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  • Crossing into the Blue

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bradley Rector, 25th Operational Weather Squadron senior duty officer, served in the Marines for 10 years before crossing into the blue.Rector joined the Marines in 1999, in his early 20s. Young and determined, no one could change his mind.After Marine boot camp, Rector was

  • "Judo Gnomi" rollerskates her way to fitness

    The Air Force requires all members to be 'fit to fight', but not everyone lifts weights, hit a punching bag or run on a treadmill. One Airman gives the phrase a different meaning.Staff Sgt. Hilary Middleton, 355th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, skates with the local

  • All you can do is act

    "When it happened, everyone else was standing around, sort of frozen from shock, but I wasn't."Senior Airman Lance Scarbrough, 7th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants flight, was the first to respond when a civilian employee fueling a Boeing 747, fell from the maintenance

  • 'Desert Shield' flag brings pride back to Langley

    A flag, decorated with patches of associated squadrons along with patterns of fighter jets, was designed in 1990 to raise the morale and reflect the unity and love toward the Airmen of the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing, during their support of Operation Desert Shield. After 23 years, the flag finally

  • Combat arms instructor is third generation Air Force cop

    "It's not so much a father and son relationship now - it's like a brotherhood." U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. William Delphia said he has gained both strength and wisdom from his father, a former Airman. Delphia, a 633rd Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor at Langley

  • Warrior takes fight to the softball field

    From the foxhole to the dugout, a medically retired U. S. Marine is spreading awareness and hope with softball.Lance Cpl. Josh Wege lost both of his legs below the knee during a deployment in 2009. The next year, he joined the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team. He visited Tyndall to view an F-22

  • Critically Manned: military working dog handler

    (Editor's Note: This feature is part of the "Critically Manned" series. These stories feature career fields that are critically manned at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.)Military working dog handlers make up a small niche in the security forces career field. The handlers strictly work with K9s to

  • Airmen stay mission-ready despite tempo flux

    Airmen at the 391st Fighter Squadron welcomed a return to normal flying hours at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Although the squadron halted its four-month flying hiatus July 17, due to approved funding, the effects of lost flying hours were not only felt by aircrew, but those who support them

  • Transition program fights veteran joblessness

    Every year, the U.S. military services transition approximately 160,000 active-duty Service members out of the military. The Department of Labor Statistics anticipates that number to jump to more than 300,000 members separating annually over the next four years. To meet that increase, greater

  • Mental health - offering help to sexual assault victims

    In the capable hands of Ellsworth's mental health practitioners, many Airmen have overcome some of life's greatest challenges. More recently though, the clinic has focused its efforts on sexual assault victims."Many victims of sexual assault have difficulty returning to their work centers after an