Sew much support

Nathan Jung, son of Tech. Sgt. John and Cathy Jung, received an Operation Kid Comfort quilt at a ceremony Sept. 11, 2009. Sergeant Jung deployed to Afghanistan in July. Operation Kid Comfort is an Armed Services YMCA program whose volunteers have made and distributed 6,000 quilts since 2004. Mike Landers (right) is the deputy national director of the AF YMCA. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Paul Dean)

Sew much support

Almost 200 volunteers spent Sept. 11 participating in a Quilt-a-thon for Operation Kid Comfort, a National Day of Service activity in Washington, D. C. Alisa Dotson, a member of the IBM quilt team, joined others as they worked toward completing 40 quilts. The quilts feature family photos of deployed service members and are given to children 6 years old and younger. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Paul Dean)

Air Force Association honors Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen

Sen. Orrin Hatch laughs with retired Lt. Col. Walter McCreary, retired Col. Charles McGee and retired Col. Elmer Jones at the Air Force anniversary dinner Sept. 16, 2009, at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Senator Hatch is the senator of Utah, and Colonels Jones, McGee and McCreary are members of the Tuskegee Airmen. Senator Hatch received the W. Stuart Symington Award and Tuskegee Airmen were presented a Lifetime Achievement Award. The dinner was the end of the 2009 Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)

Air Force Association honors Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen

Gen. William M. Fraser III speaks to retired Maj. Thomas Griffin and retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole at the Air Force anniversary dinner Sept. 16, 2009, at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. General Fraser is the commander of Air Combat Command, and Major Griffin and Colonel Cole are members of the Doolittle Raiders. The dinner was the end of the 2009 Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)

Former RAF POWs share experiences with Mildenhall Airmen

A crowd of about 50 Airmen at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England listen as two former Royal Air Force airmen recount their experiences as POWs in WWII Sept. 19, 2009. The pair were both interred at Stalug Luft III, the German POW camp featured in the movie, "The Great Escape." They visited the base to speak as part of RAF Mildenhall's POW/MIA Remembrance Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Austin M. May)

Former RAF POWs share experiences with Mildenhall Airmen

Retired Air Cmdr. Charles Clarke (left) and Andrew Wiseman, former prisoners of war, were two of the guest speakers at the POW/Missing in Action Remembrance Luncheon Sept. 16, 2009, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The former Royal Air Force airmen told their stories about being shot down over Germany during World War II and their lives in a POW camp. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Thomas Trower)