U.S. prepares for operation to aid Pakistan

A joint team of Airmen and Soldiers are in Pakistan preparing for Operation Promise Keeping, a follow-up mission to aid the people in remote northern parts of the country, which was devastated by an earthquake last year. On Oct. 8, 2005, the disaster, which measured a 7.6 on the Richter Scale and

CENTAF releases airpower summaries for Oct. 7 and 8

U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 7 and 8 Oct. 7 In Afghanistan Oct. 6, Royal Air Force GR-7 Harriers conducted strikes against enemy forces near Now Zad. The GR-7s expended a general-purpose 500-pound bomb on an enemy position. An Air Force B-1B

Falcons skate past Alabama-Huntsville, 4-3

Eric Ehn scored two goals as Air Force skated past Alabama-Huntsville, 4-3, in a non-conference college hockey game today at the Cadet Ice Arena. Air Force improved to 1-1 overall this season. UAH fell to 0-2. The victory is the 100th Division I win for head coach Frank Serratore, the most of any

Navy sinks Air Force's return to dominance, 24-17

The Air Force football team learned a painful lesson Oct. 7 from service academy rival Navy: the Falcons' preseason team motto, "Return to Dominance," will be easier said than done. In the process, the coveted Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, symbolic of interservice football supremacy, will belong to

Air Force stumbles at Wyoming, 3-1

Tamika Wilson's two goals boosted Wyoming to a 3-1 win over Air Force in Mountain West Conference women's soccer action this morning at the UW Soccer Stadium. The loss drops the Falcons to 3-8-3, 0-1-1. The Cowgirls improved to 6-5-1, 1-0-1. Wyoming took the lead in the game just three minutes in,

Reconstruction team prepares to make history

The Air Force-led Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team will make history when it completes two bridges in the Salang Valley early next month. The reconstruction team finished the final quality assessment of the bridges Oct. 5. When the bridges are complete, it will be the first time in Afghan

AF prepares to dedicate memorial

Fifteen years after conception of the Air Force Memorial, construction is nearing completion this week in preparation for its dedication ceremony by officials Oct. 14 in Arlington, Va. The memorial, located on a promontory overlooking Arlington Cemetery, features stainless steel spires that

Display highlights Globemaster III strategic value

The eight C-17 Globemaster IIIs stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii in February are fast becoming a fixture at the base, but they are certainly not the first heavy transports to grace the skies over the island paradise. The 15th Airlift Wing's historian spoke to Airmen attending an unveiling

Sergeant soars to greater heights

Standing a towering 6 feet 11 inches tall, the sergeant is closer to the clouds than the average person, but today he soars to even greater heights. Staff Sgt. Bill Manus an electronic warfare journeyman with the New Mexico Air National Guard's 150th Fighter Wing, pilots his hot-air balloon today

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