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FEATURES

  • Bone marrow donation saves life of military family member

    Here is a message from a girl who has experienced much in her nine years of life -- "Become a bone marrow donor, because it saved my life." Karina Sones, daughter of Col. Dwight Sones, 436th Airlift Wing vice commander, was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in February 2005. She was 4 years

  • Recovery mission takes a wild turn for Charleston senior NCO

    A member of Team Charleston recently returned from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command from an eventful recovery mission in Laos. Master Sgt. Wesley Housel, a member of the 437th Operations Support Squadron, volunteered to take part in one of these missions. According to Sergeant Housel this was a

  • AirVenture Oshkosh: A family event

    Every year Cathy and Roger Tener attend the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture Oshkosh, one of the nation's largest Air Shows. The Teners help out with the Warbirds exhibit, which supports the upkeep of antique military aircraft flying. This year they received an unexpected text message,

  • Flight of the KC-10: Crew members talk about driving AMC's largest tanker

    They were on the flightline here Aug. 4 going through their pre-flight checklists and movements like they always do. As a group of four, this aircrew for the KC-10 Extender knows what they have to do to get Air Mobility Command's largest tanker in the air. Combined, their flying hours -- which

  • Operation Allied Force comes alive through 'Tanker Living Legends' series

    Four veterans of NATO's 78-day air war, Operation ALLIED FORCE, recalled their experiences through the "Tanker Living Legends" speaker series July 30 at the Global Reach Planning Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Among the "living legends" who spoke included Lt Gen Rusty Findley, Vice

  • War hero brought home, laid to rest after 40 years MIA

    As three rifle vollies rang throughout Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery July 27, the sounds meant a Vietnam War veteran who had been missing in action for more than 40 years was finally home to rest . Active-duty members, retirees and their families gathered at Chief Master Sgt. Quincy Adam's final

  • RODEO 2009: Doolittle Raiders land at competition

    Three veterans of the Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942, met with participants and staff of Air Mobility RODEO 2009 here. Retired Lt. Cols. Richard E. Cole and Edward J. Saylor and retired Maj. Thomas C. Griffin, all veterans of the historic raid on Tokyo led by Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle,

  • Scott AFB couple receives 'gift of life'

    After years of waiting, a Scott AFB couple has finally received a much needed kidney. Mike Lehnen said he learned of his kidney problems 26 years ago after being denied admission to the Air Force because of protein in his kidney. "I was disappointed because I really wanted to be an avionics

  • C-5M flies in on the wings of Dover AFB heritage

    The C-5M's wheels screeched to a halt on the Dover Air Force Base flightline and taxied in front of a Hangar 706 where a crowd eagerly awaited the arrival of the first Super Galaxy. Seated in that crowd were four Airmen who ushered in Dover's strategic airlift era with the delivery of the base's