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  • Read Your Way to Success

    Have you ever wondered why some people are successful, while others continue to struggle? How do they achieve their goals and success while others don't? Are they lucky? One such successful person of notable recognition, great American author Mark Twain, rejected the thought of luck and replaced it

  • Dress and appearance standards in the AOR

    As I come in contact with Airmen while traveling around the AOR, I am repeatedly asked the following question, "Chief, why are we so worried about dress and appearance standards in the AOR?" My standard reply is, "It's all about muscle memory, force protection, leadership and keeping our promise."

  • AWACS - Pre-Eminent Symbol of American Airpower

    A 2010 edition of AIR FORCE MAGAZINE declared the E-3 Sentry (AWACS) "perhaps the pre-eminent symbol of American operational presence." But how much do you know about this aircraft, its history, roles, missions, capabilities and personnel?Brought to life in the 1970s, the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning

  • Crew chiefs, specialists keep aging AWACS in the air

    Every day E-3 Sentry aircraft take off and land on the flightline at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. And every day, crew chiefs and maintenance specialists are there to send off and greet the aircraft ensuring all the while that each is safe and ready for flight.The E-3 Sentry, an

  • Hawk Eye watches over reconnaissance aircraft in AOR

    A sandy, tan combat boot weighs down on the accelerator in a pearly white Pontiac G8 GT speeding down the runway, bringing the sports sedan to a roaring 120 miles per hour quickly and easily with more than 360 horses under the hood. Workers on the flightline pay little mind to the vehicle as it

  • Major helps guide deployed students through academic journey

    There are few things more frustrating in academics than struggling to find an answer or to understand a theory. The journey to find the answer can be quite antagonizing for the student as they work through the problem. The struggle becomes worth it when they finally find the answer as there is

  • Lieutenant logs more than 1,100 hours in first year of flight

    His check ride in October of 2009 remains fresh in the memory banks of 1st Lt Geoff Cargill. It turned out to be the first of many hours he would log on the KC-10 Extender to start his career.During the course of three deployments to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Lieutenant Cargill