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  • Four strikes and you're out

    Senior Airman Catherine Libbey with the 439th Aeromedical and Dental Squadron and Senior Airman Kody Anischick from the 337th Airlift Squadron were recently one failure away from discharge when they realized their fitness was now or never.Just because it’s an open-book test doesn’t make it easy. For

  • A Chaplain's little miracle

    The story still gives him chills.Maj. Matthew Zimmerman, chaplain with the 439th Airlift Wing, recently opened up to his fellow wingmen about a family battle he’s been dealing with quietly: cancer. Nine months ago, Zimmerman’s five-year-old son Gavin was diagnosed with an inoperable tumor. “It was

  • Impossible dream becomes reality for one South American country

    In an age of high-visibility drones and cyber security, there is a side of the Air Force some don’t see: its humanitarian missions.On Aug. 12, members of the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, and active-duty components came together to transport 47.8 tons of cargo to South America for a