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  • Former POW shares story with NCOA

    Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Melvin Pollack, Vietnam War veteran, was flying his 78th mission when he was shot down and captured approximately 50 miles north of Hanoi, July 6, 1967.

  • 10th EAEF: A flight that saves lives

    In the frigid and dim cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster III, Airmen strive to save the lives of injured service members while being tormented by the deafening rumble of four engines. These Airmen are the patients’ best option for medical care and transportation to a hospital.

  • 86th MXG keeps Ramstein forward, ready, now

    The Air Force functions like a complex machine made up of interlocking gears that keep the mission rolling. Every wheel is important with its specific function, but when one gear malfunctions, the whole mechanism suffers. The 86th Maintenance Group is an element of Ramstein that keeps the mission

  • Liberty Airmen: A futuristic view of the F-35

    In the coming years, a fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II aircraft will arrive at their new home – here at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.Extensive planning is already underway, to allow for the eventual bed-down of the F-35s.But well before F-35 pilots, maintainers and other essential

  • Airman wins Arthur J. Myers Award

    Dining facility personnel are often unsung heroes of the Air Force story, but one stand-out Airman recently earned an Air Force-level award.

  • 52 FW command chief: ‘Taking care of Airmen is my J-O-B’

    The two most memorable moments of U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Edwin Ludwigsen’s, 52nd Fighter Wing command chief, military career oddly involved him exiting his father’s car. The first occurred when he parted ways with his father before boarding a bus in Spring Lake, North Carolina, headed to

  • Romanian soldier, U.S. continue NATO’s mission of peace

    The 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron hosted their first coalition forces partner student into their European Transportation Training Center’s aircraft deicer qualification training course on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, from May 30 to June 10, 2016. Romanian Land Forces Warrant Officer, Bogden

  • Romanian soldier, U.S. continue NATO’s mission of peace

    The 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron hosted their first coalition forces partner student into their European Transportation Training Center’s aircraft deicer qualification training course on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, from May 30 to June 10, 2016. Romanian Land Forces Warrant Officer, Bogden

  • ANG Airmen dish out healthy meals, resourcefulness during TSP

    “Lunch is ready!” shouted Staff Sgt. Justin Bonner, a munitions Airman assigned to the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts.  Bonner and several fellow Airmen, currently deployed as part of the 131st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron to Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria, in support