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  • In Praise of War Stories

    Anyone who ever told a flying story started with "There I was ... "You may call them war stories, bar stories, hangar-flying stories, or anything else, but when military personnel with some slack time get together, there is a good chance someone will start telling tales. In the Air Force, these are

  • Winter Weather Advisory

    The phrase "winter weather advisory" can only mean one thing here in southwest Ohio. It means things are about to get ugly: snow and ice, sleet, freezing rain, and those cold temperatures. One of the things I love about the area where I live is the change of the seasons. With each season, there are

  • Airmen return from Brazilian-led CRUZEX exercise

    Airmen and Air National Guardsmen participated in Cruzeiro do Sul, a Brazilian-hosted air force exercise testing air-to-air maneuvers, mission planning, airdrop operations, and search and rescue skills, Nov. 4-15 in Brazil. In all, more than 150 Airmen, six F-16 Fighting Falcons, and a KC-135

  • Speed, Safety, Success Through Leadership

    Those of us who have sworn to support and defend our Nation understand that someday we may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice. We accept and understand that responsibility as an acknowledged risk in service to our country. However, that doesn't mean we are allowed to be careless with our

  • Innovation vs. Invention

    This past October marked our twelfth year of sustained combat operations in Afghanistan. During more than a decade of war, you've proven you are part of the best trained and equipped Air Force the world has ever known. You've attained that distinction by doing things right. Doing things right

  • Yokota Airmen Showcase Low-Cost, Low Altitude Airdrop at Cope South 14

    U.S. Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, demonstrated Low-Cost, Low Altitude airdrop techniques to Bangladeshi Airmen, during a subject-matter expert exchange at Bangabandhu Air Base, Bangladesh, Nov. 9 through 13, 2013. The exchange, a key part of exercise Cope South, was designed to show

  • The first C-5A Galaxy returns to Dover AFB to rest

    The Air Mobility Command museum unveiled the newest edition to its aircraft collection Nov. 9, 2013 here.The C-5A Galaxy was delivered to Dover AFB in 1971, which makes it Dover AFB's longest serving aircraft type and now the first aircraft of its kind to be in a museum. "It was the very first C-5

  • U.S. military to aid typhoon-devastated Philippines

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel directed U.S. Pacific Command yesterday to support U.S. government humanitarian relief operations in the Philippines in the wake of a deadly typhoon that has left more than 1,000 dead, defense officials announced yesterday.The support, provided at the request of the