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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)
Intramural bowling report
September 25, 2008
The Front Line
September 24, 2008
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Lt. Col. Bernie Willi, right, is currently deployed from Langley. He said the first thing he will eat upon his return is his wife’s lasagna. (Courtesy photo)
CFC kicks off
September 24, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Brig. Gen. Mark Barrett, 1st Fighter Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Slater, 1st FW command chief, sign checks to donate money to Langley’s 2008 Combined Federal Campaign Sept. 23. The program provides federal employees with an opportunity to support local national and international charities. The CFC runs from Oct. 1 to Nov. 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Zachary Wolf)
Tactics, dog fights and dissimilar training with the 64th Aggressors
September 23, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Airman 1 Class John Schommer, 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals in an F-16 fighter after a training exercise held here Sept. 17. Members of the 57th AMXS provided maintenance for the 64th Aggressor Squadron. The 64th AGRS was here to provide dissimilar aircraft training to Langley pilots. Both squadrons are from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. April Wickes)
All-Dental Readiness Training Exercise
September 23, 2008
Capt. Heather Tellez, 1st Dental Squadron dentist, and Staff Sgt. Julian Moore, 2nd Dental Squadron dental assistant from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. take care of a patient while deployed to Zacatecoluca, El Salvador with first-ever All Dental Readiness Training Exercise team. DENTRETE is the first humanitarian mission of its kind, and personnel deploy with modern equipment and supplies to provide a full spectrum of dental care. For the duration of the mission the dental team provides care to include dental restorations (fillings), endodontics (root canals), extractions and dental prophylaxis (dental cleanings). The staging area for the treatment was out of Destacamento Militario number nine in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador Sept. 8-18. Surrounding communities were transported in for the free dental care over this 10-day period. (photo provided by 1st Dental Squadron)
POW/MIA Recognition Day
September 22, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va.-- Mr. Mike McCarthy, an Army staff sergeant from World War II, holds an old picture of himself as he attends special ceremonies honoring POW/MIA Recognition Day Sept. 19. Mr. McCarthy was captured in September 1944 in Italy during the Brenner Pass offensive. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)
Langley Airmen attend AFA's annual conference
September 19, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Gen. Norton Schwartz, former Air Force Chief of Staff, addresses Airmen in a speech during the Air Force Association’s 24th Annual Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16. A hundred and twenty-five Langley Airmen attended the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)
No-notice inspection wakes dorm residents
September 18, 2008
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Master Sgt. Eric McGahey, 1st Logistics Readiness Squadron, inspects the trunk of a vehicle during the no-notice health, safety and morale inspection Sept. 13. The inspection ensured the rooms were free of prohibited items.(U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Anthony Davis)