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  • Airmen take to streets for Breast Cancer Awareness

    October marks a month most Airmen know from various survivor stories, but the truth is, breast cancer probably has either affected or will affect someone you know personally during you Air Force career.According to www.breastcancer.org, "One in eight women in the United States (12 percent) will

  • PDF line prepares Airmen for 'Base X'

    More than 100 Airmen processed through a personnel deployment function line in preparation for an operational readiness exercise here Oct. 3 - 5.The PDF line ensured Airmen were medically, legally and financially ready to deploy. It also included 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 100th Mission

  • 728th Airman reaches new APEX milestone

     In August 2009, Staff Sgt. Nathan Dunn hit a major milestone as the first C-17 Globemaster III aerial port expeditor to reach 500 cargo loads. Dunn yet again reached a landmark as he doubled that figure Oct. 4 with his 1,000th load under the APEX program."Today I loaded my 1,000th C-17 as an APEX

  • Making friends in South Africa

    Nearly 45,000 people came out to see aerial demonstrations and static aircraft displays at the 2011 Waterkloof Air Show Oct. 1.One of the biggest draws, however, was a group of American Airmen and their aircraft invited by the South African Air Force.The visiting aircraft included a KC-135

  • Preparing for the big show

    The thunder can be heard from miles away; it grows louder and louder as it approaches and within minutes the silhouette of an U.S. Air Force HC-130 aircraft can be easily seen in the horizon. As the aircraft approaches, the back door opens and out comes an all-terrain vehicle and four Guardian

  • Lajes earns 'Excellent' ORI rating

    The unrelenting preparation of Airmen at Lajes finally paid off when the results of the combined Operational Readiness and Limited Unit Compliance Inspections were announced to a packed crowd at the base theater on the morning of Sept. 19. After a five-day inspection, which was conducted Sept. 12

  • Overseas COLA levels to drop

    Beginning Oct. 1, American service members and their families living overseas will see a reduction in their Cost of Living Allowance. The extent of the reduction depends on the member's rank, years of service, number of dependents and duty location. For example, for service members stationed at

  • Airmen travel to Tunisia for humanitarian assistance projects

    Members of the U.S. military traveled to Tunisia Sept. 12-17 to work on six humanitarian assistance projects worth $1.8 million that will ultimately benefit the different communities in the most northern nation in Africa.Working alongside the U.S. Embassy's Humanitarian Assistance program and U.S.