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  • NDI: it’s the little things that count

    As the old cliché goes, it’s the little things that count. Those small, intricate and often overlooked details can have the biggest impact on the mission. For Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, nondestructive inspection section, it’s in those minor details where they make that

  • Remembering 9/11: Airmen and Coalition partners stand together

    On Sept. 11, 2001 a series of devastating terrorist attacks on U.S. soil claimed 2,977 lives. It was a tragic day, which ultimately brought American’s closer together and its anniversary has served as a symbolic reminder of the world’s fight to prevail over terrorism.Here, in the wake of 9/11,

  • F-22 adapts to OIR conflict, ‘Cleared Hot’ in Iraq, Syria

    On June 23, a pair of F-22 Raptors flying over Syria received a 9-line request for short-notice airstrikes from a Joint Terminal Attack Controller. The JTAC’s target was two field artillery pieces operated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Daesh, threatening friendly

  • Recalibrating Airmen: Physical Therapy team provides blueprint for recovery

    It’s a punishing grind. Day in and day out, Airmen are exposed to high operations tempos accompanied by considerable amounts of physical exertion.Taking a quick look around the base reveals Airmen in their element lifting heavy gear, contorting to fix different equipment and participating in

  • Airmen learn all the right moves in 'Check Six'

    Random acts of violence have unfortunately become a scary reality in today’s world.These acts can unfold sporadically, and many times they occur inside work environments.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, from 2006 to 2010, work-related homicides killed an average of 551 workers

  • AGE breathes life in to aircraft, OIR mission

    In the distance you can hear aircraft launching from the runway, leaving an echoing roar from the engines as it soars past. It’s a constant reminder that Airmen across the flightline are doing their part to generate sorties to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or Da’esh.Of the many

  • AFCENT Air Warfare Center change of command

    Col. Jeffery Patton took command of the Air Warfare Center, Air Force Central Command, during a ceremony here Aug. 12, 2015.Lt. Gen. C.Q. Brown Jr., commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, presided over the ceremony and spent some time after the event touring the facilities and meeting the

  • Flight Safety: ensuring safety is not “lost in translation”

    In the military, you’ll quickly find yourself speaking a different language than the one our civilian counterparts are accustomed. Whether its acronyms, slang or terminology related to our unique specialties, the way we communicate often leaves an outsider confused and distant from the coded verses

  • RED HORSE: a legacy of leaving it better than how they found it

    As the sun sets and stars begin to glow in the night sky, a group of Engineers arrive at their construction site. The darkness surrounding the unfinished structure slowly becomes illuminated by generator powered lights. They each grab a red hard hat and huddle around the project manager’s office to