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  • MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - Master Sgt. John Buckler, 41st Rescue Squadron, and Capt. Joseph Booth, 347th Operations Support Squadron, cross a stream during combat survival training March 14 at Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area here. Six Moody aircrew members completed the refresher training, which teaches survival skills in combat and peacetime situations. (Photo by Airman Eric Schloeffel)

    Survival training tests aircrew’s mettle

     As the sun began to steadily fall from the pastel colored sky, giving way to chilly evening breezes, six drenched aircrew members grew miserable. Fatigue, hunger, dehydration, heat, cold and plain discontent seemed to be themes of combat survival training Tuesday at Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area. The course teaches survival techniques needed

  • Air Force awards Airman for medical readiness

     The Air Force Medical Service named a staff sergeant assigned to the 347th Medical Group as their Outstanding Medical Expeditionary / Operation Readiness Noncommissioned Officer of 2005. Staff Sgt. Cordell Roberson, currently a network administrator for the 347th MDG, received the award for his accomplishments as the NCO in charge of medical

  • Saving lives — saving careers

    He answered the call from 21 Airmen, driving 273 miles in a three-month time frame while using his own gas. For his service Airman 1st Class Benjamin Rowe, 16th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was named Airmen Against Drunk Driving Volunteer of the Quarter. During the past year, Airman Rowe is credited with volunteering having put in 1,032 hours and

  • Kadena sergeant’s kindness reaches across the miles

    The Air Force Enlisted Village may be more than 7,000 miles away, but it’s still close to the heart of one 353rd Special Operations Group first sergeant. Master Sgt. Steven Hoshaw, first sergeant for the 353rd Operations Support Squadron, recently spearheaded a fundraising drive at Kadena Air Base, Japan, for the Ride to Retire the Debt, a bike
  • ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England (AFPN) -- Chief Master Sgt. Angelo Wilson talks with Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Richardson before the wing stand-up meeting Feb. 1. Chiefs Wilson and Richardson came from different backgrounds, but both saw the opportunities the Air Force provided. Chief Wilson is the command chief master sergeant for the 100th Air Refueling Wing. Chief Richardson is the command chief master sergeant for the 352nd Special Operations Group. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Two chiefs find acceptance, opportunity in Air Force

    He grew up in the South when segregation was the law of the land. He remembers seeing “Whites only” signs and attending George Washington Carver School, an all-black school, until desegregation was enforced in 1969 and he was bused to the “white school.” His family also had a cross burned in their yard. He remembers his father helping search for
  • MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - Staff Sgt. Michael Youngblood, 347th Maintenace Operations Squadron, trains Staff Sgt. Ben Wilson, 824th Security Forces Squadron, on how to perfect each move required to properly fold an U.S. flag Jan. 29 here. This flag is traditionally given to the next of kin by the NCO in charge of the ceremony. (USAF Photo by SrA Angelita Collins)

    Knights of honor

    Their commitment is intense; their movements are precise. Their mission: to honor those who have served this country. The Airmen who carry out the duties of the Knights of Honor, Moody’s Honor Guard, go through extensive training in order to perform the ceremonial moves at more than 350 ceremonies a year across Southern Georgia and Northern
  • Senior Airman Robert McKlevey holds his 3-month-old son Cayden for the first time Jan. 19 at deployment control center at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Cayden was born while Airman McKlevey was deployed to Iraq from the 16th Civil Engineer Squadron. He and more than 100 Airmen from Hurlburt Field and neighboring Eglin Air Force base returned to the Florida panhandle after deploying to Southwest Asia.

    Christmas stands still for Hurlburt, Eglin Airmen

    Although it’s the middle of January, it’s still Christmas for the Martinez family. Dad, Mom, brother and two sisters still have their Christmas tree up, and even have presents under it. In fact, they’ve put off Christmas dinner until next week. However, the Martinez’s halls aren’t still decked because they were too busy to celebrate in December.
  • A MC-130 Combat Talon II from the 15th Special Operations Squadron lands on a dirt airfield.

    15th SOS rests its wings after four years

    After more than four years, Hurlburt Field finally welcomes home the 15th Special Operations Squadron. Since Sept. 11, at least 25 percent of the squadron has been deployed, other than a two-month break in June of 2003. The squadron flies the MC-130H Combat Talon II, which is specially modified to support unconventional warfare and special

  • 15th anniversary: ‘Through the Eyes of a Commando’ encompasses Task Force Normandy

    The “Through the Eyes of a Commando” living history lecture series continues at noon Jan. 27 in the Airmen Leadership School auditorium, when Col. Michael Kingsley, Fort Bragg’s Aviation Tactics and Evaluation Group commander, will share his first-hand experiences during Operation Desert Storm. The lecture comes a little more than one week after
  • Lt. Col. Rob Toth, 15th SOS commander, is swarmed by children at Aldea Infantil Sos La Ceiba, Honduras. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Heidi Davis)

    Need that may never be fully met

        Close your eyes and imagine for a moment that you’re 6 years old and living in Honduras. Your parents have told you that they can’t afford to take care of you, so they’re sending you to a city orphanage to live with 45 other abandoned children. You have nothing more than the clothes on your back and a few items to call your own. For the next
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