Now showing: March 29 edition of AFTV News

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  Air Combat Command’s “Canadian connection” highlights the latest edition of Air Force Television News. In a special “Eye on the Air Force,” Tech. Sgt. Bill Scherer goes to North Bay, Ontario, to examine the close relationship between ACC and the Canadian air force. Before Sept. 11, the Canadian operation focused on external threats to the United States’ northern border. Since the terrorist attacks that focus has expanded to include internal threats.

The Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. John P. Jumper reflects on the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq. He said the Air Force continues to have a major mission in the country, flying more than 150 sorties a day. Additionally, he emphasized the major contributions being made by the service’s ground forces in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. John Anderson previews the new mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Del., where fallen servicemembers are prepared for burial. Also Staff Sgt. Melissa Allan goes with a unit from McGuire AFB, N.J., known as Ravens, on a training mission to Antigua. The Ravens provide initial security when the Air Force uses unsecure airports.

Officials at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, show off a new environmentally friendly bus that uses hydrogen for power; Staff Sgt. Marty Rush is at Eielson AFB, Alaska, to report on how Airmen there keep the lights on, providing power to the base using coal and refuse that used to wind up in the dumpster.

Staff Sgt. Leigh Bellinger reports on the Jackson, Miss., unit of the state’s Air National Guard as it gets another C-17 Globemaster III, replacing the unit’s fleet of C-141 Starlifters. Tech. Sgt. Joy Josephson-Spann visits a North Dakota missile site and finds out that missileers from Minot AFB may work a long way from the base, but they eat and live well. Finally, Sergeant Rush takes to the slopes at Eielson AFB to show how Airmen and their families assigned to the Alaska base spend their off-duty time.

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