U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Colorado State rams Falcons, 41-23

    The only pretty thing about the academy playing Colorado State University Sept. 29 that many Falcon fans saw was the scenery lining the 110-mile drive along I-25 from Colorado Springs, Colo., to here. Falcon fans who made the trek north to join the crowd of 26,711 fans at Sonny Lubick Field at

  • Rhein-Main mission ends, but not its legacy

    Bob Keffer is looking for work again. But at age 70, he knows it won’t be easy.But he has no choice. There is no future for him at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany -- outside Frankfurt -- where he worked for the past 31 years. The base closes this year.Still, he’s optimistic. If he can just find a

  • Air Force hospital saves lives of Iraqi terrorist attack victims

    Shortly after terrorists set off a string of car bombs in the nearby town of Balad on Sept. 29, medical professionals at the Air Force Theater Hospital here prepared for an influx of severely injured patients."When we started unloading the first Army helicopter, I realized that everyone who came in

  • Chapel 'zips' relief to Katrina workers, victims

    Four weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region, the chapel service here continues to accept donations for aid in the ongoing recovery and relief operations here.The chapel is participating in Operation Zip Lock, where they are collecting donations of basic, travel-size

  • Marines turn up the heat for Airmen on Okinawa

    Firefighters have a common enemy, regardless of the color of their uniforms. And Marines here recently assisted Airmen to maximize training against this dangerous foe.Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron here conducted simulated aircraft fire training

  • Dividends from OEF, OIF pay off for medics in Katrina aftermath

    The Air Force Medical Service’s response to Operation Katrina drew from a process that began in Operation Enduring Freedom, broadened in volume in Operation Iraqi Freedom and paid dividends in the huge military medical response to a devastating domestic disaster, the Air Force surgeon general

  • Environmental cleanup ahead of schedule

    The Air Force has given its air logistics centers until the year 2014 to clean up sites contaminated from past industrial operations. And, Robins Air Force Base is ahead of schedule with 13 systems now in place to clean up remaining sites. To date, more than half of the total 79 environmental sites

  • Seymour Johnson Airman shot to death on post-deployment leave

    A security forces Airmen from here was shot to death while on post-deployment leave in Galveston, Texas.The death of Airman 1st Class Phillip Ovalle has been ruled a homicide by the Houston Police Department, and an active-duty Marine has been charged with the murder, according to a base spokesman

  • Services Airmen ensure people get ‘comforts of home’

    Airmen with the 147th Fighter Wing services flight at Ellington Field, Texas, are ensuring everyone supporting Hurricane Rita relief efforts have a hot meal to eat and a comfortable bed to sleep in.While some servicemembers deployed there from various parts of the country are sleeping and working in

  • Myers retires; Pace takes JCS helm

    Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld hosted an armed forces farewell tribute and hail ceremony in honor of Gen. Richard B. Myers, the 15th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Sept. 30 at Fort Myer, Va. The ceremony