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  • Civilian 'Knight' takes top PA honors

    Communication, at its most basic form, is successfully passing information from one person to another. A civilian assigned to the 21st Space Wing Public Affairs office knows how to custom-tailor any communication to the world about America's premier space superiority wing. Winning the Air

  • Air Force leaders send Memorial Day message

    In a joint Letter to Airmen, the Air Force secretary and chief of staff send their Memorial Day message to Airmen and their families worldwide. Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley remind Airmen that May 26 is a day that Americans remember and pay

  • 21st MXG deactivates, splits up

    The 21st Maintenance Group officially deactivated May 15, part of an effort to better organize the 21st Space Wing's units. Wing leaders and members of the 21MXG gathered in Hangar 140 to retire the group's guideon, recall the group's achievements and look to the future. As part of the

  • AF combines officer promotion, developmental education releases

    Air Force officials recently announced they will begin combining the public releases for officer promotions and developmental education announcements as part of an ongoing effort to streamline personnel processes. The new initiative will start later this year with the September 2008B lieutenant

  • New jogging trail, distance markers unveiled

    After several weeks of work, two squadrons here have completed the installation of distance markers along the running trail that re-route the path for crowd control. The project, a joint effort of the 21st Services and Civil Engineer Squadrons, was created to keep large formations of runners away

  • 21st SVS Airmen return home to warm welcome

    Sixteen Airmen assigned to the 21st Services Squadron, and two assigned to the 21st Communications Squadron, returned home May 7 after spending four and six-month deployments in Southwest Asia supporting Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. Leadership from both squadrons and the 21st Space Wing

  • Name the Tanker: Leaders seek inputs from Airmen

    Air Force senior leaders are asking all Airmen for suggestions on a name for the service's newest tanker aircraft, the KC-45A. "I've asked that we seek our Airmen's help to find a name for the KC-45," said Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne. "I prefer the name emphasize our heritage or our

  • Space operators essential to the war fight

    Airmen in space missions might be thousands of miles from an actual war zone, but their work is still crucial to the ongoing fight, according to Lt. Col. Chance Saltzman. Speaking at the Guardian Challenge Space and Missile Forum May 9, Colonel Saltzman, 614th Air and Space Operations Center chief