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  • B-1 year in review

    With a career that spans three decades and a warfighting reputation that rivals nearly every aircraft in the Air Force's arsenal, it may be tough to pinpoint a specific year of distinction for the B-1 Bomber. However, 2011 was one to remember for the B-1 community.Throughout the last year, the B-1

  • NATO called - Shaw responded: Part 4 of 4

    Editor's note: This is part four of a four-part series on the 20th Fighter Wing's role in Operation Unified Protector.The primary role of the 20th Fighter Wing's F-16 Fighting Falcons is the suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses. During OUP, they supported NATO by protecting assets

  • LOXing the fleet: always a cold day

    Three hundred degrees below zero. Some days are much, much colder than others on the flightline at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. Take LOX servicing day, for example. LOX - shorthand for liquid oxygen - is used by the Air Force to provide breathing oxygen for pilots in its fighter

  • A closer look at the Holloman High-Speed Test Track

    Editor's Note: This is the first edition of a series that will provide an in-depth look at the Holloman High-Speed Test Track and the people who work there.There are very few missions requiring years of planning and preparation, only to be accomplished in less than six seconds. There are even fewer

  • NATO called, Shaw responded: Part 3

    Editor's note: This is part three of a four-part series on the 20th Fighter Wing's role in Operation Unified Protector.No mission will succeed without the people behind the scene.A jet can't take off of the runway and still expect to take down the bad guys and come back safe without Airmen loading

  • Moody CE Airman named Air Force best

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dallas Bozeman returned from an Afghanistan deployment to find he was nominated, and later won, the Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Lupia noncommissioned officer category Award. Bozeman is an explosive ordinance disposal technician with the 820th Combat Operations Squadron. Here, he

  • NATO called, Shaw responded: Part 2

    Editor's note: This is part two of a four-part series on the 20th Fighter Wing's role in Operation Unified Protector.Fire rained down from the sky as the F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 20th Fighter Wing demolished the Libyan air defense systems, protecting NATOs airpower and empowering the

  • Dedicated crew chiefs maintain mission success

    This is part one of a three part series on jobs critical to flight operations.The Air Force often works as a well-oiled machine consisting of multiple individuals working in various Air Force specialty codes with one common goal -- mission success.Many AFSCs have a direct impact toward the war

  • Tuskegee Airmen made history in Las Vegas

    Although no Tuskegee Airmen passed through the Las Vegas Army Airfield gunnery school during World War II, the gunnery school, which later became the foundation for Nellis Air Force Base, was the site of one of the Tuskegee Airmen's great post-war accomplishments. On March 2, 1949, Las Vegas Air

  • From obsession to ascension: Langley Airman selected for Tops in Blue

    The lights are up and the microphone is on. Kenneth takes the stage to perform his song on guitar for the judges. For this ambitious Airman, he finally made it big.U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kenneth Del Valle-Ruiz, a maintenance scheduler with the 1st Maintenance Operations Squadron, is an avid