FEATURES

  • Civilian serves 30 years, counting

    As a young Air Force spouse, Jean Busch, United States Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer Operations School secretary, knew her life would be different from many of her hometown friends in Richfield, MN. Busch respected the military and her husband's career, and it inspired her to serve the

  • Fit to fight: Female Airman discovers a passion for weightlifting

    Staff Sgt. Victoria Dean, 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron unit fitness program manager, was looking for a way to get back in shape following her first pregnancy in January 2011. Little did she know, however, that her motivation to return to physical readiness would inspire a passion for

  • Couple realizes parenthood dream

    Some people have dreams of what they want to do or become in life. What Christopher and Glenda Raon wanted most was to be parents.Christopher Raon, 99th Force Support Squadron recognition program manager, and his wife Glenda, 526th Intelligence Squadron unit program coordinator, tried for years to

  • USAF Warfare Center on cutting edge of testing, tactics, training

    Standing prominently along the "Main Street," Washington Blvd., here is a building which holds a far greater importance to the Air Force than the sum of its bricks and mortar. In the shadow of the base flag and behind an impeccable green lawn sits the United States Air Force Warfare Center, where

  • Security forces Airman delivers 'miracle' baby

    Most women telling the story of their child's birth include information about the doctors, hospitals and the baby's father watching from the sidelines.What Carolyn and Talon Potter experienced was not the average birthing story.A nine month pregnant Carolyn calmly counted the time between her

  • Lone female gunner aims high

    Fresh out of training, Airman 1st Class Natasha Libby, 66th Rescue Squadron aerial gunner, is the only female aerial gunner assigned to the 66th RQS. Libby, the younger of two children, bore great responsibility growing up and working on her family's farm in Yakima, Wash. Libby graduated from East

  • Spiritual resiliency keeps Airmen focused

    For the past few years Air Force senior leaders have been looking to create and maintain a certain type of Airman. Their aim was to train and retain Airmen who are resilient and readily deployable to meet any contingency operation tasked by the Department of Defense. The new approach, called

  • Nellis celebrates life of one of its best

    On Dec. 7, 1941, a boy named Billy R. Sparks was celebrating his seventh birthday in the small quiet community of Hardyville, Ky. Born to parents Coy and Kathleen Sparks, Billy became a student of military history at a relatively young age, studying the Civil War and other U.S. conflicts in order to

  • True resilience: How a Korean orphan became an American Airman

    Someone once told Tech. Sgt. Holly Mays that people either completely forget or vividly remember their most traumatic experiences. That's the only way she can explain her fragmented recollections of the day she became an orphan, at less than two years old. It was roughly 37 years ago when two women

  • Security Forces defend the base

    The 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen work tirelessly to ensure every aspect of the wing is protected at all times through the use of modern technology and vigilance. "We have our force protection escorts who take care of people from the inside and our defenders, out on the posts