Tag: af – active duty
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Jennings sets Coors mark
The first African American Air Force Academy graduate passed away Monday in his Montana home. According to the academy, Charles Vernon Bush was a member of the class of 1963 and was a squadron commander, a member of the debate team and the Cadet Wing champion rugby team.After graduating from the academy and then receiving…
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Rice doesn’t want fanfare even if this is a farewell
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2012 – Another airlift, this time from Phoenix, will bring more power restoration trucks and equipment to New York and New Jersey, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told Pentagon reporters today. As of this morning, 12 C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster 3 aircraft have arrived at Stewart Air National Guard Base in…
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Head of the class
Twenty-seven Air Force Academy cadets were injured last week after a traditional hazing event left some with concussions, broken collar bones and cuts and bruises. One cadet suffered a human bite on the arm, according to an email sent to academy staff by Brig. Gen. Dana Born, dean of cadets. The hazing, known as First…
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Brewers pitcher can catch up on his sleep
An Air Force Academy tradition of throwing cadet first sergeants into the snow ended in a brawl that left 23 cadets in need of medical care Oct. 25, according to an internal academy email obtained by Air Force Times. Cadets participating in a tradition known as First Shirt/First Snow suffered a wide range of injuries…
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Chacon, baserunners stranded by Colorado
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo., — Air Force Academy firefighters added more national titles to their collection, at the Firefighter Combat Challenge nationals, Friday in Las Vegas. The Academy Fire Department took the 2012 national championship in the team category with a finish of four minutes and 55 seconds, and Academy firefighter Bill Gates took…
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Lancers burned by hot team
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Oct. 29, 2012 – U.S. Northern Command is poised to provide Defense Department support to Federal Emergency Management Agency, tribal, state and local response efforts due to Hurricane Sandy. Part of Northcom’s defense support of civil authorities mission directs the command to plan and anticipate actions that it may need…
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Springs’ bullpen has breakdown
Rebecca Edmonds, the daughter of a Navy captain, proudly followed in her father’s footsteps when she joined the armed forces. But her dream came to an abrupt halt when the Air Force found out that she was about to start a family of her own. Edmonds, a graduate of Marquette University with a full scholarship…
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Air Force basketball coach quits to take Richmond job
Peterson Air Force Base members will conduct emergency response exercises Oct. 22 to 26 as part of the 21st Space Wing’s continued commitment to ensure base readiness. These exercises may cause short delays at all Peterson AFB and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station gates. There will be some traffic disruption and potentially some temporary delays…
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Senior Open eyes Springs
PENSACOLA, Fla. — An Air Force major has died during survival training at a base in the Florida Panhandle. The Air Force said Maj. Garrett Knowlan died Oct. 11 during the course in how to survive in open water after parachuting. He was training at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Military officials said they could not…
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WHAT HE LACKS IN STYLE HE MAKES UP FOR IN POINTS
MILDENHALL, England, Oct. 12, 2012 – For many people, running a marathon may seem pretty extreme for a warm-up. But for one U.S. Air Force squadron commander stationed at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall, it’s more like a walk in the park. Lt. Col. Chris Bennett, 100th Operations Support Squadron commander, ran the Air Force…