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FEATURES

  • War from within: A master sergeant's resilient internal battle

    (This feature is the follow up to "Life after Death: 45 tumors didn't slow this Airman down", which is featured as part of "Through the Airman's Eyes" series on AF.mil. The story digs deeper into the emotional war Master Sgt. Scott Kapanke fought within himself and how he found the resiliency to

  • 109th Airlift Wing flies polar missions

    This winter has been one of the warmest in history. In many parts of the country, skiers are crying and snowboarders are bummed. But there's an organization in upstate New York that looks for winter and finds it all year long.The 109th Airlift Wing, based at Stratton Air National Guard Base in

  • Through the lens: A look at Dignified Transfer photography

    It's 2:30 a.m. on the Dover Air Force Base flightline. Roland Balik is standing and waiting, the smoky breath from the cold morning is flowing out from his mouth and nostrils.He starts to get antsy. He checks his watch and glances at his camera to make sure the settings are correct. He knows he is

  • Little Rock remembers the 'Little Rock Nine'

    In 1957, nine African American students made a world-wide statement as they walked into Little Rock's history books by courageously deciding to leave the comfort and safety of their African-American only schools and integrate into an all white school that was not quite ready for change. Almost 55

  • On 'top of the world:' Tops in Blue Airman returns to Charleston

    At the age of 7, Petrice Brown had no idea where her passion for singing would lead her. But from her humble beginnings singing in a church in the small town of Cochran, Ga. to performing in front of thousands of people around the world, Brown has remained an Airman with class.More than 13 years

  • Saluting an officer, wife from 8000+ miles

    One Air Force couple put modern technology to work to keep military tradition alive during a ceremony earlier this month.Shortly after being commissioned as a second lieutenant on Feb. 2, Donna Tluczek received her first salute from her husband, Tech. Sgt. Pawel Tluczek.But because he's deployed

  • Travis EOD team 'answers the call'

    Keeping the nation safe from threats both foreign and domestic is one of the Air Force's top priorities. One of those threats is various types of explosives. The Airmen of the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight in charge of removing them take the job very seriously. The

  • Little Rock Remembers: Arkansas' first Tuskegee Airman

    (Editor's note: this is the first in a series of articles that highlights the greater Little Rock area's journey to equal education, integration and civil rights' equality.) Little Rock Air Force Base Airmen of all ethnicities and backgrounds fly together in the air, fight together on land and win

  • Medical officer sees other side of care after injury

    In Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, where East meets West in a struggle to defeat the Taliban, lies an air base that's home to 30,000 service members tasked with the job of assisting NATO and Afghans in gaining and maintaining security.During 2011 alone, more than 400 U.S. service members died and