Air Force Link highlights Air Force birthday

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  The Air Force Link Web site will help the Air Force celebrate its 59th birthday by posting photos Sept. 18 of Airmen on the job around the globe.

There will be different photos posted every hour throughout the day to show Americans how their Airmen are celebrating the anniversary -- hard at work around the world, said Louis Arana-Barradas, Air Force News Agency chief of news.

"Like all other American servicemembers, our Airmen are busy fighting and supporting the war on terrorism," he said. "Sometimes people lose sight of that fact."

By posting this Web photo album, "our hope is that people will see Airmen continue to be an integral part of winning the war," he said.

The Web site will receive photos from photographers working in the Pacific region, Europe, Middle East and the United States. There also will be a short story to accompany each photo.

"We want people to know our folks don't have much time to celebrate," Mr. Arana-Barradas said. "They're too busy doing their job -- like they've been doing since the Air Force became a separate service in 1947."

The first photo will appear on www.af.mil at 12:01 a.m. CST Sept. 18.