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  • Photos: Load 'Em Up

    Airmen from the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons flight loaded bombs onto a B-1B Lancer here March 25.A rule of thumb for weapons loading is called  "the three minimums": A minimum amount of people for a minimum amount of munitions in a minimum amount of time. Click here to see the photo

  • April: National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month

    It's been 40 years since former President Richard Nixon signed the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.Child abuse is still a major concern and, each year, the month of April is recognized as National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge the importance of families and

  • Air Force colonel displays commitment, develops Airmen

    Earning her commission in 1989, Col. Julie Stola, U.S. Air Forces Central deputy command surgeon, stepped into the wild blue yonder and began the most challenging and exciting chapter of her life."I wanted to travel, I wanted additional education, and I wanted to do aeromedical evacuation," said

  • Honoring the Bataan: One man's fight to survive

    For 25 years the state of New Mexico and its citizens have been honoring the memory of those who suffered the hardships of the Bataan Death March by conducting a memorial march at White Sands Missile Range every year.The memorial march serves as a remembrance of the surrender made on April 9, 1942,

  • Victim advocates: they help, you heal

    The phone rings at 3 a.m. A nurse from the emergency room says someone has been sexually assaulted and a victim advocate is needed. Immediately, the victim advocate reports to the ER. Victim advocates support victims of sexual crimes. They inform patients, provide emotional support and help them

  • Volunteers foster Moody's furry friends

    On average there were nearly eight million animals surrendered to animal shelters throughout the United States in 2013, according to the National Humane Society website. Roughly half of those animals were adopted leaving the remaining animals to be euthanized. Finding a safe place for beloved pets

  • Raw resilience

    It happened when she was 21, in an abusive marriage and new to the Air Force. No stranger to the challenges of life, growing up just trying to get by in St. Louis, Mo., this tragedy would be the hardest test of faith in her life."I remember getting the phone call saying that I needed to come home

  • Coming to America

    Born in the small town of Bamenda, Cameroon, located in West Africa, Airman 1st Class Valerie Shinwen, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron pest management specialist, grew up with his grandparents awaiting the day that he may finally visit the land of his dreams, America."My mom used to tell me stories of

  • D-M Airman to be honored as a Tucson Father of the Year

    The Father's Day Council Tucson has chosen a Desert Lightning Team member as a 2014 Tucson Father of the Year.Capt. Joshua Palochak, 41st Electronic Combat Squadron senior mission crew commander, is one of six Tucson fathers who will be honored during an awards gala June 13. Each honoree will be

  • MWDs wage war on combat stress

    For a military member, the word 'Afghanistan' may bring thoughts of bombings, gun fire and other war-related memories. For a dog, it's simply a word unknown to them.To prepare military working dogs for deployments downrange, the dogs undergo pre-deployment training consisting of simulated gun fire