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  • AFE technicians maintain life support gear for pilots during Red Flag 12-4

    Five aircrew flight equipment technicians with the 23d Operations Support Squadron, from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., join 25AFE service members from different units in support of the 273 Red Flag aircrew members during exercise Red Flag 12-4 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.Thirty-one A-10C Thunderbolt

  • Physical therapy heals troops

    Many career fields in the Air Force can be physically demanding and there are times when the human body is unable to keep up. Also, during physical training, Airmen occasionally become injured. At the 20th Medical Group, physical therapists work every day helping Airmen and Soldiers at Shaw Air

  • Creating a generation of leaders

    Starting a Saturday morning with countless push-ups, military facing movements and running under the hot Texas sun may not sound like a pleasing way to start the day. But for troubled children in the local area, it's an average weekend at boot camp.Four Dyess Airmen assisted with running Reality

  • 49th SFS shows support of Candlelighters

    Every year, Mayhill, N.M.'s Camp of the Tall Pines sponsors a week of camping, which includes horseback riding, arts and crafts, archery, and high-and-low rope challenge courses as part of the Candlelighters for Children with Cancer program.This year, as a way of giving back to the community,

  • Mentoring Beyond Borders: The importance of education

    Editor's Note: Mentoring Beyond Borders is a series focused on Airmen from different geographic locations sharing various lessons learned from their mentors. "Congratulations," the dean said as he spoke to my graduating class. "You have just joined the 30 percent of Americans who have a college

  • Ambassador to the B-1

    With a lineage that dates back to World War I and a history unmatched by most, the 28th Bomb Squadron has played a role in the U.S. military for nearly 100 years.Entering service in 1917, the then known 28th Aero Squadron, piloted JN-4s for combat flying training with units of the Royal Air Force.

  • The Patriot Files: Passing the torch

    Editor's Note: This story is part of an ongoing series highlighting service members with exceptional experiences throughout their military careers.I could feel the sweat running along my body as Airmen from the Langley Air Force Base, Va., Fire Department, Station 2, helped me into a structural fire

  • Promoting the Air Force, one pedal pump at a time

    The result of more than five months of relentless training and conditioning for two Ellsworth Airmen will be recognized with that first pedal stroke starting a seven-day journey through the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa July 22.Every year, Airmen from around the world sign up for

  • For the love of airplanes

    Work was scarce in the small town of Williamson, W.Va. in the early 1950s. Most people had the choice between work in a coal mine or on the railroad. After graduating high school, 17-year-old Williamson native decided he wanted more. "If you can guarantee me I can work on airplanes, I'll go in right

  • Community center gives JBLE place to jam

    The din of muffled music was heard throughout the Langley Community Center July 7 as the sound of hits like Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" and Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" echoed through the building.In the banquet hall, musicians strummed, slapped and sang in a chorus that filled the room.This is a