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Wide range of dining reforms considered

Feel like buffalo wings at the club? Swipe your meal card.Want a bag of popcorn from the snack bar? Swipe your meal card.Got a hankering for a Double Whopper? Swipe your meal card — maybe.The Air Force is working on … Continue reading

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AF taking physician assistant applications

Air Force officials are taking applications from active-duty enlisted airmen for Physician Assistant Phase I training classes that begin in December 2010, April 2011 and August 2011.To be eligible, applicants must:* Be on active duty in grades E-3 through E-8 … Continue reading

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114 selected for officer’s commissions

A total of 114 men and women — enlisted airmen and civilians — have been selected for an officer’s commission, officials from Air Force Recruiting Service announced Thursday.Recruiting Service officials selected 10 percent of the 1,139 applications as part of … Continue reading

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Authorities call off search for missing F-16 pilot

Authorities are still looking for the wreckage of an F-16 Fighting Falcon that crashed with its pilot into the Atlantic Ocean off South Carolina’s coast Oct. 15. An official at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., said Oct. 19 that there … Continue reading

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General officer assignments released

The Air Force Chief of Staff on Oct. 16 announced the following general officer assignments:* Maj. Gen. Hank C. Morrow, commander of 1st Air Force, Air Combat Command, and commander of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, at … Continue reading

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Debris found during search for F-16 pilot

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Debris and an oil slick were spotted in the Atlantic off the South Carolina coast as the search expanded Friday for an F-16 fighter pilot whose jet collided with another during night training exercises.”We did have a … Continue reading

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CMSAF Roy visits Scott Airmen

The 16th chief master sergeant of the Air Force visited Scott Air Force Base Oct. 15 and 16 to speak to the enlisted force here and to participate in a conference along with two former CMSAFs.  Chief Master Sgt. of the Air … Continue reading

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EOD Airmen help Iraqi police enhance skills

Members of the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s explosive ordnance disposal team here and Iraqi police conducted joint training here Oct. 3, enhancing the Iraqi police’s necessary skills detecting, safely approaching and disarming improvised explosive devices. An Iraqi police EOD … Continue reading

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Minot wing commander fired

The 91st Missile Wing commander at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., was fired Wednesday after Air Force Space Command leaders “lost confidence in his ability to command.”Maj. Gen. Roger Burg, commander of the 20th Air Force, flew to Minot to … Continue reading

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Wounded Warrior Program helps injured airmen

Staff Sgt. Steven Light was able to shout out a warning.“White vehicle! White Corolla!” Then, the Toyota subcompact rammed into the Humvee that Light was in, manning the M240B machine gun in the turret.That late May morning in northeastern Afghanistan, … Continue reading

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