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  • Air Force suspends military tuition assistance

    In the wake of sequestration, the Air Force officially suspended military tuition assistance March 11.Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley announced the Air Force has officially suspended military TA for the remainder of fiscal 2013. The program will continue to be evaluated to determine the

  • Furloughs can begin April 26, DOD comptroller says

    Unless Congress acts to end sequestration, furloughs for Defense Department civilian employees can begin April 26, the department's comptroller said here March 11.Robert F. Hale discussed the furlough planning process with a Pentagon audience. The comptroller also took questions sent in via Facebook

  • Vintage aircraft tell tales of a different era

    Editor's Note: This is the first in a six-part series highlighting the history of the 33 aircraft in Dyess' Airpark. The Airpark is open for tours the second Friday of each month. Like silent sentinels, they line Arnold Boulevard as if waiting for their next mission to come, so they could once again

  • B-1 bomber makes historic combat debut during Operation Desert Fox

    Dec. 17, 1998. Ellsworth B-1 bomber crews, along with Navy and Royal Air Force assets, begin a campaign that will grab the attention of one of the Middle East's most notorious tyrants. "Operation Desert Fox was a four-day military response to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein expelling United Nations

  • 7th CMS receives new avionics test station

    The 7th Component Maintenance Squadron received a new avionics test station Feb. 11, a modernized version of the upgraded system test bench for the B-1 Bomber. The new test station has the capability to evaluate the Common Radar Processor and Modular Receiver Exciter, two new components of the B-1

  • Airmen bring space operations to a new generation

    "When I was going to school we had nine planets, but someone had something against Pluto and said 'he's not a planet, he's a dog," Lt. Col. Dan Jones, 612th Air and Space Operations Center Director of Space, said to a roomful of 5th grade students at Tanque Verde Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz.,

  • ‘Kind Hearted’ Defenders: a vital asset

    Twenty-three years of dedicated service summarizes this warrior. Afghanistan, Iraq, Columbia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Peru, Panama, Turkmenistan, Hungary, Mozambique and Southwest Asia - all places he has served. In fact, if Air Force security forces have performed an operation anywhere on the