U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Radar techs keep combat zone airspace safe

    The sky over here is filled with aircraft around the clock -- A-10 Thunderbolt IIs share airspace with cargo aircraft and helicopters.Keeping those aircraft safe is an important and daunting task; but a team of Airmen recently installed new equipment to make that task a little easier.“We installed

  • Secretary, chief send Patriot Day message

    The following is a Patriot Day message from Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper:“On the third anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, the world will remember those tragically lost (because of) the heinous actions of terrorists in New York, the

  • Lajes baby born on way to hospital

    When Morgon Damron asks his parents about his birth, Kimberly and Todd Damron can tell him he was born a Portuguese citizen. Then they can tell him he must have been very anxious to be born, because he could not wait until they got to the hospital.“I was sitting in the front seat of the car, and I

  • Air Force team helps with Genesis return mission

    NASA scientists onboard a specially modified aircraft from here collected data as the world watched the unmanned Genesis spacecraft return to Earth Sept. 8. During the reentry, however, its parachute failed to deploy and Genesis crashed into a Utah desert.Although damage to the spacecraft and the

  • More aid heads to Russia

    A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules loaded with more than 10 tons of medical supplies arrived in Vladikavkaz, Russia, on Sept. 8 as part of the humanitarian response to the recent terrorist acts at a school in Beslan.The delivery of surgical supplies and burn-dressing kits from U.N. humanitarian

  • Airman dies supporting OIF

    Department of Defense officials announced Sept. 8 the death of an Airman who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Capt. John J. Boria, 29, of Broken Arrow, Okla., died Sept. 6 from injuries he received in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Doha, Qatar. The 1998 Air Force Academy graduate was a

  • American Eagle flies in Swiss sky

    The F-15 Eagle West Coast Demonstration Team from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., thrilled nearly 400,000 people at the Air 04 air show here Sept. 4 and 5.This is the first time in more than 12 years there has been an air show in Switzerland, and air show officials said this is

  • AFPC provides communication link during evacuation

    As Hurricane Frances blew through Florida, 45th Space Wing officials at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., relied upon the assistance of Airmen at the personnel readiness center here to keep track of evacuated people. Once the evacuation was announced Sept. 2, the center’s Airmen prepared for 24-hour

  • Ergonomic robot vehicle helps workers inspect tires safely

    Lifting aircraft tires for inspection used to be a back-breaking job, but thanks to a little engineering and creativity, it is not that way anymore.David Moniz and Darren Rew, aircraft mechanics in the maintenance directorate’s C-5 Galaxy wheel and tire shop here, used to lift 250-pound tires and

  • Frances causes ‘little damage’ at MacDill

    Charley struck out while Frances was a base hit, but disaster readiness officials here said they are hoping Ivan is an opponent they will not have to face at all.Following the second hurricane scare within one month, and Hurricane Ivan drawing a bead on Florida, emergency preparedness experts here