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  • Tankers at your 6, bandits at your 12

    An Air Force pilot is flying a routine mission; suddenly, he's engaged by a bandit. Without hesitation, he begins evasive maneuvers and gets into a position to take out the enemy before the enemy takes him out. This is what the Red Flag Exercise 07-02 is all about. The 319th Air Refueling Wing, the

  • Deployed Warrior saves life

    It was like any normal lunch, for any Airman at any given dining facility. A time to get out of the heat, sit down together and talk about everything from work or family to any events from the day. An Airman takes a big bite of a chicken breast and washes it down with a cold beverage. Then something

  • Base transitions to standardized emergency response system

    By 2009, all Air Force installations will respond to emergencies, during peacetime and wartime, using the same system civilian agencies implemented more than 30 years ago. Fortunately, the base's close ties with the local community will expedite the transition and make it easier. Under the Air Force

  • NCO's impact nets Air Force Physiology NCO of the Year

    A NCO here is the 2006 Air Force Aerospace Physiology NCO of the Year. Tech. Sgt. Heather Tevebaugh, NCO in charge of Aerospace Physiology - Human Performance Training Team at the 319th Aeromedical Dental Squadron, was pleased to receive the reward, if not a bit perplexed. "I was surprised," said

  • The Air Force’s most valuable resource

    Transformation. Modernization. Force shaping. Lean reengineering. Recapitalizing the force. If you're an active duty member in today's Air Force, chances are you've heard one of these buzzwords that all allude to the myriad of changes taking place across our service. Multiple, radical changes are

  • Keeping ahead of the game: contracting warfighting

    During my first tour in Iraq, nearly two years ago, I served as a contracting squadron commander at Ali Base. Now, I have just completed my second tour in Iraq, serving largely with the Army in Baghdad. On this deployment, I had the honor and privilege of advising, assisting and guiding multiple

  • High blood pressure in African Americans: the silent killer

    Did you know that four out of every 10 African Americans will develop high blood pressure (or hypertension)? Or that African Americans are 33 percent more likely to develop hypertension than the general population? Hypertension is a condition where the pressure in the blood vessels coming from the