Stories Collection

  1. As a 2-year-old, Manny Martinez would climb onto the family recliner and perform for ...
  2. SAN ANTONIO -- Army Sgt. 1st Class Peter Rimar tried to catch at least a few hours" s...
  3. I usually enjoy reading the magazine every month, but I'm becoming disheartened by th...
  4. Their names will probably be a mere footnote in the annals of Polish air force histor...
  5. SWABE, Iraq -- Senior Master Sgt. Tommie Tracey treats an infants bedsores during a m...
  6. I'm curious about what happened to "Here's Jake." I'm a 20-year veteran of the Air Fo...
  7. Jackson was born at Lackland Air Force Base. Texas, atop sheets bearing the Wilford H...
  8. Tech. Sgt. Emmett Tibbs, 506th Expenditionary Security Forces Squadron, waits for his...
  9. I read "Opening Doors" [August 2003] about the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group's...
  10. As our van drove through the gate of the 31st Air Base in Poland, it occurred to me h...
  11. RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airmen can now complete record reviews online throu...
  12. In "Stepping into the Unknown" [September 2003], you omitted reference to another Air...
  13. In a place where intimacy and privacy are cherished, but rarely found, Airman 1st Cla...
  14. LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas--Taking on life can be challenging enough. Add a twin ...
  15. Simply "phenomenal" I just happened onto the July 2003 issue and the story "The Lon...
  16. WASHINGTON--Beginning this month. 1 percent, or about 370 recruits, can sign up for a...
  17. Something unusual sits perched behind a wall of glass on top of a pedestal. It's not ...
  18. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM--A search team discovers a MiG-25 Foxbat buried beneath the s...
  19. At its height, Prince Sultan Air Base held more than 10,000 airmen and 200 aircraft d...
  20. ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. --For six months out of the year, Tech. Sgt. David Brow...
  21. On paper, a military target doesn't look like much--just a circle around a red icon r...
  22. MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. --In the early days of aviation, March Air Reserve B...
  23. In many ways, Jeannine Johnson is like most 13-year-old girls. She's cute, sassy an...
  24. LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --When a car traveling about 70 mph hit cyclist Matt...
  25. Rain and wind whipped through the open doors of the HH-60G Pave Hawk 100 feet above t...
  26. "Wanna see something funny, Elrod? Pretend you're a terrorist and attack me with your...
  27. For Sale Cheap: Oddly shaped office building, complete with 8-foot-high chain link se...
  28. If you want to help shape the future Air Force, an effective and proven "chisel" will...
  29. Your story "Aces In the Sky" [August 2003] by Capt. Pamela A.Q. Cook identified only ...
  30. In 1912, Giulio Douhet led the first Italian air battalion in the dawning days before...
  31. I have a serious concern with the cover photo of your March 2003 issue. The troop on ...
  32. Caption: BAGHDAD, Iraq--A member of the Combined Weapons Effectiveness Assessment Tea...
  33. Get the latest news and information about your busy Air Force quickly and easily. *...
  34. Unscramble each of the clue words. take the letters that appear in boxes and unscramb...
  35. As tears of joy pooled in the corners of her eyes, Maria Iannuzzi quickly dabbed them...
  36. Remember when you had to take a number and then desperately wait in line to make a mi...
  37. Bits of dirty cloth, a broken zipper and a few bits of broken plastic. In the hands o...
  38. Space isn't a destination. It's a goal--one that can't be completed by one man, one m...
  39. Very good article ["Slipping the Surly Bonds," December 2002], very well researched. ...
  40. Meet Michael Lane. Less than a year ago, he was a 22-year-old bachelor living with so...
  41. Caption: Capt. Rachel Sullivan (background) a maintenance officer, and Tech. Sgt. Tho...
  42. I read "Air Mail," [July 2003], and shook my head at the letters about the March 2003...
  43. First Lt. James Greer looked like a man who'd been beaten and dragged. But to earn yo...
  44. SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFPN) -- Active-duty airmen who were unable to take annual leave ...
  45. In the June 2003 issue, the picture in the center of Pages 8 and 9 ["Pushing the Enve...
  46. The day the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 is one Senior Airman Anke Dzincielewski will nev...
  47. SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- He served four tours flying combat missions over Vietnam...
  48. On Page 24 ["War and Peace," June 2003], there's a major cleaning the windshield of a...
  49. As the aircraft circled, circled and Circled over Lubbock, Texas like some kind of a ...
  50. RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas--The string of A's scrolling across Master Sgt. Dan De...
  51. I really noticed the cover of your May 2003 issue with Lt. Col. Matt Meloy in the coc...
  52. Comedian Bob Hope logged more than 10 million air miles traveling to see the troops. ...
  53. In "Pushing the Envelope," [June 2003], there is a photograph of Virgil I. "Gus" Gris...
  54. WASHINGTON (AFPN)--The Air Force will lose 2,260 military and 2,839 civilian manpower...
  55. In "Out of Thin Air," [June 2003], we incorrectly stated that retired Brig. Gen. Ron ...
  56. RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas--When pilots completed their 100th combat mission duri...
  57. Airmen at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, are encouraging their friends, families and e...
  58. SAN ANTONIO--Good hygiene That s the secret weapon in the Air Force's defense against...
  59. Bombs away! It's a phrase that dates back to when air men first started dropping bo...
  60. WRIGHT-PATIERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A team of scientists, engineers and students...
  61. They are known as the "Road Runners"--a group of airmen charged with maintaining hund...
  62. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Through the "tanker roadmap," the air Force is laying out the ini...
  63. When I left Bashur Airfield, Iraq, in April, I was glad. As I ran to the airplane tha...
  64. TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- When you need gas, do you ever think of pouring sunfl...
  65. Finding time to write a letter home is a cherished moment in a war zone. Airman 1st C...
  66. BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- After a hard day's work on the front lines of the war...
  67. Most of us have gone through the transformation by now: Stand in line at the military...
  68. Long-distance thanks Three years ago during a more than six-month deployment to Afr...
  69. As Staff Sgts. Larry Knoll and Ace Jones drove down the dirt road, the knobby tires o...
  70. What does it take to become the best of the best in aerial combat? Skill, determinati...
  71. Barela, Master Sgt. Tim Air Force Academy Falcons football team is primed to finish...
  72. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Sixty years ago, the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts, E...
  73. As Ram 01 and Ram 02 banked toward Baghdad, the morning sun rose outside the left sid...
  74. Airmen who joined the Air Force on or after Aug. 1, 1986, must eventually face the $3...
  75. The C-130 Hercules cruised along the parking ramp as its four huge turboprops kicked ...
  76. Donation clarification Concerning the article about my brother and me ["NCO's marro...
  77. For a native son of Boiling Springs, N.C., the road to becoming the 14th chief master...
  78. From air bases in Iraq and the surrounding Arabian Gulf region, airmen worked to help...
  79. In "Flying Chevrons" [May 2003], the last enlisted pilot was Identified as Master Sgt...
  80. BASHUR AIRFIELD, Iraq -- When Tech. Sgt. Ken Joy went to Iraq, he took his prized pos...
  81. www. af.mil -- Airman magazine. Air Force Print News, Air Force Radio News. Air Force...
  82. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Tech. Sgt. Salina Kennell, 1st Expeditionary Rapid Enginee...
  83. www.af.mil. then fallow the "Subscribe" link at the top of the page -- Free e-mail su...
  84. A combat control team member inspects the rubble at one of Saddam Hussein's palaces i...
  85. BASHUR AIRFIELD, Iraq -- When Staff Sgt. Denise Knoll got off the cargo plane at Bash...
  86. 1-877-AFRADIO (237-2346), DSN 945-5918 -- five-minute. weekday program providing late...
  87. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Dressed to the nines in his best desert camouflage uniform...
  88. 30-minute biweekly television program covering news and policy issues available with ...
  89. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- When Airman 1st Class Natasha Butler reported for duty to ...
  90. www.af.mil/news -- The Air Force news wire service providing Air Force and Department...
  91. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Two Air Force spouses are helping revive an old tradi...
  92. www.af.mil/news/airman -- Feature and information magazine. Unit subscriptions: afnsp...
  93. NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- A word has been echoing in the halls of the Pentagon t...
  94. Longing for more rest and sleep, members deployed to the 303rd Expeditionary Security...
  95. MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- To 1st Lt. Rich Cullen, there's nothing better than ...
  96. America's response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been multifaceted and...
  97. Well wishes I was in the Air Force and my husband was in the Army, and we're proud ...
  98. As Operation Iraqi Freedom transitioned from war-fighting to peacekeeping, the speed ...
  99. Where do you start cataloging the Air Force's role in the development of powered flig...
  100. Prying the helmet with the night vision goggles off his head, Staff Sgt. Michael slum...
  101. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- In 1944, when a major died after bailing out...
  102. When Stuart Faber enlisted in the Army Air Corps shortly after the bombing of Pearl H...
  103. LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Walking down the hall at the 651st Munitions Squadr...
  104. The terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center left many feeling afraid and hel...
  105. Caption: Staff Sgts. Kevin Johnston (left) and Bobby Hines perform a periodic inspect...
  106. People assigned to Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., don't expect everyone to love it...
  107. INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- The last Operation Northern Watch mission flew March 17,...
  108. After spending a week at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., I wouldn't put it at the t...
  109. To fly a slick fighter, globe-trotting cargo plane or one of the unmanned aerial vehi...
  110. With the help of airmen such as Jennifer Raney, coalition air power will continue its...
  111. SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- In the early stages of the war with Iraq, coalition pilots had ...
  112. In the armed camp that is Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Airman 1st Class Lewis Pollar...
  113. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM--When about 1,200 airmen and a dozen bombers arrived at this ...
  114. A storm smashes into the coast like a giant fist. Winds of 140 mph double over palm ...
  115. WASHINGTON, D.C.--Secretary of the Air Force James Roche and Air Force Chief of Staff...
  116. Master Sgt. John Hawk slept really well. He had been almost totally deaf since Thanks...
  117. RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- German troops are providing some security at three air ...
  118. Staff Sgt. Cameron St. Amand slowly and methodically waxed a 16-by-20-foot patch ador...
  119. Nobody told me I had to go back to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. I volunteered just l...
  120. SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- With airmen deployed away from home, the opportunity to...
  121. From down under, Senior Airman James Cummings, a cable and antenna maintenance techni...
  122. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM--Airman 1st Class George Okorodudu admits with a wide smile h...
  123. Support for U.S. forces In a time of tremendous turmoil, we are indeed fortunate to...
  124. We incorrectly identified the photographer who captured the opening image of "OSI: Th...
  125. Osan Air Base, Korea -- Airman 1st Class Steven Randolph and Senior Airman Roger Rich...
  126. Scott Air Force Base, Ill.--To augment Air Mobility Command aircraft in deploying U.S...
  127. The truth of the matter is, as members of the world's premier air and space force, it...
  128. Safety first On the front cover of the November [2002] issue, there's a picture of ...
  129. Space technology gave the United States the upper hand during the Cold War, helped Pr...
  130. An A10 takes off from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, for another sortie in support of ...
  131. Kadena Air Base, Japan - Jimmy Schwartz, director of the base recovery and recycling ...
  132. Capt. Leslie Picht was about to fight the battle of her life against an enemy she cou...
  133. Randolph Air Force Base, Texas -- More than 6,000 officers in five critical skill car...
  134. 0445 Wake-up - Capt. Chris Callaghan turns off the screeching alarm clock. He quietly...
  135. Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. -- Something can be said for following in your father's f...
  136. Get your motor runnin', Head out on the highway These are Koushin's Cruizerz, a gan...
  137. Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. -- The 314th Mission Support Group brought new addit...
  138. When 81-year-old Dominic Devito, a retired major, decided to enlist in the Army Air C...
  139. Washington, D.C. -- The White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance ...
  140. Air Force workers from the 819th and 219th Expeditionary Rapid Engineering Deployable...
  141. SAN ANTONIO -- Federal, state and local authorities continue the search for parts of ...
  142. It's the latest rage on prime time television: dedicated medical examiners pitting th...
  143. MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- When stories about job changes come up in conversatio...
  144. Staff Sgt. Wyatt Crozier isn't really proud of his car, but he's proud of the deal he...
  145. SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- When Senior Master Sgt. Clint Bateman discovered his...
  146. Air Force doctors and flight surgeons are all under pressure to keep their patients a...
  147. BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- It's Sunday in Afghanistan's Air Force Village, and o...
  148. Saying Farewell Staff Sgt. Scott Berrier, force protection with the 621st Air Mobil...
  149. POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Tech. Sgt. John Chapman, a combat controller killed in A...
  150. GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- When the cold dreary days of a North Dakota winte...
  151. F. E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. -- For most Air Force members, it's not common to h...
  152. April 15 is rapidly approaching, but there are still several resources available for ...
  153. The sun sets behind a radar station at Barter Island, Alaska, in this 1987 photo of o...
  154. Shuttle support I recently read the article on the Air Force role in the event of a...
  155. As world events keep Americans on their toes, airmen remain focused on tasks at hand-...
  156. Unmanned space launches aren't a new concept. Since Explorer 1, the first U.S. satell...
  157. ARLINGTON, Va. -- Capt. Christopher Juarez beat more than 14,600 runners to win the 2...
  158. AIR FORCE PERSONNEL CENTER--Airmen who serve a short tour above the Arctic Circle are...
  159. Orders and movers and rent, oh my! Although a cliche, the phrase reflects the chaos a...
  160. Fallen hero Having read the citation for Senior Airman Jason Cunningham ["Air Force...
  161. Chem gear? Check. Body armor? Check. Extra underwear? Check. Mojo Jojo? Check. Li...
  162. Communicating with MARS isn't what it used to be. When Ray Scheffler started patchi...
  163. There are few people who've doubted the might of American military aviation. Those wh...
  164. Editor's note: Per Special Operations Command guidance, no special operator is identi...
  165. U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.-After a five-year absence from the Academy airfield, th...
  166. In Japan, a team of archaeologists meticulously unearths the remnants of an ancient f...
  167. LAJES FIELD, Portugal -- Jake walked the security forces beat at this base on the win...
  168. Capts. Scott Nishwitz and Tres Triplett craned their necks. Behind them on the flight...
  169. NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, "Thunde...
  170. HC-130P/N Primary function: Combat search and rescue air refueling. Speed: 289 mph....
  171. T-1A Jayhawk Primary function: Tanker/airlift jet pilot trainer. Speed: 539 mph. Di...
  172. You just qualified mentally, morally and physically for the branch of the service req...
  173. We're quickly closing in on 100 years of powered flight. It doesn't seem possible to ...
  174. UH-1N Huey Primary function: Support for distinguished visitors, missile sites, ran...
  175. America's Air Force had its origin early in the last century. It was mainly a dream t...
  176. RQ-1A/B Predator UAV Primary function: Reconnaissance and target acquisition. Speed...
  177. On your date for departure to Basic Military Training, you will report to the Militar...
  178. Each of you should be extremely proud of your service in the war against terrorism, f...
  179. It didn't take long for aviation pioneers to see the potential of aircraft as weapons...
  180. BQM-34 Firebee Primary function: Ground launched and ground and water recoverable s...
  181. Warrior Week is a weeklong exercise that gives basic trainees a taste of Air Force de...