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  • JPM Guardian helps protect warfighter

     The scenario seems highly unlikely: several terrorists gain entry to the installation and release a toxic substance. Several Airmen die and many more are hospitalized. Immediately, the installation's emergency management team flies into action to save lives and minimize loss of equipment. How a

  • Boom operator flies 10,000th hour in tanker

    Senior Master Sgt. Anthony Trenga won't soon forget what he was doing Nov. 6 at 4:15 p.m.  The in-flight refueling technician from Pittsburgh reached a significant milestone in his military career at this precise moment, hitting 10,000 flying hours in a KC-135 Stratotanker. With more than 30 years

  • Bringing flight to the fight

    For Captains Marc Milligan and Shane Werley, a "normal day at the office" includes anything from shooting instrument approaches and flying security sweeps to instructing younger pilots and dropping cops out of their birds. Soon, that normal day at the office will be flying combat missions with the

  • Air National Guard: A family affair

    It continues to be seen that the Air Force remains to be a family-oriented force and three brothers deployed here can say just that. A family within itself, the Muniz Air National Guard members from Puerto Rico continue to be a self-motivating force with families working with each other to make sure

  • Travel along Korea's DMZ brings gamut of emotions

    One rest stop and several dozen cramped legs later, Airmen from the southern coastal base of Kunsan in South Korea gazed from their chartered bus into a colorful mix of culture and history for their first stop that would end as one of the more memorable days of their lives. I was fortunate enough to

  • WMD shield keeps Airmen safe

    Hunched in front of a computer monitor inside a room the size of a shipping crate, two men stare, eyebrows raised, at something that looks like a map from Google Earth. "Well," Staff Sgt. William Stevens asked, "is it a positive?" "Could be," answered William Boyd, staring intently at the small red

  • Deployment reunites Hanscom Airman with Army brother

    Staff Sgt. Georgette Jackson, 66th Mission Support Squadron Customer Service noncommissioned officer in charge, knew that her May 2006 deployment to Fort Sill, Okla., would be challenging. She would be part of the first team to provide Air Force Personnel Support during Contingency Operations for

  • Center enhances Air Force linguists' skills

    As Air Force operations continue around the globe, the need for linguists dedicated to Air Force and joint missions has never been greater or more important. Air Force linguists operating on the ground and in the air make up a critical component of the nation's intelligence mission. The success of

  • Airmen carry on 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron mission

    When it came to flying into the teeth of the enemy over Europe, the Airmen of the 746th Bombardment Squadron backed down to no one. Sixty years later, that same bravado that made the 746th BS one to be reckoned with is back -- reactivated with a mixture of active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen

  • NCO catches acting bug in new Clint Eastwood film

    There is a 'movie star' among us, and he's appearing at a theater near you. Tech. Sgt. Nathaniel Heskew, with the 21st Space Operations Squadron at Onizuka Air Force Station, Calif., appears in the new Clint Eastwood film, "Flags of Our Fathers," that opened in theaters Oct. 20. "Flags of Our