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  • Transient alert tops at coordination, control

    The runway here has hundreds of sorties flown each month by three flying squadrons, but aircraft from other locations land here more than a thousand times a month. Unlike the aircraft assigned to the base, transient aircraft do not have dedicated recovery and support crews. Instead, they rely on 12 Airmen assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary
  • The Seven Summits Challenge team and two of their guides take a break in front of Mount Kilimanjaro July 12 at 13,000 feet, Day 3 of their ascent. They reached the summit July 16 at 6:30 a.m. (Courtesy photo)

    Team conquers mountain summit on quest

    Guided by moonlight and headlamps to the crater rim of Mount Kilimanjaro, two men worked their way around the 19,300-foot rocky summit. As they reached the summit marker July 16, the sun finally cracked the horizon, treating them to a spectacular view of Africa coming to life. Eight others, led by those two men's enthusiasm, passion and experience,
  • (From left) 2nd Lt. Joanna Moore and Tonia Beltran explain the bone marrow transplant procedure to Army Sgt. Joe DeLashmutt at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on July 7. The bone marrow, a thick, red bloodlike substance, is given intravenously. The nurses are bone marrow transplant nurse specialists. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kimberly Spencer)

    From Iraq to Wilford Hall, nurse, patient meet again

    A wide smile broke across Army Sgt. Joe DeLashmutt's face as he spied Maj. Rebecca Lehr across the Wilford Hall Medical Center dining hall. "That's her!" he told his mom in surprise. She saw him at almost the exact same moment."I couldn't believe it when I saw him," Major Lehr said. "Joe is one of those patients who wove his way into my heart and
  • Coach Gary Evans coaches his daughter, 6-year-old Nadiria Evans (left), 5-year-old Trenton Growins (middle) and his 10-year-old son Tariq Evans in the 100-meter sprint. Since founding the nonprofit M-Town Track Club in 1992, 21 of the coach's athletes have received scholarships to schools such as the University of Alabama, Vanderbilt and Louisiana State University. (Courtesy photo)

    Track coach has youth running for the future

    One high school student throws a rock at another and 21  youth go to college. Sounds a little farfetched, but that's what happened when a Melbourne, Fla., high school track coach saw 16-year-old Gary Evans chase down the student who had targeted him and asked him to try out for the team. Years later, Coach Evans, now a Manatee Cove Golf Course
  • Brig. Gen. Robin Rand talks with Airman 1st Class Joshua Collins after presenting him with the Purple Heart at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on July 20. Airman Collins was wounded by a roadside bomb while driving a convoy truck north of Balad. General Rand is commander of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman James Croxon)

    Life changes in a matter of seconds

    Less than five miles north of the largest air base in Iraq, a roadside bomb made from a 155 mm mortar shell exploded, engulfing a vehicle in flames and riddling it with shrapnel holes. "Cowboy!" yelled Staff Sgt. Michael Stewart to his teammate. A native of Cleveland, Texas, Airman 1st Class Joshua Collins was nicknamed "Cowboy" because of his slow

  • 'Easy money' translates into financial nightmares: Part 3 of 3

    Editor's note: This is the final installment in a three-part series about Airmen and responsible financial management. Part of caring for military members across the branches is teaching good financial practices that will carry them through their military career and beyond. But too many wait until they are in serious trouble before seeking help.
  • Ty Pennington, the star of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," jokes with members of the production crew during the filming of the "Rogers Family" episode in North Pole, Alaska. Approximately 180 military members from Elmendorf and Eielson Air Force Bases, and Forts Richardson and Wainwright helped build a house for a woman and her 12 family members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Tommie Baker)

    'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,' military style

    Used to dealing with extremes in the Alaskan environment, nearly two dozen Airmen from Elmendorf Air Force Base and three Soldiers from Fort Richardson drove to North Pole, Alaska, to lend their assistance in building a home for a family in need. They were joined by more than 150 Airmen and Soldiers from Eielson AFB and Fort Wainwright. North Pole
  • Instructor Antonio Martins discusses a mind mapping exercise with Tunisian Navy Lt. Majed Haj Lajimi at the Defense Language Institute English language course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on July 18. Mind mapping is one of the tactics used to make learning English an easier experience. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jeremy Larlee)

    DLI fosters international goodwill

    One of the major foundations of peace is tolerance. If two parties are unable to communicate and understand each other, tolerance is nearly unattainable. The Defense Language Institute English language course here provides that first step to building tolerance, by teaching foreign students the English language and American culture. "The strategic

  • 'Easy money' translates into financial nightmares: Part 2 of 3

    Editor's note: This is the second installment in a three-part series about Airmen and responsible financial management.While the phrase, "It's only money" is commonly used, Airmen and other military members may face a special vulnerability when it comes to dealing with their finances. Benefits such as medical and dental care, leave and tuition
  • Master Sgt. Robert Jackson inspects a 30-mm round for an A-10 Thunderbolt II in the munitions storage area for Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on July 7. Sergeant Jackson is a member of the Air Force Reserve deployed to Bagram as a munitions specialist. He and other munitions Airmen receive, inspect, store, assemble and deliver ordnance used on aircraft and in small arms. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

    ‘Ammo' Airmen arm Bagram's warfighters

    Bombs, bullets and explosives are hazardous to friend and foe alike but are handled with care by the men and women who work in the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight. Known as "ammo" troops, the Airmen of the munitions flight here handle all of the bombs, ammunition, defensive ordnance, explosives and bullets used by the Air
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