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  • Shield your eyes

    With summer in full swing, more and more time is spent in the glaring sun. Although pools and beaches are the place to be, your eyes could be paying a heavy price if left unprotected. "Dangerous UVA and UVB sun rays can cause significant damage to the eyes," said Dr. Elena Llewellyn, an optometrist

  • Dyess Airman attains perfection on CDCs

    For Airmen, career development courses are the first line to becoming experts in their career fields. Airmen can spend countless hours flipping through endless pages filled with guidelines, operating procedures and resources to accomplish the mission. CDCs can provide a daunting task for many Airmen

  • Airmen tested, entertained during Ring Wars

    Bloody mats, smiling faces and a roaring crowd were all that remained after Airmen at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., witnessed 13 mixed martial arts fights at the Ellsworth Fitness Center June 17. The 28th Force Support Squadron invited Ring Wars, a local mixed-martial arts organization, on base to

  • More than a pilot: providing air support from the ground

    Editor's note: This is part three of a three-part series about female fighter pilots and their various roles.Like many aviators, Capt. Sarah Eccles, an F-16 pilot from San Antonio, Texas, caught the flying bug at a young age. On her 15th birthday, her father surprised her by taking her to a Wright

  • Davis-Monthan remembers fallen pararescuemen

    Gathered outside the 48th Rescue Squadron, members of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., quietly sit in a somber state as everyone waits for the ceremony to start.The ceremony was to honor two fallen D-M Airmen, Tech. Sgt. Michael Flores and Senior Airman Benjamin White, pararescuemen with the

  • First Air Force aviator bids final goodbye to pioneering WASP

    For most people, attending a funeral is a sad, somber event -- a time when an abundance of tears flows and when sorrow more often overshadows happiness.But on a sunny May afternoon in Chino, Calif., family, friends and even fans paid a glad and uplifting tribute to an American hero during a memorial

  • The hands behind the A-10 East Demonstration Team

    A crowd of 200,000 people watched as Maj. Dylan "Habu" Thorpe performed aerial demonstrations that dazzled the crowd and showcased the capabilities of the A-10C Thunderbolt II at the Jones Beach Air Show at Jones Beach State Park, N.Y.But there's a side of the air show most people don't see, that's

  • First sergeants: 'People are our business'

    First sergeants have been around since the first days of the military in America. They even began wearing diamonds to distinguish themselves in the mid-1800's. The first sergeant played as integral a role in their units then as they continue to today.Unlike the other branches of the Armed Forces,

  • Airmen help woman escape from vehicle

    Imagine driving 75 mile per hour on the interstate and all of a sudden a massive dust cloud soars into the sky on the side of the on-coming lane of traffic. You see a car has rolled off the interstate and is now upside down in the Idaho terrain. As you slow down, you notice a woman struggling to get