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FEATURES

  • Algerian triplets join Air Force for better future

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- For one Algerian family, 6,600 miles was the distance between a life of struggle, promise and opportunity. Their journey has carried them over thousands of miles, from a barren region in Africa to California’s Simi Valley where eventually the Harchaoui triplets—Myriam,

  • Beekeeping: McConnell Airman discovers 'sweet’ hobby

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- During his studies as an environmental science major, a McConnell Airman became interested in beekeeping, which led him down the path to a somewhat unusual hobby.Tech. Sgt. Garrett Wright, 22nd Operations Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape and

  • Flight engineers keep mobility aircraft ready

    Navigation systems, check; landing gear, check; hydraulics, check; flight controls, check. One by one flight engineers run through preflight checklists, making sure the C-37A Gulfstream aircraft is ready for flight.

  • Public health liaison advises, treats mobility families

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- After the Northeast was torn apart by wind and slammed by violent waters during Superstorm Sandy in 2014, Cmdr. Julie Chodacki, along with 400 other United States Public Health Services Commissioned Corps members, deployed to assist those affected with getting their

  • Siblings, wingmen take flight

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, South Carolina -- Two pilots here, share more than a workplace, they share blood.Capt. Gary Whiteman, 14th AS C-Flight assistant flight commander, and his sister 1st Lt. Kristina Whiteman, 14th AS liaison officer, are both U.S. Air Force Academy graduates and C-17 Globemaster

  • Molding yesterday’s trainees into tomorrow’s Airmen

    In the early hours of darkness, the sound of reveille routinely rings throughout Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Trainees spring out of their beds to begin days filled with training, instruction and loud orders from their military training instructors.

  • Staff Judge Advocates help families, Airmen become citizens

    The American dream used to be white picket fences and a house in the suburbs. The dream has now shifted for many Americans and Airmen to the idea of everyone having equal opportunities for success through hard work and determination.The 628th Air Base Wing Office of the Staff Judge Advocate helps

  • Airman joins for education, selected for Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program

    “I served time in the Belarussian Air Force when I was living in Minsk, Belarus,” said Staff Sgt. Aliaksei Krasouski, a medical technician assigned to the 91st Air Refueling Squadron. “Being in the Belarussian Air Force, on top of how much I love the U.S., are the reasons I decided to join the

  • Airman, leaders battle cancer together

    GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D.  -- Airman 1st Class Celeste Black, a crew chief with the 69th Maintenance Squadron, walked gracefully past the wing of an RQ-4 Global Hawk with her arm stretched out to touch the huge remotely piloted aircraft. From an outside perspective, it’s not evident that

  • Air advising is a family affair

    Growing up watching her father put the uniform on day in and day out motivated her to follow in his footsteps and become an Airman, but she never imagined she would get the opportunity to serve alongside her hero.