PTSD Awareness Day event provides information to WPAFB employees

Anything but a tanker: the first KC-135 story

Three static displays of retired aircraft lie exhibited at the entrance of McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Each model symbolizes a different phase in the base's history.While many members of McConnell drive past the displays on a daily basis, they may not know the history of the tanker standing

Free event for Guard, Reserve members and spouses

Reserve Officers Association officials are hosting a free special programming event for serving guardsmen, reservists, and spouses at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, California, July 25.The event will provide unique insights and tools to advance in civilian careers and meet executives from

CMSAF Cody stresses service unity

There is no distinction among Airmen within the Air Force components when it comes to how they perform their jobs, how they live up to standards and how they embrace the service's core values, said Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody during a visit here June 24-25."Robins is a great

Sikorsky wins Combat Rescue Helicopter contract

The Department of Defense announced June 26 that Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, has been awarded a $1,277,618,606 fixed-price-incentive-firm at target price/firm-fixed-price contract for the initial engineering, manufacturing and development Combat Rescue Helicopter program.  The

Something to smile about at Niagara

Everyone at the base here has something to smile about because of Operation Whiter-Brighter. Now in its seventh year, the program at Advanced Dental of Niagara Falls, New York, offers professional whitening at a greatly reduced cost to all patients and 100 percent of the proceeds from the program

Local boy becomes pilot for a day

Ten-year-old Ethan Libert of Niles, Ohio, captured the hearts of those around him here June 25 as he spent six hours as the latest 910th Airlift Wing Pilot for a Day. Ethan, who was selected by Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley to be honored as a pilot for a day in the program's 15th year,

Fallen Airmen honored in Patrick ceremony

Airmen and friends of the 920th Rescue Wing held a small ceremony at Memorial Plaza here June 25 to commemorate the 18-year anniversary of a terrorist bombing that claimed the lives of 19 Airmen, including 5 from the rescue family. The bombing took place June 6, 1996 at Khobar Towers, a housing

Dragon's Eye demo exercises Global Strike's innovative capabilities

As demand increases to find innovative ways to support mission requirements in a resource-constrained environment, Air Force Global Strike Command is looking to enhance its warfighting capabilities from within. As the nation's long-range strike force provider, the command is currently working to

Colorado Rockies visits fans at Buckley

Rex Brothers, Colorado Rockies pitcher, signs a baseball for Micah Huffman in front of the commissary here June 24. His brother, Jonah, and his mother, Julia Huffman, also had baseballs signed by some of the Rockies players. Micah's father, Master Sgt. Timothy Huffman, recently transferred here to