U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Access to pay information gets easier

    Defense Finance and Accounting Service officials announced May 12 that Airmen can receive personal identification numbers for myPay through their official Air Force e-mail accounts.Airmen can expect to receive a new or updated PIN within two hours of requesting it on the myPay Web site.The e-mail

  • Four Falcons claim championship titles

    Four members of the Air Force Academy’s track and field program claimed conference titles May 14 and 15 at the 2004 Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships in Las Vegas. For the third consecutive year, the men earned a third-place finish with 161.5 points, while the women finished seventh

  • Major accident response tested at Air Force station

    A little known Air Force station in New Hampshire was the focal point for hundreds of emergency workers May 15 as they responded to a simulated terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction.The exercise, named Granite Thunder 2004, encompassed more than 20 local, state and federal agencies

  • Airman dies in Iraq

    An Airman deployed to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, died May 15 as a result of nonhostile injuries while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, Department of Defense officials announced May 17.Senior Airman Pedro I. Espaillat Jr., 20, of Colombia, Tenn., was a weapons loader assigned to the 4th Aircraft

  • Leader discusses multiservice, multimission installations

    A base is not just what is inside the fence. A base involves the community in which it resides, an Air Force official said.Raymond DuBois, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, said military families want good schools, good health care, safe and secure neighborhoods,

  • Airman sentenced to life in prison for murder

    An Airman from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., was sentenced to life in a federal prison May 17 for murdering an Airman based here.Col. Mary Boone, chief circuit trial judge for the central circuit, convicted Staff Sgt. Jason Arindain, a fuels technician, of unpremeditated murder May 15. The

  • Senior citizens punch, kick their way to health

    While some people may retire to a rocking chair, Nancy Newell is spending her retirement punching and kicking her way to a healthier lifestyle.And she is not alone.Seventeen senior citizens put up a “fight” at the fitness center here for a senior Tae Bo class May 10 -- a special feature to the

  • Medics provide multifaceted care

    Medical technicians here are perfecting the art of multitasking.Although they receive initial training in a variety of jobs, at a home base the technicians are usually only assigned one job at a time, said Master Sgt. Bill Wnek, the 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron’s nursing services

  • Leaders show off Raptor, Joint Strike Fighter at air show

    Air Force senior leaders took advantage of an open house here to tell reporters and visitors about the service’s newest fighters, the F/A-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche held a press conference before a static display of both aircraft May 14

  • U.S. military medics assist in Cambodia

    Military medics are here caring for people injured by mine blasts and suffering from other war-related traumas in a former stronghold of the Khmer Rouge, officials said May 17. The blast resuscitation and victim assistance mission will continue through May 29. The medics began by screening patients