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  • Gym, cleaning, laundry and brotherhood: life inside the firehouse

    Firefighters are a unique breed. They defy human instinct by risking their lives running towards danger.Firefighters from U.S. Air Forces Central's A7 Civil Engineering quick strike team recently set up shop at forward operating base Apache in Qalat, Afghanistan. Members from the QST, who are from

  • Colonel shoots to win

    Colonel Mark Hays, the Armament Directorate deputy director, recently won three pistol shooting awards at two national level events.Hays, a member of the Air Force National Pistol Team since December 1998, won the 2011 High Air Force competitor at the 51st Inter Service Pistol Championships at Fort

  • Medieval fair celebrates summer reading program

    More than 180 children, parents, knights and ladies attended the medieval faire at the youth center to celebrate their summer reading achievements July 29. The celebration was the culmination of the 2011 "A Midsummer Knight's Read," program held by the base library. More than 380 children signed

  • Airmen selected for promotion

    Air Force officials here selected 11,337 of 26,549 eligible senior airman for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 42.70 percent.The average score for those selected was 275.56, with an average time in grade of 1.88 years and an average time in service of 4.44 years. The average score

  • AAC historian wins AFA award

    Clay McCutchan, an Air Armament Center historian, recently won the Gen. Lewis H. Brereton award.The award is given annually to a civilian Florida resident who has made the most outstanding contribution to airpower during the past year or over a multi-year period.McCutchan was presented the award

  • 96 SFS wins intramural softball title

    The 96th Security Forces Squadron powered past the 96th Medical Group 16-15 July 20 in a come-from-behind dazzler to take the intramural softball championship here.MDG finished the regular season with an 8-2 record. SFS, who posted at 7-2 regular season record, beat MDG 9-5 when they met during the