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  • To honor with dignity

    Their patches read "to honor with dignity." They are more than fixtures at commander's calls or retirement ceremonies. They are often the last memory family members have after laying their veteran loved one to rest. "The first and foremost benefit of being a ceremonial guardsman is the service,"

  • Dover learns to Lean with AFSO 21 class

    The Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century basic course here starts out like any other typical class. What is atypical about the AFSO 21 class here are the toys. What seems like millions of building blocks are scattered across the classroom waiting to be assembled. Playing with toys never

  • Refueler flies 10,000th hour after 30 years of service

    Senior Master Sgt. Anthony Trenga won't soon forget what he was doing Nov. 6 at 4:15 p.m. The in-flight refueling technician from Pittsburgh reached a significant milestone in his military career at this precise moment, hitting 10,000 flying hours in a KC-135 Stratotanker. With more than 30 years of

  • Airmen carry on 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron mission

    When it came to flying into the teeth of the enemy over Europe, the Airmen of the 746th Bombardment Squadron backed down to no one. Sixty years later, that same bravado that made the 746th BS one to be reckoned with is back -- reactivated with a mixture of active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen

  • Hair's tolerance

    One-one thousandth of an inch or smaller, that's the tolerance metals technician. Airmen here must work within when making parts for 50-year old tankers, tools or special projects, and it's less than one-third the thickness of a human hair. These Airmen must constantly train and practice to keep

  • Life Altering Moment: Airman survives cancer, gets new lease on life

    Imagine being 28 years old and the epitome of health, strength and youth. You're an Airman just returning from a deployment in support of the Global War on Terror. You do all the normal things when you return: check on the bills and file vouchers with finance, get in-processed, go back to work and

  • Balad's mission begins with strategic airlift

    With aircraft valued at $150 milion and up, these assets are too valuable to sit in harm's way in Iraq. To get the large cargo aircraft gased and maintained and on their way, the 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, Detachment 5, Airmen work to move the airlifters in the air quickly and out of the

  • Team Grand Forks breezes through the race

    A KC-135 departed Grand Forks Air Force Base for Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 15. On board were 30 motivated, active duty and dependent athletes focused on the intimidating task ahead of them. The 10th annual Air Force Marathon would begin at 7:30 the next morning. The group is

  • A family reunion at 30,000 feet

    Master Sgt. J.D. Harston, 319th Operations Support Squadron, got to bring his brother on a refueling mission with him when he was an Airman. "I remember he was so amazed by how close the planes came to each other and now he's flying the plane," he said laughing. "The first time I see my brother in

  • AFSO21 requires Airmen to work smarter, not harder

    In the March 2006 Letter to Airmen, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne articulated Air Force Smart Operations as a dedicated effort to maximize value and minimize waste in our operations by looking at each process from beginning to end. It doesn't just look at how we can do each task better,