World War I aviation drama coming to Air Force’s national museum

One of the nation’s premier historical aviation events will bring the excitement and adrenaline of World War I air power to the National Museum of the United States Air Force Sept. 30 - Oct. 2.The Dawn Patrol Rendezvous World War I Fly-In will feature vintage reproduction World War I aircraft flying

Raptor completes avionics testing, advances to next phase of acquisition

The F/A-22 Raptor recently finished avionics Engineering Manufacturing Development, or EMD, testing here, and surpassed 2,592 flight hours, pushing the aircraft testing one step closer to taking its place as the premiere weapon system of the U.S. Air Force. "This Mission-Avionics testing tied in

AFMC headquarters overhauls office symbols

Alphabet soup isn't the staple in the joint-forces world that it is in the Air Force. If you're at a joint job and you need to talk to somebody in personnel, you don't look for the two-letter symbol, DP. You look for the number, 1, preceded by J, for Joint. So does everybody else, regardless of

Systems group adds technology to mix of Hurricane Katrina relief support

While millions of tons of relief supplies are flowing into the Gulf Coast daily, the Operations and Sustainment Systems Group here is shoring up the vital flow of communications to the hurricane-stricken region. Hours after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the group's team of communications,

Robins Air Force Base lends helping hand to Katrina evacuees

While hundreds of Robins Air Force Base Airmen headed into the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina, some of the personnel who remained reached out to those who were seeking a place of refuge in Middle Georgia. Christine Parker, Robins Family Support Center director, said they are

Hill Air Force Base deploys Airmen to aid Katrina victims

A total of 17 active-duty members from Hill Air Force Base have deployed to various locations to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. One active duty member from the 75th Contracting Squadron left Saturday for the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans to provide contracting support to

Big bird in the house

Controllers get surprise visit from evacuee

Just days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall devastating the Gulf Coast region, Latifa Johnson gathered her children, packed a few belongings and trekked from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., to the safety of Robins Air Force Base, Ga.What the wife and mother of three - ages 12, 6 and 4 - thought

Tinker Air Force Base shows its purple suit

The Family Support Center at Tinker Air Force Base is doing its part to help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina by providing temporary housing and support for displaced families from Mississippi. As of Sept. 7, the center helped three families settle into the community by providing medical services,

Captain Mangione wants to be a millionaire

When this story is published, Capt. Gregory Mangione, a physician assistant in the 88th Medical Group's orthopedic unit, will be a millionaire -- or not.He will have been a contestant on an episode of the popular television show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" the first weekend in October.

Robins Airman found guilty on all charges

A military jury has unanimously found Senior Airman Andrew Paul Witt guilty of two specifications of premeditated murder in the July 5, 2004, stabbing deaths of Senior Airman Andrew Schliepsiek and his wife, Jamie. Airman Witt was also found guilty Oct. 5 of one specification of attempted

Airman sentenced to death

Senior Airman Andrew Paul Witt, the Robins Airman found guilty last week of two specifications of premeditated murder and one specification of attempted premeditated murder, has been sentenced to death by a military panel.The 23-year-old Airman is now the only Air Force member to sit on death

Security Forces from Hanscom deploy to stricken Gulf Coast

The Hanscom community, like the rest of the nation, is banding together to do its part to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Over the Labor Day holiday weekend, yard sales and lemonade stands manned by Hanscom children popped up around base housing areas to benefit hurricane victims. In

Flight testers 'propel' Hurricane Hunters through Katrina

As Air Force people across the country worked to provide immediate aid to the Gulf Coast through airlift, medical services, engineering, communications, and more, flight test experts at Edwards are looking toward future hurricanes.Using Katrina as a "target of opportunity," members of the 418th

Small base brings big assets to bear on recovery

Small teams of doctors, medical technicians, environmental engineers and epidemiologists from the 311th Human Systems Wing have been immersed since Sept. 2 in hurricane relief operations along the Gulf Coast.By Tuesday, Air Force medics had treated 5,512 injured and sick and aeromedical personnel