircraft impacted the ground. According to the accident investigation board report released today, the

  • 10 tips for sticking to fitness resolutions

    It happens every New Year. The gym fills up and aerobic classes overflow with new faces eager to make a change. Thousands of Americans will decide to get fit and lose weight in 2004, and what better time because the New Year is a time for new beginnings.   But by the time February rolls around,

  • Trading Spaces: ACC poised to fix substandard housing

    A recent episode of the popular television show Trading Spaces gave two designers $100,000 to renovate a couple rooms in two houses over two days. Air Combat Command will do something a bit more ambitious over the next few years: spend about a billion dollars to renovate or replace all of its

  • General expects AEF return to steady state

    The Air Force expects to return to its regular steady state deployment schedule under the Air and Space Expeditionary Force plan within the next several weeks, said the man whos responsible for running the system. Speaking to military members and local community leaders during a visit here Jan. 9,

  • 728th ACS helps National Guard unit prepare for deployment

    The 728th Air Control Squadron helped the Army National Guards 653rd Range Extension Company prepare for a deployment to Iraq recently. The Army National Guard contacted Air Combat Command requesting help on validating communication equipment used for fax, internet and telephone communication. ACC

  • For sisters, service is the tie that binds

    Two sisters living half a country apart and working completely unrelated jobs find the military tie that unites them may be the strongest bond they have. Master Sgt. Mary Mercado, 5th Bomb Wing career assistance advisor, said the closeness she shares with her sister, Army Staff Sgt. Jodi Renner,

  • Langley airmen get look at new uniform

    Two members of the Air Force uniform board visited here this week to introduce the test Air Force utility uniform to the base populace.The board members talked about the test uniforms at 14 meetings throughout the week and one mass briefing at the base theater Wednesday, said Capt. David Burnett,

  • ACC: Turbine blade caused F-16 crash

    Failure of a turbine blade caused an F-16C to crash in an unpopulated area near Rosepine, La., Sept. 22, according to a report Air Force officials released today.The pilot ejected in a sparsely wooded area about 12 nautical miles southwest of Fort Polk Army Airfield.The aircraft, assigned to the