Recently added articles from Airman:
Missing missileers.(COMMENTS)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2009; ... To say I am disappointed in the "Re-Invigorating the Nuclear Enterprise" [March-April 2009] article is an understatement to say the least. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During my missile combat crew training, I was taught the "old" strategic (nuclear) triad consisted of ...
WASP Nest.(COMMENTS)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2009; ... I really enjoyed your article on the WASP Nest [March-April 2009]. It made me appreciate what Jackie Cochran, and her team did to support not only the war effort but also to prove that women can fly and meet the challenges just like their male counterparts. It's sad that these ladies were ...
ISR: Total Force.(COMMENTS)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I enjoyed the article about ISR overcoming challenges [March April 2009]. However, I was disappointed that the only senior officer you found to interview was an "IMA augmentee." Col. Gerald Cox, retired former Air Force intelligence ...
Suggestion.(COMMENTS)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2009; ... I would like to suggest an idea. I have seen a lot of advertisements for special duty jobs and maybe one or two small articles on MTIs and others. But what I would love to read are actual interviews with the people and their families in these special duty jobs answering the real questions ....
Frontline duty: Airmen execute distinctive missions.(Frontline Duty)
May 01, 2009 ... America's Airmen perform diverse services everyday around the globe--From rescuing stranded boaters to welding million dollar aircraft. "I believe I have the best job in the Air Force and I take a lot of pride in knowing I have a critical role in the B-1 maintenance world," ...
Space power: enlisted satellite operators keep communication channels open.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Airman 1st Class Cameron Cruz is a space man. Yet, he's not from another world; he doesn't wear a space suit, and he definitely doesn't fly around in a spaceship. In fact, he's never even been to space. "I'm no astronaut," he ...
Enlisted satellite operator: Airman First Class Cameron Cruz.(PROFILE)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "It's an honor to serve my country as a Satellite System Operator. There's a tremendous amount of responsibility that comes with being trusted with a space system worth $31 billion. More importantly, providing secure communication to warfighters Is ...
Space sentinels: professionals run radar sites protecting North America from missile attack.
May 01, 2009; ... In the 1983 movie, "War Games," a computer whiz-kid inadvertently set in motion a global thermonuclear war scenario when he hacked into a Department of Defense supercomputer. To the computer, this "war" was nothing more than a game, and firing a nuclear missile at the Soviet ...
Re-fitting the space armada: Air Force seeks to improve its aging satellite fleet.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Galileo stared deep into the sky through his telescope centuries ago, he must have been amazed by the thousands of stars he saw glittering in the eyepiece. He must have been thrilled at the prospects space offered as ...
Air Force Space Command: constantly evolving to meet and overcome challenges.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Air Force Space Command constantly, strives to improve the "edge" American combat troops have on the battlefield. Today, embroiled in the race for technology and with a spirit of ingenuity, the men and women of AFSPC grant these forces many advantages ...
Above the clouds: Airmen provide space support to benefit warfighters, public.(Cover story)
May 01, 2009; ... Take a brand new aircraft right off the assembly line and then prepare it for its first mission. There is no maiden test flight or trip around the flagpole to evaluate its performance. It must launch without a hitch and run perfectly for up to 15 years without a glitch. And by the way, ...
Dark knights: 920th Rescue Wing trains for worst case scenario.
May 01, 2009; ... As the sun slipped away one evening in February, beyond the Florida coastline, as darkness set in on a moonless night, Tech. Sgt. Blain Morgan had to prove once again he is ready. The pararescueman from the 308th Rescue Squadron was about to engage in 10 and 10s: fast-roping down 10 feet ...
Pararescue.(TOOLS OF THE TRADE)(rescue equipments)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Airman 1 Spuds bottle and regulator: small emergency scuba oxygen tank; holds 10-20 minutes of air. 2 Snorkel and Diving Mask. 3 Knife/Dive tool: used to cut away parachute cords or help trapped victims. 4 Swim Fins. 5 Parachute: MC1-1D ...
Guardians of green.(@PATRICK)(Cape Canaveral Air Force Station)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When a NASA space shuttle lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida people from miles around can feel the roar of the launch. The 800,000 pounds of thrust from the solid rocket boosters shakes and rumbles the entire Cape Canaveral region as they lift ...
Above and beyond ... planet earth.(NOTEBOOK)(an airman's dream of being an astronaut)(Essay)
May 01, 2009; ... When I was a child, I wanted to be either a cowboy or an astronaut--or better yet, a space cowboy. I suppose that blasting off into an uncharted, unforgiving and unknown adventure far from the dusty southern Oklahoma landscape of my childhood was very exciting. I was a normal ...
Warrior care.(THE FINAL FRAME)(wounded soldiers in Afghanistan were transported in a KC-135 Stratotanker)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sick and wounded troops are taken from specialized transport vehicle onto a KC-135 Stratotanker at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. the KC-135 was manned by members of the ...
Air Force leaders.(LEADERSHIP)(Agency overview)
Apr 15, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MICHAEL B. DONLEY SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE Hometown: Novato, Calif. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] GEN. NORTON SCHWARTZ CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AIR FORCE Hometown: Tom River, N.J. ...
Building blocks of the Air Force.(LEADERSHIP)(Agency overview)
Apr 15, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Headquarters Air Force HAF Headquarters Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Established Sept. 18, 1947 Secretary Michael B. Donley Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz Vice Chief of Staff Gen ....
Air Combat Command.(ORGANIZATIONS)(Agency overview)
Apr 15, 2009 ... AIR COMBAT COMMAND Commander: Gen. John D. W. Corley Headquarters: Langley AFB, Va. Command Chief Master Sgt.: Chief Master Sgt. Stephen C. Sullens Web address: www.acc.af.mil Mission The ACC mission is to fly, flight, and ...
Air Education and Training Command.(ORGANIZATIONS)(Agency overview)
Apr 15, 2009 ... Commander: Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz Headquarters: Randolph AFB, Texas Command Chief Master Sgt.: Chief Master Sgt. Robert Tappana Web address: www.aetc.af.mil [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission Develops America's Airmen today, ...