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  • Don't let the uniform fool you

    Would you be surprised to know that right here at Robins Air Force Base, the Air National Guard's 116th Air Control Wing employs more than 1000 Guardsmen where nearly 40 percent are employed as full-time civil service employees?While many Air National Guardsmen serve on a part-time basis--sometimes

  • 101 Critical Days of Summer week 1: On the road again

    Ah, summertime! The days are long, the temperatures are warm and it's the perfect time to jump in the car and take that long road trip. Summer is the time when most people go out to explore new places, see the attractions and get the bumper sticker that says "I've been there and done that." It

  • HERITAGE SERIES: WWI Ace Was Early Leader at Selfridge Field

    (Part of an ongoing series of articles highlighting the heritage of Selfridge Air National Guard Base.)He was the pilot who lost his moustache and had to bail out over Lake St. Clair. One of the last World War I aces, and among the first future generals, to be assigned at Selfridge Field, Major Gen.

  • Wyoming Air National Guard recruiter receives heritage award

    Diversity is a term we hear frequently in the military. We are encouraged to recognize the contributions of all individuals, from all cultures, that make up the military's uniquely diverse landscape. For the Wyoming Air National Guard, Tech. Sgt. Iris Honrado, production recruiter, exemplifies

  • Airman gives shirt off his back to tornado victim

    As a community shatters in the wake of a deadly EF-5 tornado, ordinary citizens become heroes as they rise to the need of others and give selflessly to those directly affected. Many who answered the call to help were volunteers or first responders, but others responded to the Moore tornado as

  • California's 129th Rescue Wing Airmen achieve milestone 1000th save

    The 129th Rescue Wing has saved its 1,000th life.The millennial milestone was reached on May 18, 2013, when aircrews and pararescuemen from the 129th Rescue Wing, deployed to Afghanistan, rescued an Afghan national policeman who had suffered a gunshot wound, raising the number of lives saved by the

  • Future enlisted leaders graduate to shape U.S. Air Force

    Graduating students of U.S. Air Force Airman Leadership School and Noncommissioned Officer Academy took hold of diplomas here May 23 as loud applause approved their ability to bring new leadership to the field.What they learned would certainly steer the service's future, officials said."The one

  • 188th instructs members on dangers of alcohol abuse during awareness event

    Airmen from the 188th Fighter Wing came together May 12 to take part in the wing's Alcohol Abuse Awareness Day. Invited guests spoke to a full house, sharing their personal stories about the damage alcohol had caused in their lives."In the Air Force, we don't tend to have a lot of drug problems,

  • Honor Guard Video Captures 'Mood Appropriate' For Memorial Day

    Rendering honors at some 50 or more military funerals per year, the 127th Wing Honor Guard performs many of the ceremonial duties of the Michigan Air National Guard - duties that are often in sharp focus as Memorial Day draws near. The Honor Guard seeks "to pay respect to their families and to show