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  • Defending a nation can be a family affair

    Emily and Scott are stationed less than 20 miles from the United States border with Canada. Winters can be rough, and the closest fast food joint is 25 miles away. Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota, may be the Air Force’s only continental U.S. isolated installation, but that doesn’t separate

  • Silent Sentry: Protecting Space Communications

    More than 20,000 above the Earth’s surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface.

  • AF announces changes to Courses 14 and 15

    Effective immediately, Air Force officials have removed the requirement to complete Courses 14 and 15 for all Airmen serving in the active component. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen will have the option to complete their enlisted professional military education through distance

  • Saving past the piggy bank

    Budgeting and saving money is a piece of advice given to many people once they become an adult or start working.But at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, kids can learn how to be financially smart starting this month. With the help of Sammy Rabbit, kids at the R.P. Lee Youth Center and Child

  • Trials and triumphs: We are all survivors

    Monday was a biting Colorado day – it was the type of cold that restricts breathing; the type of cold that knocks the wind out of you. The frigid air was made worse by piercing winds roaring out of the South. Voluminous, gloomy clouds formed on the horizon. The date was April 21, 2008.

  • Air Guard, Reserve wings kick off annual MAFFS training

    As temperatures heated up in northern California, aerial firefighters from four C-130 airlift wings operating the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, started a weeklong training April 23, 2018, in anticipation of summer blazes.

  • Defending a nation can be a family affair

    Emily and Scott are stationed less than 20 miles from the United States border with Canada. Winters can be rough, and the closest fast food joint is 25 miles away. Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota, may be the Air Force’s only continental U.S. isolated installation, but that doesn’t separate

 

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