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FEATURES

  • 40 years later: former Charleston Airman, Vietnam POW looks back

    Forty years have passed since the United States ended its involvement in the Vietnam War, and forty years have passed since many of its sons who engaged in the war and were captured by the enemy, were liberated and returned home. One of those liberated prisoners was retired Col. Will Gideon, former

  • Food used to treat wounds

    An Airman goes on a convoy in a deployed combat location. He is vigilant for the enemy, his mind trained and focused. He keeps the scope of his weapon aimed and ready to protect himself and his fellow Airmen.When that convoy rolls over an improvised explosive device, everything fades out. When he

  • 92nd BW pioneer, WWII veteran turns 90, visits Fairchild

    Francis Leslie, a former B-52D Stratofortress radar operator with the 325th Bomb Squadron, turned 90 years old Feb. 28. He decided to celebrate by traveling to Fairchild where he once served as an Airman."The static display at Heritage Park of the B-52 aircraft looks pretty familiar - I don't know

  • Messy work calls for 'Dirt Boys'

    "They can push dirt really well - and they're proud of it.""They're kind of the rebels of the flight," said Capt. Tiffany VanDenBroeke, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron operations flight commander, while describing her "Dirt Boys."Members of the 22nd CES are responsible for maintaining and building up

  • CSAF Reading List Reviews: West with the Night

    "West with the Night," by Beryl Markham is a collection of memoirs chronicling the author's time as a British-born Kenyan aviatrix, adventurer and racehorse trainer. In the early days of aviation, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, against the wind,

  • 437th AMXS Airman enjoys cool job

    Airman 1st Class Nicholas McCracken, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs several maintenance tasks on the C-17 Globemaster III, including liquid oxygen transfers. Liquid oxygen is used as a means of distributing breathable air to aircrew members and passengers above 10,000 feet

  • ELEN Airmen electrify JB Charleston

    Every day, C-17 Globemaster IIIs fire up their engines and ascend through the skies, conducting rapid airlift missions around the world. In its 20 years of service the C-17 has delivered aid, wounded warriors and also supported ongoing combat operations. The plane itself is technological marvel

  • 733rd AMS Aircraft Maintenance - not typical maintenance unit

    Across the Air Force, maintainers are working long days in every climate to ensure the Air Force is combat ready and able to defend the nation's interests. Within the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron "Pacesetters," the maintenance flight does this every day, supporting Air Mobility Command's C-5, C-17,

  • 80-year-old Silver Star recipient still serves on the Rock

    While "old folks," as he calls them, are known to reminisce, there's no tongue clicking or sighing when Parnell Fisher tells his stories. People throughout Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., know him as a fixture at the Auto Hobby Shop on base. However, many of them may not know that they're having

  • 775th EAEF embraces new mission

    Prior to the start of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, typical aeromedical evacuation missions were used to transport service members and their dependents to military hospitals throughout the United States or to bring a retiree home from an overseas location to obtain further medical