F-22s begin training in Japan
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- F-22 Raptors took to the sky over Japan Jan. 14 as members of the 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron began flight operations with Kadena Air Base officials.
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Hero of Hudson River crash landing got start in Air Force
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The pilot who crash-landed a crippled airliner in New York's Hudson River Jan. 15, saving 155 lives on board, is an Air Force Academy graduate who received his pilot training in the Air Force.
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Andrews officials launch tactical fitness center
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AFNS) -- Base leaders here took a groundbreaking new stride in combat fitness training capability Jan. 15 with the ribbon-cutting of the Andrews Tactical Fitness Center.
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Disability board accepting applications for records review
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Department of Defense officials here are now accepting applications from certain medically-separated veterans to have their records reviewed, potentially increasing their disability rating.
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Air Force officials announce demographic snapshot
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force Personnel Center officials here recently published a demographics report offering a snapshot of the service's active-duty and civilian force.
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WASP served for love of flight
SWEETWATER, Texas (AFNS) -- When Betty Jo Reed was introduced to flying, it was love at first sight. She was 6 years old and her father paid $1 for her to take a ride in a Ford tri-motor airplane at a local fair in 1929. Once airborne, Ms. Reed was hooked.
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Airmen provide power to the people
SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- Twenty members of the 379th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems shop at this air base in Southwest Asia give power to the people while giving them the energy they need to get through every day.
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