Feature Search

  • Mother, daughter find unity in AOR

    While serving as a first term enlisted Airmen in Royal Air Force Bentwaters, England, from 1987-89 Capt. Greta Lewis, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing public affairs officer, gave birth to her first child, Senior Airman Crystal Griffin, who is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va., to the 379th

  • Vietnam-era enlistee retires after 40 years of service

    On a neatly-organized desk in a cubicle at the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron's Emergency Management section, three-ring binders lay open, displaying time-worn photos of a slender, red-haired young man in an unfamiliar uniform adorned with Airman's chevrons. Another photo shows the man donning a

  • TAC-P: taking the fight to the enemy

    Most service members grab their rifle or machine gun when they go into combat. However for joint terminal attack controllers, a radio is their main weapon.As the lead member of an Air Force tactical air control party, JTACs are trained to use their radios to coordinate close air support for ground

  • Seminar teaches Airmen to develop bulletproof minds

    Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Grossman presented his Bulletproof Mind lecture to approximately 150 Airmen in the base theater at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 18.Grossman, a former Airborne Ranger infantry officer and paratrooper and author of "On Killing," "On Combat," and a number of other

  • Retreat provides resources to build better marriages

    Approximately 48 families from the 366th Fighter Wing converged at an inn in Cascade, Idaho, for the annual three-day Gunfighter Marriage Retreat. The event, sponsored by Liberty Chapel and the Mountain Home Air Force Base Airman and Family Readiness Center, consisted of classes that fell under the

  • Sound of silence

    If a jet engine is running and no one hears it, does it still make a sound?One of the key tools to community relations and ensuring the 20th Fighter Wing's F-16 Fighting Falcons are able to take the skies is the 20th Component Maintenance Squadron's engine test facility, also known as the "hush

  • Dean reflects on command as he prepares to hand over reins of 1st AF

    "We will be called upon again, and we must be ready at a moment's notice to provide the necessary air power. We cannot fail, and we will not fail, in this enduring Air Force mission."When Maj. Gen. Garry C. Dean spoke these words as he took command of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace

  • Dyess Airman awarded Bronze Star Medal

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Todd Duquette, 7th Security Forces Squadron flight chief, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Action Medal from Lt. Gen. Loren M. Reno, deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, during a ceremony at

  • 'Best of the best': Meet Capt. Mike Taylor

    Editor's Note: This is part two in a six-part series highlighting the 77th Weapons Squadron. Next month's article will feature weapons systems officer Capt. Charles 'Bibs' Armstrong.Throughout the last two months, long days and short nights have been nothing new for Capt. Mike 'Mayo' Taylor, a

  • Web Savvy - Effectively using Air Force Portal

    Since its launch in 2000, the Air Force Portal has become the first place Airmen should look to for information regarding military pay, education benefits and even career moves. However, getting the most effective use out of the Portal can be a tenuous task, even for web-savvy Airmen.The Portal is a