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  • 'Rage to Live' speaker documents child survivors

    People who attend presentations about the horrors of war often leave with more questions than answers. Questions like "How could something like this happen?" or "How could people allow this to go on so long?" and perhaps most frequently "Why?"But for any children who may have survived the murder of

  • Wanted: Airmen up for adoption

    For Airmen living in the dorms, being away from home can cause a sense of lonliness during the weekends and holidays. Some might even miss that good, old-fashioned, home cooked meal or the feeling of being around a family. To combat that, an old program is coming back."The Adopt an Airman program is

  • RUfit? The 'take a penny, leave a penny' of childcare

    The 4-year-old boy runs up and tugs on the giant's pant leg. "Look at all my dinosaurs!" he pleads. The young adventurer is holding up pieces of foam cutouts that vaguely resemble a tyrannosaurus rex. Then, he's off again - wandering through the room that allows his imagination to run wild. While

  • Heroes of Molesworth: CrossFitters honor fallen Soldier

    Heavy breathing, pools of sweat and the feeling of pain searing through almost every muscle. Although you're exhausted, you clench your teeth and push through the pain - you keep going. You keep going with the thought that the physical pain is nothing compared to what he might have felt the day he

  • RUfit to fight reoccurring injuries?

    Despite how cautious a service member may be, they run the risk of sustaining an injury through every day physical activity, whether it's through the job, working out or playing a sport. If they become injured, it can be a "journey" to get them fit-to-fight again.However, the journey doesn't have to

  • Equipment accountability vital to partnership

    The U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft is a unique airframe.Its wingspan is wider than 32 feet, it's nearly 50 feet long and its top is 16 feet high. It can travel at speeds of roughly 1,500 miles per hour, and the aircraft engines create thrust -- the force that moves the aircraft

  • Faith and values: a pillar of spiritual fitness

    When people think about their road to fitness, they may think about a five-mile run, weighted pull-ups or 500-pound squats. However, strong values or character can also be a form of fitness. The Air Force promotes all areas of fitness that are a part of the Comprehensive Airman Fitness program which

  • Two Airmen, one war: '...and I was freed'

    The following is the second installment of a two-part series detailing two World War II Airmen and their visit to Chièvres Air Base, Belgium. "...and I was freed." "Flying a P-47 with eight machine guns and a bomber too was really fun," said Ralph Kling, a Ramona, Calif., native, recalling his U.S.

  • Two Airmen, one war: 'I made the right decision'

    The following is the first installment of a two-part series detailing two World War II Airmen and their visit to Chièvres Air Base, Belgium. Every journey begins with a single step...For Archie "Lin" Maltbie and Ralph Kling, their adventures began again each time they set foot on a flightline toward

  • Greece, US plan for successful air training

    They had been in the room for nearly six hours.The planners scoured the map of Greece, searching for just the right area to place an enemy missile defense system. Or an enemy airfield. Or one of hundreds of other highly defended military targets.They evaluated the joint capabilities of the U.S. and