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  • Daughter of Bataan POW shares lesson learned from father

    If there was one lesson Margaret Garcia, daughter of former U.S. Army Cpl. Evans Garcia, a prisoner of war during World War II, learned from her father, it was forgiveness."My dad taught me a lot of lessons," she said. "But that's one that will stick with me forever, because if he was able to do it,

  • Bataan POW tells his story

    For William Eldridge, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant, enlisting in the Army back in 1941 has brought him experiences he never could have dreamed of, he said while reflecting on his past during the 23rd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March."I was 17 when I got in," Eldridge said. "I enlisted

  • Coming of age: B-1 proves itself during Operation Allied Force

    "From now on, I'm going to go in before the B-1s or way the hell afterwards. After the B-1s went through, everything on the airfield was blown up, on fire and just a bloody mess."Those eloquent words were relayed from a Canadian F-18 pilot to the B-1B mission planning cell at RAF Fairford in the

  • A base and its dog

    In the decade of the 1940s, the winds of change swept across the entire world. The Bataan Peninsula fell, which began the forcible transfer of 76,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war - in what would be called the Bataan Death March. The Battle of Midway effectively halted the Japanese naval

  • Parachutes, lipstick: New jumpers carry on tradition

    What do parachutes, lipstick and Battlefield Airmen have in common?It's a tradition within the 820th Base Defense Group, in which veteran jumpers "decorate" the first timers. The "decorations" involve bright red lipstick used as face paint and often times a matching red helmet. "The tradition is to

  • EOD Airman receives fourth Bronze Star

    U.S. Master Sgt. Brandon Livingston, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight superintendent, was awarded his fourth Bronze Star Medal during a ceremony at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, March 23. Livingston distinguished himself with exceptional meritorious service as the

  • 820th BDG Airman earns Jumpmaster star

    A single star above the Parachutist Badge represents years of training and hard work. To earn the Senior Parachutist Badge, a jumper has to be a graduate of a jumpmaster course, have a minimum of 30 total jumps, 15 with combat equipment, two during hours of darkness, one night jump as a Primary

  • Lessons learned, Operation Odyssey Dawn

    Nearly one year ago in the early hours of March 27, as the mercury dipped to 28 degrees, aircrews from the 28th Bomb Wing launched in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn, North Atlantic Treaty Organization's mission to protect civilians from enemy attack during the uprising and civil war in Libya. For

  • 1st Fighter Wing adds Talon to aircraft inventory

    The 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va., recently added the T-38 Talon to its inventory to provide adversary training for F-22 Raptor pilots, creating a more realistic and cost efficient combat training platform for fifth-generation airpower. The jet black, dart-like Talon is a high

  • Honoring a true hero

    It was 1953. Nikita Khrushchev became First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. Egypt declared itself a republic and President Harry S. Truman announced the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb. It was also the year that a 13-year-old boy in South Dakota found out his father wasn't