Now showing: Aug. 18 edition of AFTV News

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  The work of Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard in three northeastern states to keep people and supplies moving to and from Southwest Asia is spotlighted in the latest edition of Air Force Television News.

Staff Sgt. Bill Scherer visits Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., an ANG unit at Bangor, Maine, and Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., to show how airmen at these three locations link up to provide a vital airbridge.

Staff Sgt. Joe Wallace shows the effects the war in Iraq has had on deployment and the joy of airmen returning home. Wallace goes to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., for the reunion of an Air Force family and its newest member.

Staff Sgt. Leigh Bellinger is at Sheppard AFB, Texas, to watch as medics learn how to better treat wounded on the battlefield. Bellinger also reports on an Air Force pilot training course for NATO pilots.

The increased threat of terrorism and the use of weapons of mass destruction is causing a rethinking of how the Air Force must react to such a threat. Tech. Sgt. Pachari Lutke uses an exercise at Robins AFB, Ga., to show how the military, other government agencies and the private sector are working as a team to combat the threat.

Meanwhile, at Scott AFB, Ill., Wallace examines a test program that uses biometrics to help improve identification and control of people entering the base.

In Hawaii, Tech. Sgt. Rusty Barfield shows how the Air Force has helped the state’s public school system dramatically improve its success in educating young people. Staff Sgt. April Lawrence visits Minnesota to watch a group of Louisiana reservists rebuild a home on an American Indian reservation destroyed by fire.

Lutke dons a beekeeper suit and goes headlong into the hive to profile a senior master sergeant and her retired chief master sergeant husband who sell honey from the hives they tend.

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 also closed captioned. Viewers can comment on the program by sending e-mail to: aftvnews@afnews.af.mil.