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Developmental special duties broaden experience
The Air Force has identified 1,175 positions across 10 developmental special duties, or DSDs, for spring 2017.
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4/06
2017
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Honor guard Airman pushes past her limits
It’s noon on a Saturday, and Staff Sgt. April Spilde chalks up her hands in the gym at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, as she waits for her chance to lift during a powerlifting competition. Spilde isn’t thinking about how big the other competitors are or how much weight they can lift; she’s focused on the mission at hand -- pushing her limits.
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4/28
2016
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Airmen honor WWII veteran's last wish
Roy Mullinax enlisted in the Air Force shortly after the end of World War II, and his years of military service led to his recognition with a veteran’s pin through his hospice center in Newton, Kansas, by the 22nd Air Refueling Wing Honor Guard.
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12/15
2015
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Laughlin honor guard renders final salute to former Reserve chief
The Laughlin Air Force Base Honor Guard rendered military honors to a former chief of the Reserves Oct. 28 at the Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass, Texas.
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11/03
2015
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63 years later: Columbus supports MIA ceremony
Twenty honor guardsmen from Columbus Air Force Base and four T-38 Talons supported a missing in action ceremony Aug. 10 for a Mississippi Airman, exactly 63 years after his aircraft crashed.
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8/13
2015
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Lasting impressions of an AF honor guardsman
Walking tall throughout the base, it's apparent that Master Sgt. Andre Moore stands out from the rest of the Airmen. His uniform is sharp and he carries himself with pride. He has the mark of an Air Force honor guardsman. Not unlike a tattoo, the Air Force Honor Guard experience is impressed upon Moore for the rest of his life, but instead of ink staining his skin, professionalism saturates his demeanor.
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11/02
2014
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Airman's remains returned home 62 years after his death
The remains of 17 service members were recovered by the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command and Joint Task Force team from a 1952 aircraft crash site. Among the casualties was Airman 3rd Class Howard Martin, of Elwood, Indiana, whose remains returned home to rest July 10.
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7/18
2014
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Mortuary affairs sends fallen warriors home
A solemn dignified transfer of remains is conducted upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del., from the aircraft to a transfer vehicle to honor those who have given their lives in service to America. These fallen warriors, however, have stops along the way including the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing here on their way home to family.
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8/23
2013
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