Dreams to Destiny: Ethiopian native becomes American Airman

As a young boy living in Ethiopia, his mother often asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, and his reply was always the same, that he wanted to be a Soldier. She responded with, “'No, you should say you want to be a doctor.'” His father, a logistics officer in the Ethiopian Army, jumped to

Inspector General empowers commanders to evaluate mission readiness

This article communicates the importance the Inspector General and wing inspection teams play in executing the mission.

Airman invents hitch bar improving career field's safety

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- There’s an idea from a Scott Air Force Base Airman that could affect the entire trucking industry.The “Meyer’s Bar,” nicknamed after its inventor, Staff Sgt. Joshua Meyer, is a 5-foot reinforced steel bar that has been constructed to support a lowboy trailer’s hydraulic

Airmen create new alert system, enhance readiness

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Throughout the past year, an unlikely pair of McConnell Airmen, a plumber and a boom operator, poured their energy into innovating a cost-effective way to develop and deliver a new system to safely direct alert aircrews during fast-response actions on base.When

Airman battles cancer with positive attitude

More than brothers… wingmen

Zade and his younger brother, Austin, grew up on a small farm at the basin of the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming. Living in the country meant not having any neighbors around, so the brothers spent a lot of their time together playing on the farm.

Shaw, Fairchild Airmen fuel the fight

A group of F-16CM Fighting Falcons take off from the foggy flightline at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. They soar above the clouds and into the airspace over the Atlantic Ocean, heading east until they can no longer see the land behind them. Despite the meticulous checklists run on aircraft

To honor with dignity

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- These Airmen spend countless hours perfecting minuscule movements in unison. Remaining superb, regardless of severity in temperature or size of crowds, they stand steadfast throughout every funeral and ceremony, honoring all who have served.The Honor Guard’s

Home on range: Airmen, Soldiers partner to prime skills

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- A main priority of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command is to enhance partnerships to execute and sustain rapid global mobility. One prime example is the weapons training cooperation between Little Rock Air Force Base and Arkansas National Guard

Former POW recounts Operation Linebacker II

In his cell, an American pilot peered through the barred windows where he saw the silhouette of a B-52 Stratofortress in flames. He could only watch as the same fate that lead him to his prison cell was handed over to his fellow Airmen. This American pilot is retired Col. Peter Giroux, a B-52 pilot