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  • Newest Airman magazine edition hits newsstands

    The March/April issue of Airman magazine is now available to download and view through a Web browser.The cover story is titled, "Lightning Strike," and features the F-35A Lightning II, the Air Force's newest multirole aircraft. With its highly advanced stealth capabilities, pilots can operate in

  • Through his brothers’ eyes: A Paralympic journey

    In one moment Senior Airman Sean Halsted felt the rope in his hands, and in the next, it was gone. That millisecond was all it took to leave the young Airman with a debilitating injury that would cause him to reassess his entire future. This accident would not only test his resiliency, but it would

  • Airman’s bravery is portrait of courage

    An Airman here saved the lives of 48 high school students and six faculty members before the well on a bus wheel exploded March 24, 2012.Air Force officials recognized his actions as part of the Air Force's Portraits in Courage series released Feb. 6.Maj. Robert S. Thrower, a 315th Weapons Squadron

  • Air Force official: Budget request repositions force

    The Air Force's fiscal 2015 budget request repositions the force to focus on future challenges and opportunities, while continuing to recover readiness lost during sequestration in fiscal 2013, the service's budget director said yesterday at a Pentagon news conference."Throughout every step of the

  • First lady: 100 companies to hire 100,000 vets by 2015

    First lady Michelle Obama announced recently that more than 100 construction industry companies have committed to hiring more than 100,000 military veterans over the next five years.Obama and Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez delivered remarks last month at the National Symposium on Veterans'

  • VA officials detail $164 billion budget request

    President Barack Obama has proposed a $163.9 billion fiscal 2015 budget for the Veterans Affairs Department, a 6.5 percent increase over fiscal 2014, that VA officials said will support the department's goals to expand access to health care and other benefits, eliminate the disability claims

  • 50 AF wounded warriors vie for a spot on annual Warrior Games team

    Fifty Air Force wounded warriors from around the nation are participating in an introductory adapted sports camp at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The four-day camp began Feb. 24.The camp, offered by the Air Force Wounded Warrior Adaptive Sports Program, is the first of two introductory camps being

  • Army veteran helps hopeful military writers go to print

    A soldier-turned-scribe conducted a writing workshop at the College of William and Mary here Feb. 22 and 23, the latest in an ongoing, no-cost series of seminars and workshops for veterans, active and reserve service members, and military family members.The seminars are part of the Veterans Writing

  • Hagel outlines budget reducing troop strength, force structure

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has proposed cuts in military spending that include further reductions in troop strength and force structure in every military service in the coming year as part of an effort to prioritize U.S. strategic interests in the face of reduced resources after more than a

  • DOD anti-tobacco video contest now open for public voting

    The Air Force community is encouraged to kick off 2014 by voting online for the best anti-tobacco video in the Department of Defense-sponsoredFight the Enemy contest until March 14. Five finalists have been selected for public voting, including two Air Force entrants. The contest videos capture the

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