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  • AF to every Airman: Tell us your story

    Air Force leaders want Airmen to share their stories with the world and designed the 2014 American Airman Video Contest with that purpose in mind."Every Airman has a story -- and smartphone technology now allows those Airmen to share those stories to a wider audience than ever before," said Air

  • AF 'impossible' rescue mission recognized

    On the remote coastline of Eastern Iceland, inaccessible to ordinary travel, a plaque was dedicated May 30 to commemorate a U.S. Air Force rescue team operation accomplished 20 years earlier.On Jan. 10, 1994, members of the 56th Rescue Squadron, then located at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland,

  • President signs CAP Congressional Gold Medal bill

    President Barack Obama today signed into law S. 309, the bill awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Civil Air Patrol for its service during World War II.The legislation, approved in May 2013 by the Senate and last week by the House, recognizes the volunteer service of more than 120,000 men, women

  • Sexual assualt - attacking the enemy within

    Can you imagine a military collapsing from within? When I raised my right hand and swore to protect the Constitution of the United States from its enemies, foreign and domestic, I didn't imagine on the domestic front it would be within the ranks of my brothers and sisters in arms. Sexual assault is

  • AFNORTH CC coins Wing Airman

    A unit training manager from the 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron received a coin from the Air Forces Northern Commander Wednesday in recognition of the NCO's response to an AFNORTH member suffering extreme heat distress following a physical training session.Tech. Sgt. John See received a coin

  • Canadian officer ranks get same courtesies

    New to working with Canadians or a new Canadian working at Tyndall AFB? Then this article may be for you. Ranks are part of any military. They delineate the chain of command and allow everyone to understand at a glance who they are talking to in terms of general responsibility and experience. Within

  • AFNORTH, AOC participate in Operation Exodus

    When a major hurricane barrels down the Gulf Coast, military installations in its path must prepare to temporarily relocate aircraft and shut down local operations, but it's not often an entire mission relocates.But that's just what happened when more than 100 people departed Tyndall Air Force Base

  • House approves Congressional Gold Medal for Civil Air Patrol

    When the founding members of Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force auxiliary, risked life and limb to help protect the home front during the early days of World War II, they weren't looking for recognition.Some seven decades later, though, they're receiving it, thanks to the U.S. House of

  • NORAD Deputy visits CONR, makes a Mess

    The highest-ranking Canadian officer serving in the United States visited the Continental US NORAD Region here Apr. 25 to discuss the North American Aerospace Defense Command mission and indulge in some Canadian camraderie.During his visit, Royal Canadian Air Force Lt. Gen. Alain Parent, NORAD's

  • AFRCC Manages Complex, Multi-Day Mission

    A late Friday afternoon call to the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center kicked off a complex, multi-day rescue mission in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.According to Lt. Col. Ian Kemp, AFRCC commander, the initial call for this particular mission was from the U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Rescue