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FEATURES

  • Stepping stones to success: 'Starting out right'

    All enlisted Air Force careers originate at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, at basic military training. However, as soon as this initial training is done, service members diverge into many varied career paths. From the first day of basic training to the day of separation or retirement, every Airman

  • Committed to caring in CAF: Combat training unit members define camaraderie

    For present and past Airmen from the 421st Combat Training Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., camaraderie among its members is as important as doing the job itself. The 421st CTS, now a unit with the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, "traces its history to the Vietnam War, when

  • Remembering 9-11-01: Putting miles behind the memories

    Everyone has a story. Some are tales of heroism, some of ordinary daily events. However, each one of these stories has special meaning to those who lived through it. On Sept. 11, 2001, Jerry Murphy, a freshman in a Philadelphia high school, learned of the events at the World Trade Center like many

  • Dover Airmen remember 9/11 events

    Members of Dover AFB reflected on their thoughts and activities on Sept. 11, 2001 during interviews held at the base on Sept. 6, 2011. Kevin Greene, the ground safety manager with the 436th Airlift Wing safety office, was working at the jet shop here, he said. "There was a lot of confusion and a

  • 15th AS honors World War II Airmen

    A part of what makes an airlift squadron so successful at accomplishing the mission is the trust and camaraderie among the members. The 15th Airlift Squadron represented this by honoring eight World War II fallen service members from the 15th Troop Carrier Squadron at two commemoration ceremonies

  • Women's health a place to comfort, learn

    She began her adult life as many college students do, switching majors frequently as she worked toward her degree. Her family's rich military history, topped with her dad's Air Force stories of the best years of his life, prompted Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Zello to join the Air Force. She visited a

  • Weathering the storm together

    As the rain fell, some took shelter in their dorm rooms with duffel bags full of water bottles and Meals Ready to Eat. Others comforted their spouses and children as they anxiously awaited the storm in their homes or shelters; many drove away from threatened areas on the Delaware highways. A few

  • Controlling the tempo of the base

    Their stage is a 20 foot by 25 foot room dimly lit by computer screens. The players are 65 members of Team Dover with about 13 on shift at any given time. The operations of the base dance to their rhythm.Echoes of airplane tail numbers and the chiming of incoming phone and radio calls are anchored