• AFAF campaign ends in success

    The 2010 Air Force Assistance Fund wrapped up recently with $7,492,512.94 in total contributions. This exceeded last year's contribution record by more than $20,000."This was a phenomenal year," said Bill D'Avanzo, the Air Force voting action officer and fundraising chief. "We have a remarkable Air

  • VA secretary announces new hotline for homeless veterans

    Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced June 3 the establishment of a new telephone hotline to provide emergency support and resources to homeless veterans. He made the announcement as he toured the facility at the VA medical center in Canandaigua."It is unacceptable for a single

  • 314th AW Historian earns contingency award

    Christopher Rumley, the 314th Airlift Wing's historian, earned the Air Force-level Excellence in Contingency History award during his last deployment as a historian for the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.Deployments to the area of operations in either Operation Iraqi Freedom or

  • Technology drives new, better ways to educate Airmen

    Cell phones could soon be the ticket to keeping up with professional development requirements.That's just one concept being explored by officials at Air Education and Training Command, the Air Force's training and education component. Like their counterparts in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, AETC

  • Camp helps future Battlefield Airmen prepare

    Air Force recruiters are in a battle these days - a battle to find physically qualified recruits to fill the force's critical Battlefield Airmen career fields.With an early physical fitness test washout rate hovering near 60 percent, recruiters have turned to offering educational sessions like one

  • 777th EAS removes 20,000 vehicles from roads

    "It's the mighty power of the Air Force mobility machine that enables the U.S. to be able to operate in austere locations like Iraq and Afghanistan," said Lt. Col. Nathan Allerheiligen, 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.The 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron proved this in the month of May by

  • African tortoise found on base

    Airmen from the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron "Dirt Boys" are used to unearthing old or discarded items while they work around base. However, they made a rather interesting discovery on the base's perimeter road June 1 that might be a first around here. Meet "Hinz," an African Spurred Tortoise, who

  • Airmen and families offered free automotive inspections

    Twelve technicians from the 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron Vehicle Management Flight are taking time to provide Airmen and their families with free automobile inspections. Vehicle maintenance technicians are inspecting vehicles June 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Auto Skills Center, Bldg. 656, to