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FEATURES

  • Skin Cancer Awareness Month: Screening out the bad rays

    Nearly 5 million people in the United States are treated for skin cancer each year, and in the past three decades more people have had skin cancer than all other cancers combined.May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and during this time it is important to develop habits that can prevent skin cancer

  • Family, Football, and the Force: A Lieutenant's pursuit of the NFL dream

    As Airmen, we strive to achieve excellence in all that we do. This core value not only applies to our military lives, but also to everything that we do out of uniform.For 1st Lt. Connor Dietz, 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron material management flight commander and Columbus, Ohio native, it means

  • CE constructs home, lasting impression

    "Welcome home," said Master Sgt. Norman Crittle, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy repair superintendent, as Teri Evans, mother of Airman 1st Class Chris Evans, arrived back to her newly repaired house May 9 in Fairfield, California.Chris Evans was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia in 2014

  • Intelligence world unclassified

    "When somebody asks what we do, I say 'Have you seen the James Bond movies? Well, it's nothing like that,'" said 1st Lt. Carmella Burruss, 22nd Operations Support Squadron officer in charge of intelligence operations.The intelligence community might spend most of their time gathering information

  • SFS Defender receives Award of Valor

    Usually, driving home after work is a mundane event for all service members. Luckily for one severely injured driver, Airmen are on duty 24-hours a day.Senior Airman Catherine Lund, a base defense operation center controller from the 628th Security Forces Squadron was the first responder to a major

  • Sewing happiness into uniforms

    The military uniform is a unique symbol; it's what strings the men and women who serve the country together. Needless to say, behind every uniform there is a person who stitches every patch, name tape and military branch you work for.Kin Fat Lai, alterations manager at the Exchange here, specializes

  • May Fitness Month: Why fitness matters

    May is observed throughout the Air Force as a time to set and achieve fitness goals to improve personal health and fitness.Life for an Airman can be busy, and it can be hard to schedule in time for the gym. It is important to remember, though, that daily physical activity has more benefits than just

  • McConnell Melting Pot: 22nd CONS Airman aims to give back

    It can be hard to understand why someone would want to leave their hometown and move to a foreign place for what seems to be no reason.Coming from Tijuana, Mexico at the age of 15, Senior Airman Christian Luevano, 22nd Contracting Squadron contract administrator, is now very grateful for the

  • 93rd ARS: Refueling the fight for 70 years

    For nearly 70 years the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron has fueled the fight and since its arrival at Fairchild, it fuels freedom on the wings of the KC-135 Stratotanker."It's a privilege to be a member of the 93rd and help carry on its inherent tradition of excellence and legacy," said 1st Lt. Meagan

  • Airman earns three John L. Levitow Awards

    Joint Base Charleston is home to some of the finest Airmen in today's Air Force. This fact is demonstrated by an Airman who has gone above and beyond in his career.This individual has been awarded not one, not two, but three John L. Levitow Awards while attending Airman Leadership School,