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The Front Line
October 9, 2008
BAGHDAD -- Capt. Dawn D. Anderson is currently deployed from Langley. She said what she will remember about her deployment 20 years from now is when she got coined by General Petraeus. (Courtesy photo)
Goodbye weeds
October 3, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Brian Redding, a subcontracted pilot, flies a Bell OH 58B helicopter Oct. 2. The helicopter is outfitted with an aerial spray rig in order to spray and kill phragmites. Phragmites are a weed commonly found in marshes that grow fast and can overcome other plants in the area. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Koob)
Intramural bowling report
October 2, 2008
Chiefs assist with security
October 1, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Cars are lined up at the west gate as Langley chief master sergeants check identification cards Sept. 26. The chiefs checked ID’s and greeted over five thousand Airmen, civilians and visitors as they drove onto base. “As chiefs, we believe this is an important antiterrorism and force protection effort our Airman conduct daily, we wanted to show our support,” said Chief Master Sgt. James Johnston, 1st Security Forces manager. (Courtesy Photo)
The Front Line
September 30, 2008
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. Patrick J. Steen is currently deployed from Langley. He said the experience he will take away from his time over there is how spectacular our Security Forces Defenders are in a deployed environment; no complaints and all business. (Courtesy photo)
94th returns from Combat Archer
September 30, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Capt. Brian Stahl, 94th Fighter Squadron pilot, hugs his children, Afton and Wilson, after returning from Combat Archer Sept. 27. Combat Archer is an air-to-air weapons system evaluation program that allows pilots to test the reliability and effectiveness data of aircraft and missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Wolf)
October is National Physical Therapy Month
September 30, 2008
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
September 29, 2008
Langley remembers POWs
September 26, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Capt. Michael Trujillo, 27th Fighter Squadron, explains features of the F-22 Raptor to former prisoners of war and their families during a special visit Sept.19 honoring POW/MIA Recognition Day. The POWs spent anywhere from two months to six and a half years in captivity during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)
SERE water training teaches students how to survive
September 25, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Master Sgt. Andrew Stones, 1st Fighter Wing Advanced Program Office, helps 2nd Lt. Georganne Schultz, 1st Fighter Wing Public Affairs, to an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter stationed out of Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., during a simulated water rescue Sept. 18. The simulated rescue is part of water survival training conducted by 1st Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists. The training teaches students how to survive if they egress over water. Students learn how to endure life in a 20-man raft, a seven-man raft and a one-man raft, as well as how to best utilize a survival kit. The course covers proper signaling, desalinating water, finding sustenance and how to properly release from a parachute drag. Pilots are required to complete water survival training every three years. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Christopher L. Ingersoll)