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  • Airman reflects on his Hispanic heritage

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA -- Imagine hearing tales from your mother risking her life to flee a civil war-torn country to find safety in the U.S. when she was only 20 years old, embarking on the dangerous journey with a group of strangers leaving everything she knew and loved behind.This was the

  • Pilot brothers reunite in the Pacific

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- George Guss watched his brother, Tyler, follow in their father’s footsteps by becoming a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. After reaching a crossroads while attending the University of Georgia, he decided he also wanted to take to the skies. Together, the brothers progressed in

  • Not just a Guard family, but a Total Force family

    PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- The Kleive family is back in AFCENT news since their last deployment in 2018. This time they’re not only representing the 148th Fighter Wing, but the entirety of the U.S. Air National Guard and what it brings to the Ninth Air Force’s Total Force

  • Foster family values

    FRESNO, CA -- Each November, Month of the Military Family usually recognizes families for supporting a parent or a child who is serving in the Armed Forces. For the Foster sisters at the 144th Fighter Wing, military family has profound and unique meaning. For these three sisters, their desire to be

  • 173rd AFRC hosts an egg hunt for Team Kingsley families

    KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. -- The Easter Bunny paid a visit to Kingsley Field, bringing over 3,000 stuffed eggs to the base for children to find.  Squeals of joy and excitement were heard as little ones scampered through the grass by the headquarters building searching for the candy-filled treasures on

  • For the Love of Aviation: 191st AMXS Father, Son Deploy Together

    Editor’s Note: This is three of a three part series about family members deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar together. As children, many boys aspire to be like their fathers, or at minimum make their father’s proud, which could manifest as good grades or being a star athlete; however, one senior

  • 169th FW ANG Mother, Daughter deploy to AUAB

    Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar -- It has been said, that to understand what someone is going through, a person needs to walk a mile in their shoes, a saying that one staff sergeant assigned on her first deployment to the Middle East took to heart.

  • The definition of Guard Family

    What was supposed to be a joyous time in the life of Airman Basic Corey Clendenin, who was celebrating with his new bride, Tierni, on the island of St. Maarten, turned into a life and death situation and rattled the members of the 130th Airlift Wing to the core when Hurricane Irma struck.