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  • Guardian Angel retires after 41 years of service

    The year is 1974. The Vietnam War is on its way to an end after almost 15 years of fighting. The U.S. Air Force was trying to give America the upper hand.Also in 1974, a young man named Paul Koester decided that he wanted to join the world's greatest Air Force.Originally from Colorado Springs,

  • Supporting the Air Force

    Security forces take down the bad guys, the fighter wings control the skies and the medical group patches-up the injured, but what does the 366th Force Support Squadron do downrange?The weeklong Gunfighter Flag 16-1 exercise provided the opportunity to find out.At home, the 366th FSS operates

  • Envision: changing the misconception

    Walking into the bottom floor of building D, originally a World War II aircraft assembly plant, can be eerie to say the least. It is dimly lit, with no windows or color. The floor is paved and occasionally wet, resembling a dark alley.But for customers headed to the Envision supply store, the

  • Operating as a team

    For the second time this year, Mountain Home AFB hosted an exercise known as Gunfighter Flag. It keeps airmen on their toes and ready for whatever real-world scenarios may come their way.Gunfighter Flag doesn't just keep the Mountain Home airmen ready, but also allows them to practice total force

  • Pride in perfection

    The constant strive for perfection, pride in their aircraft, and responsibility of knowing they have someone's life in their hands; these are a few examples of what A-10C Thunderbolt II crew chiefs have resting on their shoulders each day."The never ending pursuit of perfection is what the job

  • No second chances: AFE Airmen ensure pilot safety

    Pilots rush into the locker room preparing for another day of flying. Laughing and joking, they throw on their gear and grab their helmets. To them it's just another day, but the Airmen that serviced their equipment look on with a slightly anxious look in their eyes as they see the pilots walk out

  • This Rocky comeback is no movie fairytale

    A fully trained and certified military working dog is valued at anywhere between $20,000 and $40,000, depending on its background and expertise.For that reason alone, trainers at the Department of Defense Military Working Dog School at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, go to great lengths to help a dog

  • Planes by day, cars by night; Airman's passion brings balance

    During the day he sits in a cushy, thick seat in a ground control station flying yet another eight-hour sortie in the remotely piloted aircraft, the MQ-9 Reaper. By night he sits in a thin, lightweight racing seat, harnessed into a raw, stripped out track monster.He is Tech. Sgt. Gabriel, 432nd

  • 4th EMS Airman goes above and beyond for local family

    "He's our guardian angel; the light shining at the end of a very dark tunnel."For Joe and Yvonne Mason, that dark tunnel came Oct. 11 in the form of their house burning down and losing one of their beloved dogs in the fire. A catastrophe by any standard, the Mason's tragedy nearly came at a much

  • ACC intel officer shares new ISR perspective

     Air Combat Command's senior intelligence officer shared her perspective on fusion warfare with the intelligence community, defense industry and media during an Oct. 22 assembly at the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.Maj. Gen. VeraLinn Jamieson explained fusion