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FEATURES

  • JB Charleston perform large formation exercise

    Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., file into a C-17 Globemaster III March 27, 2014, on the flightline at Fort. Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers were part of a large formation exercise which provided more than 500 operational and maintenance training objectives and demonstrated

  • Bonds emerge over 3,700 miles, family reflects 3 years later

    Hard work, determination and perseverance are three personality traits one may need to cross North America on a bicycle. Trust, communication and focus are three traits one may need to reach such an accomplishment, and then continue to grow from it years later. It all began as an idea a little more

  • American Airman: from Chinese citizen to Warrior of the North

    Airman Robbie Day, 319th Force Support Squadron food service apprentice, became a United States citizen in a Fargo, N.D., federal courthouse, Nov. 22, 2013.He and his parents are from Hefei, the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, China. They moved to the U.S. in 2011 because they wanted a

  • Chief Master Sgt. Recalls Unexpected Journey

    "He would walk into my office and say, 'Hey sarge.' Then he would take his fingers and run them across the desks, cabinets and partitions, because I was a female, and I guess I was supposed to clean the office," said Chief Master Sgt. Yvonne Miller. "I dealt with it until the day he told me I

  • 'Keeping Up With the Cofields'

    Although seeing two married Airmen around base isn't uncommon, seeing a captain and a technical sergeant as a married couple, however, can turn some heads.Capt. Jaclyn Cofield, 22nd Operations Support Squadron navigator, a Los Angeles native, and Tech. Sgt. Joseph Cofield, 344th Air Refueling

  • Citizenship through service

    Education travel and a steady income.These are all common reasons why people join the Air Force. Whatever the reason, some people joined for more than just a job.Airman 1st Class Hisham Haddad, 22nd Medical Operations Squadron family health technician, was born in Syria, where he lived the first 14

  • Mentoring a command chief

    When Chief Master Sgt. Michael Morris, 22nd ARW command chief, cross trained to become a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator in 1996, he entered the flying world, and among his aircrew became known as a 'crew dog.'He lived a busy lifestyle, spending large amounts of time on deployments and temporary

  • Ravens help protect deployed C-17 crews

    During a routine inspection in January on a remote airfield in the Central African Republic, Senior Airman Chase Vento discovered a teenage boy hiding in the wheel well for the landing gear of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft."He told me that he was trying to get to Tanzania to see his mom," Vento

  • Through the ranks, medical commander faced challenges, rose to the occasion

    She's had a busy and storied 26-year career -- from the University of Texas to the National Defense University; from the White House to the Office of the Surgeon General and now she serves the Fairchild community as the 92nd Medical Group commander and isn't looking back."I never imagined myself

  • Perseverance pays off for former MTI

    A Fairchild NCO recently went from grooming the ranks to rejoining the ranks. Tech. Sgt. Noel Hachtel, 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron training and validation office NCO in charge, reflects back on his time as a Military Training Instructor.Even though Hachtel earned Airman below the zone and