Stories Collection

  1. Devices Bronze Star The bronze star represents participation in campaigns or oper...
  2. Senior Master Sgt Edy D. Agee U S Air Forces in Europe Chief, Management and Syst...
  3. B-1B Lancer Primary function: Multirole, long-range heavy bomber. Speed: 890 mph. D...
  4. LGM-30G Minuteman III Primary function: Intercontinental ballistic missile. Speed: ...
  5. Contacting a son, daughter or friend may be a challenge while they attend Air Force B...
  6. It didn't take long for aviation pioneers to see the potential of aircraft as weapons...
  7. Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation, Orlando, Fla.: Supports development and...
  8. F-15A/B/C/D Eagle Primary function: Air superiority tactical fighter. Speed: 1,875 ...
  9. M-2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun Primary function: Anti-personnel and antiaircraft weapo...
  10. THURSDAY (Visitors should attend one of the four visitor briefings at 9 a.m., 11 a....
  11. Senior Master Sgt Edy D. Agee U.S. Air Forces in Europe Chief, Management and Sys...
  12. RC-135S/U/V/W Rivet Joint Primary function: RC-135S/U -- scientific and technical p...
  13. AGM-65 Maverick Primary function: Air-to-surface television or infrared guided miss...
  14. Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation, Orlando, Fla.: Supports development and...
  15. Many people have contributed to military aviation in one way or another during the pa...
  16. Major Active Facilities Here's a list of major and minor active Air Force, Air Nati...
  17. A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II Primary function: Close air support; airborne forward air c...
  18. Atlas V Primary function: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle designed to improve spa...
  19. The strength of the Air Force is its people. Whether active duty, Guard, Reserve or c...
  20. C-5A/B Galaxy Primary function: Long-range. heavy logistics transport. Speed: 518 m...
  21. Air Force Satellite Control Network The Air Force Satellite Control Network consist...
  22. Major Active Facilities Here's a list of major and minor active Air Force, Air Nati...
  23. ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Heading here with Fido and Tabby just got a lot easi...
  24. In the starry skies over the sparse Mojave Desert -- far from the pulsating neon ligh...
  25. "Ho, ho, ho!" is what we hear from most people during the holi-days. But there are th...
  26. The KC-135 Stratotanker isn't the safest aircraft to take into a war zone. Unlike its...
  27. Remembering Sept. 11 I'm a colleague of Maj. Don Arias ["Hitting Close to Home," Se...
  28. Grill a steak, pour a glass of milk and pass the hemoglobin. Don't look now, but re...
  29. www.af.mil -- Airman magazine, Air Force Print News, Air Force Radio News, Air Force ...
  30. His mother didn't have much of a choice. There was nothing. The war ravaged his islan...
  31. www.af.mil, then follow the "Subscribe" link at the top of the page -- Free email sub...
  32. Maj. (Dr.) Tim Finkler -- with help from Staff Sgt. Karla Iglesias -- checks a young ...
  33. It wasn't much of a flight -- just 12 seconds and little more than 120 feet over the ...
  34. 1-877-AFRADIO (237-2346), DSN 945-5918 -- five-minute, weekday program providing late...
  35. NAGS HEAD, N.C. -- Two Air Force pilots, some spruce wood, a little cotton fabric and...
  36. 30-minute biweekly television program covering news and policy issues available with ...
  37. MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Chuck Nolan is a hunter. A couple of times every month, he ...
  38. The Air Force news wire service providing Air Force and Department of Defense news an...
  39. ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- In addition to being the only Joint Surveillance Target...
  40. Feature and information magazine. Online at www.af.mil/news/ airman. Unit subscriptio...
  41. AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy (USAFENS) -- It's not the blood and shattered glass that's mos...
  42. French bread, Crusty and warm. That's what Trinidad Garcia remembers most about Chris...
  43. Senior Airman Young Phung makes no bones about it: She hates being at Misawa Air Base...
  44. At first glance, the Aland home appears to be like every other four-bedroom Capehart ...
  45. KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Senior Airman Jason Cunningham died doing what he wa...
  46. Even though he's constantly training to do his job, Master Sgt. Doug Huttenlocker dre...
  47. ZAMBOANGA, Philippines -- Air Force special operators successfully ended their Operat...
  48. The air swells with harsh institutional sounds - the clanging of metal gates, the jan...
  49. ANDERSEN AIR BASE, Guam -- There's something smelly going on at the 36th Maintenance ...
  50. FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- The threat of the spread of the human form of mad cow disease is...
  51. BISHKEK-MANAS, Kyrgyzstan -- Each week, Norgazi waits. He and 38 other kids at a chil...
  52. Early in the morning on Dec. 13, 1968, 1st Lt. Joseph P. Fanning was co-piloting a C-...
  53. Americans found out this summer that the spouses of service members can also be the v...
  54. Here's Jake I'm writing in regard to the June 2002 "Here's Jake" cartoons. I find t...
  55. Master Sgt. Charles Adams wears slippers. With his battle dress uniform. At work. "...
  56. The first anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, stirred passions in Ame...
  57. INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey--It's rare when a husband and wife get to attend officer tr...
  58. https://oaprod.hq.af.mil/saf/pa/misc/listserv.cfm -- Free e-mail subscriptions to new...
  59. For almost two days, Tech. Sgt. Max Hernandez and his crew of "roadies" packed, unpac...
  60. SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Afterburners light only after steel wheels roll -- that'...
  61. Images of current Air Force operations, events, people and weapon systems from around...
  62. Caption: Air Force Honor Guard drill team members perform complex routines with fully...
  63. Caption: NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Sara No...
  64. 1-877-AFRADIO (237-2346), DSN 945-5918 -- five-minute, weekday program providing late...
  65. LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- As a young boy growing up in Dallas, Senior Airman ...
  66. 30-minute biweekly television program covering news and policy issues available with ...
  67. SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- For three staff sergeants, the sky's the limit. ...
  68. The Air Force news wire service providing Air Force and Department of Defense news an...
  69. CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- To practice his skills as a certified navy diver, ...
  70. Andersen Air Force Base's twin runways stretched to ward Guam's rocky north shore in ...
  71. I remember the first time I was able to vote. The election was between a peanut farme...
  72. It's the emotion of the message, rather than the message itself, that strikes you fir...
  73. KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Working in the stealth of night just got a little easier th...
  74. 'Stupid rules' Secretary of the Air Force James Roche's Idea of getting rid of "stu...
  75. Forget the mission. Everyone talks about Iceland's weather. It's like some Shakespear...
  76. EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. John Losurdo speaks with a Midwest accent. M...
  77. We misidentified the halfback in the August cover photo -- he's Cadet Second Class Jo...
  78. Senior Airman Jeannine Hattig talks to trees. More precisely, she asks trees for perm...
  79. * About one in four women is likely to be abused by a partner in her lifetime * Fem...
  80. www.af.mil -- Airman magazine, Air Force Print News, Air Force Image Express, Air For...
  81. Airman 1st Class Mitul Patel wears an Air Force uniform. Although he wasn't "Born in ...
  82. It seems long ago, it seems like yesterday. The images still flash by, forever etched...
  83. Day by day, minute by minute, Capt. Jacqueline Milam's life has become remarkably foc...
  84. The simple things. Those things Americans grew up doing as a part of their way of l...
  85. Maj. James Cusic III has always lived with the Boy Scouts motto "be prepared" in mind...
  86. LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- Many people's lives were altered Sept. 11, b...
  87. A year after he died on the hijacked 757 that crashed near Johnstown, Pa., during the...
  88. WASHINGTON -- Many courageous men and women have been recognized and honored for acti...
  89. The events of Sept. 11 -- from the devastation of terrorist bombings to airport secur...
  90. INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (USAFENS) -- One of the most memorable photos of the World ...
  91. * Since Oct. 7, 2001, the Air Force has flown more than 43,050 sorties -- more than h...
  92. WASHINGTON -- This month Pentagon officials expect offices destroyed at the point of ...
  93. When Lt. Col. Glyn Bolasky first heard the news of terrorists hijacking planes and cr...
  94. The aftermath of two hijacked airliners crashing into the Trade Center Twin Towers wa...
  95. People said Jennifer took after her father, John. She never knew exactly why. Perhaps...
  96. www.af.mil -- Airman magazine, Air Force Print News, Air Force Image Express, Air For...
  97. Every time someone even says the word "closure" around here, someone else giggles. Ma...
  98. WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- More than 279,000 active duty airmen and civilians spoke their m...
  99. https://oaprod.hq.af.mil/saf/pa/misc/listserv.cfm -- Free e-mail subscriptions to new...
  100. Out-sized, out-numbered and sometimes out-skilled. That seems to be the story of the ...
  101. KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The base men's dragon boot team jumps to an early lead duri...
  102. Images of current Air Force operations, events, people and weapon systems from around...
  103. Keeping Operation Enduring Freedom on track takes a combined effort from a variety of...
  104. MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Using "common sense, balling wire and bubble gum," John McD...
  105. 1-877-AFRADIO (237-2346), DSN 945-5918 -- five-minute, weekday program providing late...
  106. INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- Staff Sgt. David Huffman shuns the limelight. But he's a...
  107. 30-minute biweekly television program covering news and policy issues available with ...
  108. DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Four-year-old Elizabeth is all smiles as she gets a hu...
  109. The Air Force news wire service providing Air Force and Department of Defense news an...
  110. OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Eight reservists in the 320th Expeditionary Civil Engin...
  111. Feature and information magazine. Online at www.af.mu/news/airman. Unit subscriptions...
  112. FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- A determined Air Force women's soccer squad beat up on the Army, ...
  113. Dietary supplements are the rage these days. People take them for a host of reasons, ...
  114. Grieving family members huddle close, and a steady rain falls on Arlington National C...
  115. The B-1 is a vital part of America's long-range bomber force, providing massive and r...
  116. Real concerns I'm replying to the comment that Master Sgt. Tony Barnes wrote about ...
  117. Ragnar Hauksson's hands are cut, bruised and chaffed. His face is scarred; his paint-...
  118. The quotes is stuck to a sheet of steel the size of a TV tray. Few people notice the ...
  119. WASHINGTON -- All service members, including Coast Guardsmen, on active duty on or af...
  120. WASHINGTON -- Chief Master Sgt. Gerald Murray is the 14th chief master sergeant of th...
  121. You would think it's a Las Vegas You casino with millions of dollars waiting to be st...
  122. Rest for the weary The hammering taken for your outstanding pictorial "Enduring Ima...
  123. STAVANGER, Norway -- When someone asks if there's a doctor in the house, Master Sgt. ...
  124. Keep track of your busy Air Force. Get the latest news and information quickly and ea...
  125. ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England -- One day in 1989, Tech. Sgt. James Williams pit...
  126. Maj. Denis Steele flew his U-2 "Dragon Lady" aircraft 70,000 feet over Iraq. Done wit...
  127. CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- When Capt. Ravi Chaudhary isn't flying a C-17 Glob...
  128. Since Sept. 11, it's been easy to forget that we still have people around the world s...
  129. WASHINGTON -- When U.S. Northern Command stands up Oct. 1, much of the Air Force's gr...
  130. When Tech. Sgt. Hector Rodriguez found out he was headed to an assignment in Italy, h...
  131. A tiny structural crack can easily ground an aircraft, and that could impact a key mi...
  132. He doesn't remember much after being wheeled into the operating room. The drugs the a...
  133. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- When people see Dan Osburn at work on the flight li...
  134. Not many people know the Air Force has a small "navy." Three chartered, prepositioned...
  135. VICENZA, Italy -- As a combat weatherman, Staff Sgt. Lesley Rouell doesn't defend the...
  136. Mealtime for many troops in Afghanistan means ripping open a ready-to-eat ration and ...
  137. INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- On a short electronic leash, their beepers went off, and...
  138. Senior Airman Trevor christie has lived through what he calls the most important minu...
  139. KUNSAN AIR BASE, Korea - Staff Sgt. Gary Underwood attempts to identify an unexploded...
  140. Combat situations flew through the computer at Raymond Cassagnol's home in Mobile, Al...
  141. LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. - The flip, slide and face-first smash into the jagg...
  142. ELMENDORE AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - After five years as a bald eagle cage volunteer co...
  143. SAN ANTONIO - As a personnel officer, it's not unusual for Capt. Michael Brothers to ...
  144. The two F-16 Fighting Falcons slowly started their takeoff roll. As they gathered spe...
  145. MUNIZ AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Puerto Rico -- Owning Volkswagen cars and serving in t...
  146. The large number of people who live in tiny Singapore used to make Tech. Sgt. Sean O'...
  147. Military medical experts are echoing the same warnings and reassurances as civilian m...
  148. Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentag...
  149. Hind sight We enjoyed "Seeing the Light" [September '01] about the vision that can ...
  150. SOUTHWEST ASIA -- How do you keep a security forces flight marching in the same direc...
  151. Airman 1st Class Avita Weeks is late for work. And not for the first time. Today it's...
  152. DOVER, Del. -- Two firefighters from the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emerg...
  153. Somewhere in America, late in the evening, a family sits around the television, about...
  154. F-15C/D Eagle Primary function: Air superiority tactical fighter. Speed: 1,875 mp...
  155. M-2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun Primary function: Anti-personnel and antiaircraft weapo...
  156. Here's a list of all major and minor active Air Farce, Air National Guard and Air For...
  157. RC-1355/U/V/W Rivet Joint Primary function: RC-135S/U -- scientific and technical p...
  158. AGM-65 Maverick Primary function: Air-to-surface television or infrared guided miss...
  159. Grounded. That's just where the Air Force would be without its active duty, Guard, Re...
  160. A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II Speed: 420 mph. Dimensions: Wingspan 57 ft. 6 in., leng...
  161. Delta II Primary function: Space-lift vehicle. Payload: Navstar Global Positionin...
  162. C-5A/B Galaxy Speed: 518 mph. Dimensions: Wingspan 222.9 ft., length 247.1 ft., h...
  163. Air Force Satellite Control Network The Air Force Satellite Control Network consist...
  164. HC-130 P/N Primary function: Combat search and rescue air refueling. Speed: 289 m...
  165. The Air Force continues as the world's premier air and space force -- heavily relied ...
  166. T-1A Jayhawk Primary function: Tanker/airlift jet pilot trainer. Speed: 539 mph. ...
  167. Knowing what lies ahead is a sure way to negate the fear of uncertainty. And though n...
  168. UH-1N Huey Primary function: Support for distinguished visitors, missile sites, ran...
  169. Secretary of the Air Force We find ourselves today in a new century WV with new opp...
  170. When the flog is displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the unio...
  171. Q-1A/B Preditor UAV Primary function: Reconnaissance and target acquisition. Spee...
  172. Master Sgt David D. Lesieur Air Force Materiel Command Airman Leadership School F...