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  • Under Enemy Fire

    Within the words of the Airman's Creed are words that every Airman should live by. "I will never leave an Airman behind." That phrase invokes a sense of brotherhood amongst security forces members--and recently, they trained the way they fight.Two teams of five faced off against each other. Deep in

  • NDI: Seeing things unseen by human eyes

    Pilots often fly through the air at speeds well over 1,000 miles per hour, causing them to look like gray blurs slicing through the sky.At Nellis AFB, they often fly over vast miles of empty desert during routine training missions.In the blink of an eye, something could go wrong; the pilots could

  • Motivated by education, opportunity: Airman finds second home with Air Force

    Many words are used to describe the United States of America; some call it the land of plenty, freedom, or equality, but at least one Airman regards it as the land of opportunity.Airman 1st Class Bin Ma, 20th Comptroller Squadron financial services technician, departed Wuhan, China in 2008 to start

  • Honor Guard NCO makes uniform changes

    After investing approximately $500, Offutt Air Force Base's Honor Guard NCO in charge saved the Air Force more than $15,000 through his innovative uniform program.Staff Sgt. Christopher Burke's, 55th Wing Honor Guard NCOIC, vision came from the three years he spent at his last assignment prior to

  • Air Force MWD handler reunites with best friend

    "It was a very long day of searching ," said U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Bush, 28th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, referring to one day during a deployment to Iraq in 2010. "We searched vehicles in the area for hours, both parked and passing through."Earlier this month,

  • Maintaining the hunt

    This week marks the monumental quarter of a century anniversary for the 55th Wing's RC-135V/W Rivet Joint presence in the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility. The 1960s aircraft provides invaluable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to the Armed Forces, in turn helping to ensure

  • Retired CMSgt, GS employee retires after 52 years

    The year is 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signs a law for equal pay for equal work for men and women, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous "I have a dream" speech while addressing a civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., and The Beatles released their first single in

  • Life motto drives Airman

    Through the crowd of people, the chaos of vendors and food trucks and the overbearing sound of aircraft zooming through the sky, one U.S. Air Force Airman could be seen engaging with the masses and broadcasting the Air Force story to all who will listen.Senior Airman Kyara Johnson, 94th Aircraft

  • Jamming the enemy with joint integration

    Walking the halls of the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron is an unfamiliar uniform.Leaving the flight deck of the EA-6B Prowler behind for a few years, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jonathon Leach from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, joins the Desert Lightning Team.Leach is part of a

  • The mobility machine

    Getting the right personnel to the right place, with the right equipment, at the right time, for the right amount of money, seems like a lot to get right, but for retired Master Sgt. Calvin Miller and his team this is their everyday norm.As the installation deployment officer with the 366th