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  • Sentry Savannah provides keystone for aerial training

    Savannah is typically thought of as Georgia's historic gem nestled in the northeast corner near the Atlantic Ocean. Besides historic homes beneath prestigious, moss-laced oak trees, Savannah houses the Combat Readiness Training Center, Georgia Air National Guard. The CRTC provides all military

  • Human potential: nothing more than a state of mind

    A Vietnam prisoner of war, now motivational speaker, spoke to a group of Tyndall Airmen Feb. 7 in the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group auditorium. During his speech, Col. Edward Hubbard, United States Air Force retired, shared the story of his capture and what life was like living in captivity, hoping

  • Support sustains Sentry Savannah

    The morning sun began to peak through the grey sky, shedding light over Savannah, Ga. For a few moments, at the 165th Airlift Wing, Savannah Air National Guard base, the grey sky looked as if it blended into the tarmac. However, the silhouettes of fighter aircraft broke up the horizon. Amongst those

  • Saving lives, one stitch at a time

    In the 1996 box office smash "Independence Day," Harry Connick Jr. plays Capt. Jimmy Wilder, a Marine Corps aviator who dies due to hyperventilating in his F/A-18 Hornet after a malfunction in his oxygen regulator occurs. 20th Fighter Wing Airmen who work in aircrew flight equipment are tasked with

  • CPTS: A team you can 'Bank' on

    Right now there are Airmen deployed on 365-day Afghanistan taskings, many are putting their lives on the line inside and outside the wire every day.Imagine doing that without pay.Hip-hop rapper D.J. Quik once said, "If it don't make dollars, man, it just don't make sense."That's not to say Airmen do

  • D-M Airman is recognized for his work overseas

    Master Sgt. Bruce Archer, 355th Security Forces Squadron defender, was presented the bronze star for his work in Afghanistan, Jan. 10.Archer spent a year in Afghanistan working as the sole advisor for the Afghan Security Forces Company Commander, six Afghan Technical school instructors and over 100

  • Hidden History at JBLE: Meaning of Memorial Park

    On Jan. 29, 2010, the creation of Joint Base Langley-Eustis brought the U.S. Army and Air Force together for a common mission. Although the joint installation has forged a new heritage for the past four years, both Langley and Fort Eustis have a cumulative history of approximately 200 years, each

  • How AF locates, recovers downed aviators

    An isolated military member may be equipped with many survival tools, but perhaps the most important is confidence in the people tasked to conduct his or her rescue. The Air Force's ability to rapidly deploy and attack the enemy at a moment's notice comes with risk for pilots and other service

  • Fostering for Airmen

    People are always in need of help, whether you see the homeless on the corner or a stranger asking for help. Sometimes we get caught up in our daily lives we only help those people who come to us with their problems. Two Airmen from the 355th Fighter Wing staff have reached out to help those who

  • MOC uses multi-national partnerships for success

    A small group of maintainers here use their unique skill set to perform their jobs and maximize combat readiness. Allied service members from Great Britain and Australia joined U.S. warfighters in the continued effort to maximize combat readiness, capability and survivability in the