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FEATURES

  • On St. Patrick's Day, Everyone is Irish

    Every year on March 17 we celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Normally this ritual involves attending parades, wearing green, eating Irish food and drinking green beer. But who was St. Patrick and what is all the hoopla about? In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is a religious holiday. St. Patrick, the patron

  • Taking care of grandpa's plane

    Staff Sgt. Brian O'Day drives by a stoic reminder of his family's military legacy every day on his way to work. Before there was a Grand Forks Air Force Base, even before there was an Air Force, Sergeant O'Day's grandfather, Staff Sgt. Carl Coachman, flew aboard the B-25 Mitchell medium bombers as a

  • FTAC leads Airmen to available resources

    The transitions made between basic training and the operational Air Force can often be considered difficult for Airmen new to military living. It takes time to modify a lifestyle with a rigid daily schedule to a more relaxed, but still professional, routine. Questions arise as to what programs are

  • Weapons school pushes pilots to the limit

    The Air Force's weapons school was a lot to handle for Maj. Tony Carr and Capt. Brian Smith, 10th Airlift Squadron, and Maj. Phil Lynch, 8th Airlift Squadron. They routinely endured information overload during briefings. They flew C-17 Globemaster IIIs outside their comfort zones. And getting two

  • Fairchild Airman chosen as recruiting spotlight

    The name Kyle Sweiderk is about to hit it big. The 92nd Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller will be highlighted in the August edition of Technology Education Magazine, an Air Force Recruiting Service safety publication distributed to more than 30,000 high school technical shops around

  • EOD Airmen diffuse problems one at a time

    In a war where the enemy is constantly changing tactics, Airmen from the 62nd Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight are on the front lines fighting to stay one step ahead. Master Sgt. Everett Sisseck, 62nd CES EOD technician, recently returned from a deployment where he was

  • Family members combat challenges of separation

    Airmen aren't the only ones who battle stress and loneliness during deployments. Spouses and children at home go without a vital piece of the family structure when the deployed member is gone. Not having someone for four to six months to help with shopping, cleaning the house or helping care for