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Paycheck loans: May cause more harm than good
July 28, 2006 — Check cashers, finance companies and others are making small, short-term, high-rate loans that go by a variety of names: payday loans, cash advance loans, check advance loans, post-dated check loans or deferred deposit check loans. A cash advance loan secured by a personal check, such as a payday loan, is very expensive credit. Usually a borrower... MORE

Det. 71 supply troops keep planes in air
July 28, 2006 — TRAVIS FIELD, Ga. – When a rudder on an F-15 breaks, you can’t just drive down to the local hardware store and buy a replacement. That is something the eight-person Detachment 71 supply shop knew going into the two month deployment to Savannah, Ga., and they already had a plan in place. “When you pull parts, home station automatically replaces... MORE

Mile Long undergoes deconstruction
July 28, 2006 — Several questions have arisen regarding the construction in the Willoughby Point Area, or as many Langley veterans remember Building 720, the “Former Mile Long Building or Tow Tank Facility.” In the early 1930’s the Langley Tow Tank Facility was constructed, prior to the establishment of Air Force directives prohibiting a facility/structure in the... MORE

Langley welcomes home deployed units
July 28, 2006 — After two months away from home, Langley's fighter squadrons and support personnel are scheduled to return to the nest beginning Saturday. The units left Langley for Georgia, Alaska, Utah and Florida while the base's runway was repaired. The 71st Fighter Squadron traveled to Savannah, Ga., where F-15 crews had the opportunity to face off against... MORE

EMS2 hoses opponents, 18-3, 19-9
July 21, 2006 — The 1st Equipment Maintenance Squadron 2 softball team came out swinging Tuesday – literally. Bringing in more than 25 runs in two games, Air Combat Command Public Affairs and ACC/A8 did not even have a chance to play the full 50-minute games. What did EMS2 contribute to these high-scoring games? “Hot bats and teamwork.” “We pulled together like a... MORE

RAF pilot prepares to rejoin Fightin' Eagles
July 21, 2006 — He flew 3,600 miles to do something no other Briton has ever done – fly the most advanced aircraft in the world. Flt. Lt. Dan Robinson, Her Majesty’s Royal Air Force, took his final flight as an F-22 Raptor student pilot July 12 and will rejoin the 27th Fighter Squadron within the next week. “It’s an amazing aircraft,” said Lieutenant Robinson (who... MORE

NCO honored for carrying on ministry legacy
July 21, 2006 — In the light of tradition and honoring a legacy, a noncommissioned officer from the Air Combat Command was given the Spirit of the Four Chaplains Award July 14 at Bethel Manor. Chaplain (Col.) Bobby Page, Langley Chapel, bestowed Staff Sgt. Christopher Varner with the award for giving of himself to enhance the spiritual lives of others. The Spirit... MORE

94th defines 'standoff' during Hill deployment
July 21, 2006 — Lt. Col. Michael Hoepfner, 94th Fighter Squadron director of operations, couldn’t see the small piece of equipment he was aiming for 20 miles away and 50,000 feet down, but that didn’t stop him from putting a Joint Direct Attack Munition right on top of it. The drop, made June 5 during the squadron’s deployment to Hill AFB, Utah, was the first of... MORE

Langley crew conducts fit test for new weapon
July 21, 2006 — In another Raptor first, Langley munitions crews loaded the new GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb onto an operational F-22A Raptor July 15. The fit test, conducted by members of the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and observed by experts from Lockheed, Boeing, Edwards AFB, Calif., and Eglin AFB, Fla., was the first time the new weapon had been loaded into... MORE

71st FS claims Raytheon Hughes Achievement Award for 2005
July 21, 2006 — For the fifth time, the 71st Fighter Squadron “Ironmen” claimed the coveted Raytheon Hughes Achievement Award, July 10. Started in 1953 by Hughes Aircraft Company, the trophy is given annually to the top air-superiority or air-defense squadron in the Air Force. “The competition this year was keen with the 44th Fighter Squadron of Kadena Air Base,... MORE

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