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  • On target, on time: Waiver program helps airmen sew on stripes

      Five hundred eighty promotion selectees in Air Combat Command, most unable to attend required enlisted Professional Military Education due to deployments, have been able to sew on their ranks on time under the PME waiver program. The program allows newly selected E-5, E-6 and E-9 promotees who have not attended PME to apply for a waiver

  • Charter Chief chats about change

    When Chief Master Sgt. Jim "Flasch" Flaschenriem pinned on his stripes on Dec. 1, 1959, there was no tradition to the event.   As one of the first to be promoted to the highest enlisted rank, he said it "wasn't very exciting." "When the first chiefs were made, most of us who were promoted had already been in these higher positions for months or

  • Predator spotlighted in national news

    FOX News gave America an inside look at the mission of the Predator recently as reporter Trace Gallagher spoke with several members of the 11th and 15th Reconnaissance Squadrons live from Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field. The interviews began just after 5 a.m. from there, nearly every hour included a short segment with an Air Force face

  • Army recognizes airmens efforts

    Two 386th Air Expeditionary Wing members recently earned Army Commendation Medals from the 94th Movement Control Team here. Master Sgt. Donald Easthouse and Staff Sgt. Wendi Atchley, both members of the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, were honored for their support of the sister services Rest and Relaxation mission. The Army

  • Dyess unit wins AF maintenance award

      The 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here recently earned the Air Forces 2003 Maintenance Effectiveness Award for a large squadron. Winning the Maintenance Effectiveness Award at Air Combat Command is a huge accomplishment, but to take top honors at the Air Force level is beyond words, said Col. Robert Dickmeyer, 7th Maintenance Group

  • ACC dispatches sexual assault assessment teams

    Three six-person Sexual Assault Assessment Teams departed here March 2 with orders to conduct an all-inclusive review of sexual assault response programs throughout Air Combat Command. The ACC effort is part of an Air Force-wide sexual assault assessment initiative directed by Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. James G. Roche, and Air Force Chief of

  • A-10 accident report released

      Mechanical failure caused the pilot of an A-10 to crash in a military training range near Las Vegas, Nov. 18, according to a report Air Force officials released today.  The pilot ejected safely in the Nevada Test and Training Range about 45 miles northwest of Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. He did not sustain any injuries.  The pilot was flying a

  • Brothers in arms

      In the womb they were so close, according to doctors, that their heartbeats were synchronized. Not much has changed for Ivan and Evan Godwin since their birth at Beale AFB, Calif. in 1962. Their lives have been full of the normal pushing, pulling and competing associated with twins. However, at the Cannon AFB Chief Induction ceremony Feb. 26,

  • ACC warriors featured in Airman

      Two Air Combat Command warriors deployed to Iraq are part of feature in the February edition of Airman magazine that highlights life at Tallil Air Base, Iraq. Tech. Sgt. Christopher Sekula, deployed from Dyess AFB, Texas, and Maj. Phil Kase, deployed from Nellis AFB, Nev., are included in the cover story, Tick Tock at Tallil. Airman is the

  • ACC announces Media Contest winners

      Public affairs officials have announced the winners of Air Combat Command's annual Media Contest.Contest judges scored 152 publication, writing and photography entries for technical quality and value to Air Force internal communications programs. ACC's first-place winners will compete in the Air Force Media Contest.  The following are the 2003
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