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  • Reservist recalls early days as African-American female Airman

    She stood sharp at attention in the mirror. With a straight knife hand and upper arm horizontal to the ground, her right hand continually swept through the motions of a proper military salute. She practiced this courtesy for many nights before bed when she first commissioned in 1963. This Airman is

  • Total force team moves the mission during Pacific exercise

    In an effort to deter aggression, fighter aircraft routinely fly while troops on the ground mobilize and train to defend the ROK. However, there still lies another piece to the puzzle.That puzzle piece is none other than the 607th Air Mobility Division."We control air refueling, air drops, air

  • AMC IG: This is not your father's inspection system

    The 152nd Airlift Wing held its first-ever Unit Effectiveness Inspection capstone event Friday, March 4, at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno, Nevada.In 2013, the Air Force rolled out its new Air Force Inspection System, which differs from the previously implemented operational readiness

  • Fuel Cell, Total Force Enterprise at work

    Opening the door to the fuels systems hangar is like stepping into a huge gas tank. The smell of fumes is very distinct to an outsider walking in, but to the men and women who work in this environment it's hardly even noticeable.There are many challenging jobs across the Air Force and Air National

  • Not-so-identical twins

    The Medlen family has had at least one family member from each generation serve in the military dating back as far as the Revolutionary War. Currently, there are two members of the family actively serving their nation, and they just so happen to be identical twins as well as military aviators.Air

  • Inspired NCO spends career molding Airmen

    Joshua Smith was 17 years old and starting to earn a reputation for skipping his math class every afternoon when he was called into his guidance counselor's office. The most surprising part of the meeting for Smith was seeing his visibly distressed mother in the office."My mom was on the verge of

  • AMC sets standard for total force readiness

    When it comes to maintaining readiness and sustainment, Air Mobility Command has a team of unrivaled professionals working day in and day out to make sure the men and women of AMC are postured to deliver the right effects in the right place at precisely the right time.Given the current challenges

  • C-5 Galaxy Division helps sustain aircraft

    There are aircraft -- some more than 40 years old -- flying across the sky every day specifically designed and built to preserve our nation's interests here and abroad. Helping to ensure those aircraft are sustained and flying safely is the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's C-5 Galaxy

  • 60 YEARS IN THE AIR: Becoming a boom

    (Editor's note: This article is part of a series looking back on the history of the KC-135 Stratotanker throughout the decades, leading up to the 60th anniversary of the KC-135's first flight in August 2016.)From an early age, Airman 1st Class Shelby Bowling, 350th Air Refueling Squadron boom

  • Tuskegee Airman reflects on diversity

    It was 1944 and the U.S. was in the midst of two battles--a war on two sides of the world and the onslaught of cultural changes on the home front.Meanwhile, a young African-American soldier picked up trash on the white sandy beaches at Keesler Field, Mississippi. He had been briefed that although he