U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Airmen participate in Combined Endeavor 2004

    Airmen from the 735th Communications Squadron and the 1st Combat Communications Squadron arrived here for exercise Combined Endeavor 2004. In roughly a day, a group of 26 communications experts from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, provided access to phones, the Internet and e-mail for more than 200

  • Air Force announces aviation resource management awards

    Air Force officials recently announced the winners of the 2003 Outstanding Air Force Aviation Resource Management of the Year Awards. The 2003 winners are: -- Headquarters Aviation Resource Management of the Year: Master Sgt. Andrea Wilcox from Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

  • Air Force takes four White House-level environmental awards

    The Air Force received 2004 White House Closing the Circle awards for four environmental programs.Closing the Circle awards are presented to federal agencies that demonstrate outstanding achievement in environmental innovation, recycling, and waste and pollution prevention.The 2004 Closing the

  • Robins employee sheds 150 pounds

    An employee here replaced her size 28 pants and more than 150 extra pounds with a size 16 and a new lease on life. Irish Frederick, 35, of Byron, Ga., said she is slimmer, fitter and “lookin’ good.”The classroom program assistant at Robins’ Child Development Center said she lost weight by changing

  • Personnel Center changes phone systems

    Offices at the Air Force Personnel Center here will convert to a new telephone system starting May 17. Although the switch to the new telephone system should be transparent, customers encountering problems can call the Air Force Contact Center at (800) 616-3775, DSN 665-5000 or commercially at (210)

  • Investigation determines cause of T-1A accident

    Air Force officials completed their investigation of an accident where a T-1A Jayhawk ran off the runway Aug. 16 after landing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The accident caused an estimated $2.5 million in structural damage to the aircraft.Accident investigation board officials determined the

  • General Sherrard relinquishes command, retires

    Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III relinquished command of Air Force Reserve Command during a ceremony here May 11. The ceremony was presided over by Gen. John P. Jumper, Air Force chief of staff.Maj. Gen. John J. Batbie Jr., AFRC vice commander, will lead the command until General Sherrard’s

  • VA reaches out to newest combat veterans

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its efforts to reach veterans of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to ensure they are aware of benefits they have earned.Anthony Principi, VA secretary, is sending a letter to more than 150,000 veterans of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring

  • Female cadets no longer face short haircut

    Female academy appointees no longer have to experience the most “hairifying” part of inprocessing. Rules regarding hair length have been changed allowing women to avoid the traditional extreme haircut, so long as they are able to remain within Air Force standards.Starting July 1, the longstanding

  • NASA selects servicemembers to explore space

    Four servicemembers were among 11 candidates NASA has chosen to be the next generation of space explorers, officials announced May 6.Maj. James Dutton, 35, and Marine Corps Maj. Randolph Bresnik, 36, were chosen to be space shuttle pilots. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Cassidy, 34, and Army Maj. Shane