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  • SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Maj. Alan Brown is scheduled to attend pilot re-qualification training. He lost his leg more than seven years ago during a hunting accident. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Getsy)

    Major overcomes adversity to fly again

    Maj. Alan Brown grew up the way many boys in the West grow up, with hard work and a love for the outdoors. In 1994, he became a C-130 Hercules pilot with the Wyoming Air National Guard and was living the dream of many, flying whenever he could and spending the rest of his time hunting, fishing and helping out on his father’s farm. But that dream
  • PINEHURST, N.C. (AFPN) -- 1st Lt. Kristi Porter participates in the Olympic district triathalon race here. Open water swimming is one of the three legs in the triathlon. Lieutenant Porter is with the 446th Logistics Readiness Flight at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Drew Steadman)

    Triathlons are lieutenant’s passion

    Completing a 26-mile marathon, as opposed to just succeeding at the 1.5 mile Air Force fitness evaluation run, can be a lofty goal. But not for Kristi Porter, a first lieutenant with the 446th Logistics Readiness Flight here. For her, competing in marathons -- like the Seattle Marathon she ran Nov. 27 -- is just a way to stay in shape. Since the

  • Brothers meet at 25,000 feet

    Families normally get together for holidays -- but at 25,000 feet? Not hardly. But two pilots from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing found a way to accomplish a mission and have a family reunion at the same time. Capts. Greg Matthew Amig reunited in the skies over Southwest Asia, where Greg refueled his brother’s aircraft on Thanksgiving Day. The
  • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFPN) -- Airman 1st Class Michzel Zdenek prepares to hand a folded American flag to 1st Lt. Bruce Wang as part of a recent funeral detail. Lieutenant Wang is a member of the 1st Space Operations Squadron. Airmen Zdenek is in the 50th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

    Ambassadors in blue

    Airman 1st Class Michael Zdenek is an ambassador. His job is not as high-profile as national ambassadors or United Nations representatives, but to the people he meets at wedding parties, retirement ceremonies and funerals, his job as a member of the High Frontier Honor Guard is just as important. Three weeks each month, Airman Zdenek works in the
  • MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN) -- Ten combat rescue officer candidates test their endurance during a series of events including a six-mile formation run and a four-mile minimum road march with 40-pound rucksacks. These events ensure each candidate meets the stringent requirements of a CRO's duties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel Martinez)

    Evaluation tests mettle of future combat rescue officers

    Their faces grimaced with strain, and a mixture of sweat and pool water dripped from them onto the ground as the eight men pounded out pushups. Even with the sun high overhead, the chill in the late-October air reminded them winter was coming to south Georgia. The Airmen -- whittled down from a field of 20 -- were testing their mettle to see if
  • WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AFPN) -- Staff Sgt. Yaneth Alvarez moved to the United States in 1993 at age 13. She sends $300 a month to help support her family in Columbia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joe Lacdan)

    Airman leaves Colombian home for family

    She left heaven. Not because she wanted to, but because her family needed her to leave. But if Staff Sgt. Yaneth Alvarez had her way, she would still be sitting at her family’s old brick home nestled between Colombia’s Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Central mountains. The 509th Medical Group Airman would be in Belen de Umbria. It’s a town
  • BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE, D.C. (AFPN) -- Retired Senior Master Sgt. Juanita Williams works on one of the many U.S. Air Force Band uniforms that needs her attention. Ms. Williams volunteers her time once a week to help keep band members here looking their best for their many performances throughout the Washington, D.C. area and on their world travels. She was a part of the band for many years before her retirement in 1995. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)

    Patchwork of passions: Band seamstress can do it all

    Her Grammy nominated voice has impressed audiences around the world, including the former President Bill Clinton and thousands of servicemembers. She’s performed with Bob Hope and Wayne Newton, but finds joy working with convicted criminals. As a kind and gifted woman, she is considered a “sacred piece of the hallowed halls of U.S. Air Force Band
  • SPOKANE, Wash. -- Maj. Michael Moyles and his wife, Angela, run hand in hand toward the finish line at the Spokane Marathon. Major Moyles, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 1999, had defied the odds to beat the cancer. He is a commercial satellite communications operational manager with U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Airman running against the odds

    In Dec. 9, 1999, doctors diagnosed Maj. Michael Moyles with oligoastrocytoma, a type brain cancer, and gave him six years to live. Today, the major, a commercial satellite communications operational manager at U.S. Strategic Command here, is alive -- and beating cancer one step at a time. “You never know what tomorrow is going to hold,” Major

  • Woman veteran recalls World War II duty

    The popular images of World War II show American men fighting the Axis powers. What are often missing are images of the women pioneers of the nurse corps who patched up the Soldiers so they could face and defeat the enemy. Ann Walker was among those pioneering veterans. Mrs. Walker is from Grand Forks. Her war story begins right after she left
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Airman Joshua Lisowski drives along the flightline in an airfield sweeper ensuring all Foreign Object Damage debris is vacumed. Airman Lisowski is deployed from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and is part of the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Peter Borys)

    ‘Dirty Boyz’ sweep away foreign object damage hazards

    The mural painted on a concrete barrier inside the building where the “Dirt Boyz” work reads: “Once a dirt boy, always a dirt boy.” The dusty Airmen are members of the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron. Among the many projects they do and services they provide, there is one in particular that leaves everyone of them a bit dusty -– the
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