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Servicemembers spend special time with orphans
February 4, 2008 — Editor's note: Maj. Lanny Greenbaum is deployed from the Air Force Global Cyberspace Integration Center at Langley.Airmen, along with fellow servicemembers and coalition forces from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa are winning hearts and minds through projects that include military-to-military training, civil military operations and senior... MORE

DJIBOUTI - Air Force Maj. Lanny Greenbaum feeds a baby during a visit to a Djibouti baby orphanage to help French nuns who run the facility for more than 60 babies and toddlers. Major Greenbaum, a Plain City, Ohio, native, is the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa information management officer. Servicemembers supporting the CJTF-HOA mission donate their time three times a week to help French nuns who run the facility feed the babies at dinner time. More than 60 babies and toddlers are cared for at the facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jennifer Redente)

AFPC civilian retires after 57 years service
January 31, 2008 — When Bill Ward first raised his hand to enlist in the Air Force, Harry S Truman was president of the United States. Now, 58 years and 10 presidents later, he will retire Jan. 31. Mr. Ward, an assignments adviser at the Air Force Personnel Center here, developed an extensive personnel resume through 24 years of Civil Service and a 33-year enlisted... MORE

Aeromedical evacuation: Helping the wounded survive the journey home
January 29, 2008 — Editor's note: Staff Sgts. Jessica Reese Joan Sanchez and Senior Airman Ryan Jackson are deployed from the 1st Medical Operations Squadron at Langley.The Air Force Theater Hospital's 98 percent survivability rate for injured U.S. servicemembers would be meaningless if the wounded were unable to survive their journey out of the combat zone. Four... MORE

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Ryan Jackson, an aerospace medical technician at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility, checks an echocardiogram machine in an ambulance here. The machine, commonly known as an EKG, uses ultrasound techniques to provide multi-dimensional imaging of the heart. Airman Jackson is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. John Nimmo, Sr.)

What you won't hear on TV: One Langley Airman shares his story
December 14, 2007 — When Staff Sgt. Nicholas Alessi, 1st Civil Engineer Squadron, decided to join the Air Force, he wanted to make a difference. After eight years in the service and a six-month deployment to Iraq, there's no doubt he has done just that. Sergeant Alessi is just one of hundreds of Langley Airmen who have, are and continue to deploy in support of the... MORE

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Staff Sgt. Nicholas Alessi of the 1st Civil Engineer Squadron was deployed to Iraq for a total of 282 days in 2007. Sergeant Alessi and other Airmen from the 1st CES have had increased roles during deployment - much like the Air Force Security Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Vernon Young)

379th EMDG Blood Transshipment Center: Pumping blood from the 'heart'
November 29, 2007 — Editor's note: Several Langley Airmen are currently deployed with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group. When U.S., Coalition Forces or civilians are wounded as a result of battle, they are transported to the nearest medical facility to receive treatment. In some cases, the wounded person may require some sort of blood product to save their... MORE

SPUTHWEST ASIA - Tech. Sgt. Joseph Pinkney (left) and Senior Airman Thomas Sullivan, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group Blood Transhipment Center, use the defense blood standard system to scan and track blodd products that are being shipped to Balad Air Base, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Doug Olsen)

Behind the scenes Airmen accomplish major mission
October 29, 2007 — As the Air Force slowly moves its news information to the web, national and local media companies circle Langley to find the most interesting and relevant stories to broadcast to their audiences. Good Morning America, The Today Show, Men's Vogue, Best Life, Lou Dobbs, Tech and Cosmopolitan Magazine recently covered 1st Fighter Wing Airmen in their... MORE

Bicycling across America: It's not the destination, it's the journey
September 27, 2007 — Mr. Weaver retired from Langley as Major Weaver in 2004 where he served as the Air Force Command, Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center's chief of combat search and rescue. After working as a guidance counselor for the past three years at the Aviation Academy Program, a magnet school under Denbigh High School, Mr. Weaver... MORE

Retired Maj. Dale Weaver stands with his bicycle in four states at one time: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado July 10 on a stop during his bicycle journey across the United States. Mr. Weaver completed the cross-country journey in 45 days. (Courtesy photo/Lauren Weaver)

Online coupons save time, money
September 25, 2007 — September is National Coupon Month, and the Defense Commissary Agency would like to remind patrons that commissaries gladly accept manufacturer coupons for products they sell.When it comes to using coupons to save money on grocery bills, quit clipping and start clicking by downloading coupons off the Web! Coupon Web sites save shoppers both time... MORE

Langley leads with long military history
September 18, 2007 — Although the Air Force celebrates its 60th anniversary today, Langley holds more than 90 years of military history within its perimeters. In December 1916, the U.S. War Department purchased 1,659 acres of land - land that would house Langley Field - for $290,000. The land, which was bought in preparation for the upcoming war, was the first property... MORE

Vietnam vet shares perspective on modern Air Force
July 12, 2007 — "When I was a kid, I had to walk eight miles to school - both ways - in the snow with no shoes." Well, it's not quite as extreme as that, but Master Sgt. Bill Pook, 1st Civil Engineer Squadron Individual Mobilization Augmentee, and one of a diminishing number of Vietnam War veterans still serving, said he knows what color the grass is on the other... MORE

Master Sgt. Bill Pook, then a 19-year-old Airman, poses next to an F-4 Phantom at Udorn Air Base, Thailand, in 1972. Sergeant Pook entered the Air Force in 1971 and served two deployments to Thailand in support of Operation Linebacker. He left the Air Force after one enlistment then reentered in 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield. The Vietnam veteran said the quality of Airmen and technology are the two biggest differences between the Air Force that was and the Air Force that is. (File photo)

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