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  • National Preparedness Month: Be Ready

    How would you react in an emergency situation? If you don't already have a plan, there will be plenty of resources available during National Preparedness Month. NPM, which is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is held annually the

  • Boneheads receive Heisman

    According to the Heisman website, the Heisman Trophy is, "the most prestigious award in college football." Tyndall may not be a collegiate team, but the base did receive a Heisman.First Lieutenant Brenden "Heisman" Torphy, 95th Fighter Squadron pilot, completed his B-Course training with the 43rd

  • Wingmen walking for a cure

    Airmen typically face battle in a deployed location, but for one, her fight hit a little closer to home. However, similar to a deployment, her wingmen came to her aid. Major Lori Bort, 337th Air Control Squadron air battle manager instructor, is facilitating a Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Great

  • Always vigilant: Command post provides oversight, assistance

    With her eye on one of the dozens of computer monitors in the windowless command post work center located in the basement at the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, Senior Airman Sarah Myers, 99th Air Base Wing Command Post junior controller fields one of roughly 500 phone calls she normally encounters

  • Pistol champion shoots to the top

    It's not even 11 a.m. yet, but in South Georgia's brutal summer heat, sweat is already trickling down his face, and aside from the annoying gnats and dragonflies that dart around his personal space, he's alone. After taking one last deep breath, he raises his arm and aims downrange. Wearing safety

  • Health and fitness program transition, goal remains the same

    In 2004, the Air Force launched a revamped physical fitness assessment standard that was more closely aligned with the readiness requirements of the post 9/11 deployed environment. Since its introduction, the program has changed the way it measures the individual components, but the goal of ensuring

  • Uncommon gallantry: Remembering Bernard Fisher

    He had to go back, the decision was made. The rescue helicopter was more than 30 minutes away and Myers could be injured or in danger of being taken prisoner.He was going back.Retired Col. Bernard Fisher, who risked his life landing his A-1E Skyraider to rescue a fellow pilot while North Vietnamese

  • MasterChef competitor cooks for first responders

    Senior Airman Nicholas Navarro, 7th Security Forces Squadron response force leader, never expected a simple tweet would inspire Willie Mike, a top competitor from the show MasterChef, to make a visit here Aug. 15. "Willie was an inspiration to me because he's always such a happy guy, and he brings

  • No immunity: Suicide hits home

    Dead, deceased, departed are just a few words that describe the loved ones who have been ripped from their families as a result of suicide. As of Aug. 1, for the calendar year of 2014, there have been a total of 52 suicides in the Air Force. In the United States, there were 38,364 suicides in 2010,

  • Aircraft work together, hone combat edge

    The flight line is shrouded in mist as Navy maintenance personnel prepare an EA-18G Growler for the individuals in green flight suits. Amongst a sea of Sailors, Air Force pilots work hand-in-hand with the Navy.As the Navy leads the way in electronic attack, the Air Force trains and flies missions