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  • Warfighter of the Week: Staff Sgt. Brad Johannes

    Staff Sgt. Brad Johannes, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) manager of engineering operations, was recognized as the Warfighter of the Week, August 24, 2015.Johannes joined the Air Force in 2006 and comes from a long and distinguished line of veterans."Throughout my family's history, military

  • New Horizons Medical Personnel Provide Emergency Assistance in Mass Casualty

    U.S. Air Force medical personnel treated mass causality incident victims at the Dr. Salvador Parades Hospital in Trujillo, Honduras, Aug. 10, 2015.The incident involved 14 Honduran army soldiers from the 15th Battalion who were injured in an explosion at their base said a Honduran army official.The

  • Honduran air force members glean valuable knowledge from NDI technicians

    Five members from the Honduran air force teamed up with 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) and the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron for a subject matter expert exchange from Aug. 16-22, 2015.  The exchange focused primarily on a variety of nondestructive inspections lab processes."The NDI lab

  • CJCS visits Creech, gives praise to Airmen

    Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, accompanied by his wife Deanie, paid a visit to Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 12, 2015.While visiting, Dempsey held an all-call where he said farewell and gave thanks to all the men and women at Creech AFB for their hard

  • Warfighter of the Week: Capt. Sabrina Gonzalez

    Capt. Sabrina Gonzalez, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Operations, plans and assessments, executive officer, was recognized as the Warfighter of the Week, August 10, 2015.Gonzalez, a native of San Antonio, Texas, has been in the Air Force for 10 years and comes from a military family."The Air

  • Combat Communications Airmen Repair Honduran Hospital's Network

    Combat communications Airmen with the U.S. Air Force's 35th Combat Communication Squadron out of Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., restored Internet connectivity to a local hospital in Trujillo, Honduras.The Airmen restored Internet connectivity to 19 offices and 24 workstations allowing 30 users to

  • RPA prophecy fulfilled, oldest RPA squadron celebrates 20 years

    The end of World War II one man's prophecy set the stage for modern day of aviation.General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold made a startling prediction: "We have just won a war with a lot of heroes flying around in planes. The next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all...."Although the

  • Gunfighter recognized as one of the Air Force's Outstanding Airmen

    Since its inception in 1956, the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year award has recognized superior Airmen for their leadership, job performance, community involvement and personal achievements.This year Mountain Home Air Force Base has the pleasure of recognizing one of our own Airmen, Staff Sergeant

  • Warfighter of the Week: Senior Airman Kyle Streets

    Senior Airman Kyle Streets, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) personnel security manager, was recognized as the Warfighter of the Week, July 27, 2015.Streets was born into a military lifestyle and by the time he graduated high school he already knew that he wanted to continue in his parents'