Air Force Featured Stories

  • Researchers combat ‘traveler’s trots’

    Incirlik has many claims to fame, particularly during its support of operations Northern Watch and Enduring Freedom. While proud of their endeavors, most people would probably choose to do without one infamous part of Incirlik life -- diarrhea.Unfortunately for residents, Incirlik has a 10 to 15

  • Band sends July 4 greetings worldwide

    The U.S. Air Force Band and Air Force Reserve Command officials will present an Independence Day radio broadcast July 4, according to officials here.The show’s host will be radio personalities Crook and Chase. It features the U.S. Air Force concert band and Singing Sergeants. Guest artists include

  • ‘Captured’ Iraqi fuel tested for use

    As the mission in Iraq shifts daily toward stabilization, finding ways to reorganize and power the country’s infrastructure become more important, according to officials.The capture of large stores of Iraqi fuel at Baghdad International Airport and Kirkuk and Tallil air bases will aid in the

  • Smallpox vaccine side effects ‘rare’

    Mass smallpox vaccinations can be conducted safely with "very low" rates of serious adverse effects, the Defense Department's senior medical official said June 25.The military will continue with its vaccination program because the smallpox bioterror threat remains, said Dr. William Winkenwerder,

  • Pilot demands trial by court-martial

    Maj. Harry Schmidt has demanded a trial by court-martial in lieu of accepting nonjudicial punishment under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to officials here. Schmidt was offered nonjudicial punishment for his involvement in the April 17, 2002, bombing incident which

  • 900 face involuntary retraining

    More than 900 airmen may be involuntarily moved to shortage career skills starting July 7, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials here.Although 450 airmen volunteered to change career fields during the initial phase of this year’s noncommissioned officer retraining program, it was not

  • Invention makes moving patients safer

    Air Force and civilian engineers have developed a non-sparking electrical outlet for a frequency converter making aeromedical evacuations safer and easier.Engineers from the 311th Human Systems Program Office’s aeromedical test branch here began working on the new converter because of potential

  • Fighting two wars

    With the war on terrorism in full stride, the chances have increased dramatically that people in the Air Force will serve in a combat zone.About 90 airmen deployed here have directly supported not one but two wars in only a few months.Senior Airman Kelly Wilson, a security forces airman, and Staff

  • Hyperbaric laboratory earns accreditation

    Global health and safety received a much-needed shot in the arm recently when a U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine organization here became the first nationally accredited Department of Defense hyperbaric facility, according to officials.The school’s hyperbaric medicine division, also known

  • Motorcycle deaths rise in ‘101 days’

    Motorcycle riders account for more than half of the Air Force’s safety-related deaths during this year’s 101 Critical Days of Summer safety campaign, according to Air Force Safety Center officials at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.Officials said there is an alarming trend in motorcycle accidents

  • General receives management award

    Lt. Gen. Brian A. Arnold is the winner of the 2002 Eugene M. Zuckert Management Award. Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche presented him with the award during a ceremony in the Pentagon on June 24.This award is named after Eugene M. Zuckert, who served as secretary of the Air Force from

  • AFAF donations up $800,000

    Airmen are giving more than $5.9 million to this year's Air Force Assistance Fund campaign -- $800,000 more than last year, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials here.The fund raises money for four Air Force-related charities that benefit active-duty, Reserve, Guard and retired Air Force

  • Congress approves retiree money

    Some military retirees will soon be receiving monthly payments for service-related health problems thanks to a provision of the 2003 National Defense Authorization Act.Combat-related special compensation allows some disabled military retirees to collect payments for both their military service and

  • Don’t look at progress with Western eyes

    A couple hundred yards outside the perimeter here, loudspeakers blasting Afghan music permeate the night air. Faintly, the sounds of laughter and shouting come from the compound housing the local Afghan militia force there.For the past three hours I’ve been stretched out on my cot, tossing and

  • Base accessed by hand scanner

    Air Force officials kicked off a 90-day test period June 23 for the first large-scale use of hand-scan technology that could allow thousands of people to enter the base with just a wave of their hand.People wanting to access the base from the new Shiloh-Scott MetroLink station now use a