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ALSA provides quick solutions to real-time problems
November 27, 2006 — Established in 1975, the Air, Land and Sea Application Center is a multi-service unit that writes tactic, technique and procedure manuals to meet the immediate needs of the warfighter. Many of the manuals the ALSA center produces help save the lives of men and women in the War on Terror every day. Although there are other joint doctrine-producing... MORE

Fightin’ Eagle pilot donates bone marrow
November 3, 2006 — Capt. Daniel "Magic" Lee, a 27th Fighter Squadron pilot, always donates blood when he can. Nearly 10 years ago at the Air Force Academy, he checked the little box on the form asking if he wanted to register with the National Marrow Donor Program. One extra test tube of blood was drawn - and he thought no more about it for several years. And then a... MORE

Capt. Daniel Lee, 27th Fighter Squadron pilot, donated bone marrow Oct. 17. The donation could mean the difference between life and death for an unknown recipient. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Brandy Bogart)

Viviendo el sueno Americano: For Airman who came to U.S. as a refugee, the American dream is to serve
October 13, 2006 — "Viviendo el Sueño Americano or Living the American Dream" for many of us is as easy as reaching out and grabbing it; our country was founded on that premise. For Staff Sergeant Lizmailyn Bermudez, the American dream was not so easy. While growing up in Communist Cuba her American Dream involved a terrifying sea adventure, eight months in a refugee... MORE

Staff Sgt.Lizmailyn Bermudez, 1st Operations Support Squadron, started life in the United States as a Cuban refugee, but worked to gain her citizenship and join the Air Force. (Photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Scott Aldridge and Senior Airman Austin Knox)

Langley group gives back to veterans
September 29, 2006 — More than 50 people from Our Lady of Peace Parish here at Langley spent Sunday afternoon at the VA hospital in Hampton as part of an ongoing project to spend time and develop relationships with patients in the Spinal Cord Injury Ward. The volunteers brought all the fixings for ice cream sundaes, and no one left hungry. "The ice cream sundae was... MORE

1 MDG commander recalls 24 hours at Pentagon
September 15, 2006 — Col. Kory Cornum, 1st Medical Group commander, was in the middle of a hair cut when he heard a plane hit the World Trade Center. At the time, he thought it was an accident, a small plane like a Cessna. Then the second plane hit, and everything changed. A surgeon at Fort McNair, only two miles from the Pentagon, Colonel Cornum saw smoke coming from... MORE

I was at Langley Air Force Base
September 15, 2006 — By now it is something people expect to hear when the attacks come up in conversation. "Where were you on Sept. 11?" For some of the men and women directly involved with the attack's aftermath, the answer is, "I was at Langley Air Force Base, and I was in the fight." Airmen from all over Langley were involved, in one form or another, with the... MORE

On September 11, 2001 America was faced with a day of days. Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon sent a jolting shock through the hearts of all Americans.Five years ago, aircraft maintainers like Technical Sgt. Christopher Plath, Master Sgt Stephen Crawford, and Senior Master Sgt Robert Schacht (left)at a moments notice,crewed F-16's to be flown by North Dakota Air National Guard pilots like Maj Craig Borgsprom (left center). F-15 maintainers like Chief Master Sgt Charles Forest, Technical Sgt Brad Schoffstall, and Staff Sgt Rick Brady (right) also helped scramble fighters from Langley AFB on that dreadful day. Staff Sgt Rachel Pais (right), a medical technician with the 1st Medical Operations Squadron deployed to Maquire AFB to assist with casualties from the World Trade Center.Colonel Thomas Bergeson (center), 1st Operations Group Commander and Commander of the 71st Fighter Squadron on Sept 11,2001, Flew missions over the heart land of America. These Air Force members are the faces of Langley AFB five years later.(USAF Photo By Staff Sgt Samuel Rogers)

Officers' Spouses' Club: Providing fun, resources, lifelong friendships
September 7, 2006 — White gloves. Hats. Pearls. Afternoon tea. These may be the first things you think of when you hear "Officers' Spouses' Club." And back in the 1950's those things were true. But the organization has changed with the times. Notice the name - Officers' Spouses' Club - not Officers' Wives' Club. Men are now a welcome and vital part of the club... MORE

'Ready Elmendorf:' U.S. needs F-22 capability in Pacific, beyond
September 7, 2006 — Location, location, location. We're not talking real estate, we're talking strategic advantage. Though jets like the Raptor can get just about anywhere in the world with tanker support, housing different F-22 squadrons at specific points around the globe ensures a timely response for any conflict. "The bad news is when you are talking about going... MORE

Don't become another statistic
August 31, 2006 — Do you have your designated driver? Have you thought that far ahead? Did you make a plan you will stick with? Sadly, not enough military members can answer, "Yes" to all three of these questions. The statistics across the military are staggering. So far this year, the Air Combat Command has had two Driving Under the Influence-related fatalities and... MORE

Aces to return for Tattoo
August 31, 2006 — The Air Combat Command and 1st Fighter Wing Tattoo is about history, and what better way to understand history than to meet some of the men who helped make it? Former 1st FW World War II aces will attend this year's tattoo, including Joel Owens, a former 27th Fighter Squadron commander credited with being the first pilot to shoot down an ME-109... MORE

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