Nov. 10, 2023 WWII airpower legend receives honorary promotion to colonel At 100 years old, WWII and Korean War airpower legend, retired Lt. Col. James H. Harvey III, one of the nation’s first African American fighter pilots with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, received an honorary promotion.
April 4, 2017 Wings of Blue train, jump with Turtles Citizen Airmen from the 701st Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, took to the sky in a C-17 Globemaster III over the Arizona desert early Saturday morning for mission-critical training with the U.S. Air Force’s Wings of Blue parachute team.
Jan. 10, 2017 459th to represent AFRC in Presidential Inaugural Parade The 459th Air Refueling Wing is scheduled to participate in the Presidential Inaugural Parade, Jan. 20.
May 18, 2016 Dobbins Airman to Academy cadet A Dobbins Aerial Port Airman has been appointed to the United States Air Force Academy class of 2020.Senior Airman Daniel Carpenter, 80th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation journeyman, recently received the news of his acceptance into USAFA, a U.S. service academy that educates and trains