U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Guardian Challenge champions announced

    The scores are in. Teams from 21st Space Wing, 91st SW and 45th SW garnered top honors at Air Force Space Command's Guardian Challenge 2004.Trophies were presented to AFSPC's top space and missile warriors during a ceremony here May 6.The 21st SW at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., earned the

  • Edwards fire training goes high-tech

    Firefighters here took part in a training exercise May 3 that was designed to keep them on their toes.The unit underwent interior fire-suppression training in a high-tech simulator that creates a realistic environment without causing any monetary damage, said Tom Keightley, 95th Air Base Wing’s fire

  • 2003 B-1B records become official

    Records set by a B-1B Lancer here during the 2003 Open House and Air Show were officially certified April 30 by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in Switzerland.In two flights Oct. 25 and 26, the B-1B set 45 world records and broke five previously set records in the National Aeronautic

  • Mother reunites with daughter after 15 years

    It was a mother’s nightmare. Juanita Heismann’s daughter, April Turner, was gone without a trace. It was June 1988. Mrs. Heismann, estranged from April’s father, dropped off the first-grader for a scheduled visit with him in Lawton, Okla. When it came time for April to return a few days later,

  • F-15E crew ‘walks away’ from crash

    Two 4th Fighter Wing aircrew members walked away uninjured from an F-15E Strike Eagle crash May 6 near Roanoke, Va.Base officials identified the pilot as Capt. Darren Wees and the weapon systems officer as Capt. Daniel Spier. Both Airmen ejected safely.The cause of the accident will be

  • Official: AF nurses provide key support in OEF, OIF

    Air Force nurses have provided tremendous support in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, treating more than 200,000 patients throughout Southwest Asia, Maj. Gen. Barbara C. Brannon told the Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on defense April 28.General Brannon, the Air Force’s

  • Brother escorts brother in sister-service convoy

    When Lt. Col. Greg Harbin landed at the airport in Mosul, Iraq, he knew he had to travel to the operational headquarters on the other side of town. He also knew an Army convoy would be escorting him. What he did not know was that his brother would be the convoy commander.Colonel Harbin was there

  • Special delivery delays test mission

    While officials here were preparing to initiate a weapon test mission recently, Jennifer Cheshire and her father, Larry Owens, were on a mission of their own.Mrs. Cheshire, 24, who lives nearby, was in labor and bound for a local medical center. “I told my dad to drive as fast as he could," said

  • Air Guard firefighters stand down

    The Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing was released from aerial firefighting duty May 5. Improving weather conditions aided forestry and fire protection agencies in making strong gains against Southern California wildfires.Two C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped for aerial firefighting helped

  • International Airman of maintenance

    Tech. Sgt. Robert Damron wears nothing on his blue flightsuit to indicate his nation or rank. He motions to a group to follow him up the stairs to the hatch of the E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, a modified Boeing 707 most notable for the big radar disc mounted on the