Now showing: Sept. 29 edition of AFTV News

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  Hurricane Isabel’s effects on Air Force bases along the eastern seaboard highlight the Sept. 29 edition of Air Force Television News.

Master Sgt. Jim Lawson and Staff Sgt. Kevin Dennison report on how people at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; Dover AFB, Del.; Langley AFB, Va.; and Andrews AFB, Md., prepared for the storm.

Staff Sgt. Melissa Allan reports on this year’s Air Force Association convention and its tribute to the Centennial of Flight, while Staff Sgt. John Anderson covers the Global Air Chiefs’ Conference, held in conjunction with the convention.

The program also includes details from a report by a congressional panel for the secretary of defense regarding rape and sexual assault at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.

Staff Sgt. Leigh Bellinger profiles an Air Force Reserve loadmaster at McChord AFB, Wash., who is one more example of the contribution the Reserve and Air National Guard airmen are making to the war against terrorism.

Tech. Sgt. Pachari Lutke is at Shaw AFB, S.C., to detail a unique program that uses Reserve pilots to instruct their active-duty counterparts.

Tech. Sgt. Angie Pianga spends time with some expectant mothers who are part of a unique birthing program at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Texas.

Staff Sgt. Joe Wallace rides the rails at Scott AFB, Ill., to report on the base’s inclusion in a mass-transit system.

Lutke profiles an Islamic airman who serves as a translator for detainees being held at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Anderson is on hand for the presentation of the Order of the Sword, the enlisted corps’ highest honor, to Air Force Secretary Dr. James G. Roche.

Air Force Television News is a biweekly production of Air Force News Service. It is distributed on videotape to more than 3,000 military and civilian outlets worldwide and is seen on more than 700 cable TV outlets nationwide. It is also available on the Internet at www.af.mil, and can be seen regularly on The Pentagon Channel. The program is offered with closed captioning. Viewers can comment on the program by sending e-mail to: aftvnews@afnews.af.mil.