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May 31, 2011

- Feature - Military training leaders shape future through special-duty assignments

- New warrior, family operations center opens

- Guard, Reserve employers earn top Defense Department honor

- AF scientists share research during aviation psychology symposium

- General Hostage to lead Air Combat Command

- Photo essay: Honoring the fallen

- Iraqi airmen, U.S. advisers celebrate bittersweet PME graduation

- Advisers open metals technology, sheet metal shops

- Firemen donate equipment to Afghan firefighters

- Photo essay: Maintainers prepare a KC-10 for high temperatures

- New military working dog facility built to highest 'green' standard

- Deployed Airmen fuel combat outpost security

- Commentary - What you can't learn in a classroom

May 30, 2011

- Chief Roy honors the fallen

- Photo essay: Deployed Airmen honor fallen on Memorial Day

- Handmade quilts cloak wounded warriors in love

- Obama nominates Dempsey as JCS chairman, Winnefeld as vice chairman

- DOD officials identify two Air Force casualties

- Commentary - Lorenz on Leadership: Widows and orphans left behind

- 438th AEW Airmen commemorate Memorial Day

May 27, 2011

- Air Force leaders issue summer safety message

- PLAYpass offers fun for deployed single Airmen, families

- Maintainers prepare for F-35A training on F-35B and F-35C

- Air Force officials to hold selective early retirement boards

- Competition integrates cyber capabilities, encourages new ideas

- Photo essay: Basic Trainees attend BEAST

- Photo essay: Kadena Airmen participate in operational readiness exercise

- Commissary Agency officials honor best stores for recycling

- Reserve Airmen begin work on Boy Scout Jamboree site

- Commentary - Engineer or teacher?

- 'Today's Air Force' features a look around the service

- Obama sends Panetta, Petraeus nominations to Senate

- New firing range 'shoots down' time, costs

- Seven decades of flying come to a close

- Sather Airmen take Iraqi security training to next level

- Air Force Week in Photos

May 26, 2011

- The backbeat of the band

- Mullen notes importance of remembrance in Memorial Day message

- Air Force leaders issue Memorial Day message

- French pilots, families integrate into base, community

- AFSO21 saves Kadena millions in parts, energy bills

- Feature - War memorial: The writing is on the wall

- Photo essay: Air Force Academy's Class of 2011

- Red Cross eases access to emergency communication services

- Commentary - Where have salutes gone?

- KC-135s get lighting upgrades

May 25, 2011

- Secretary Donley congratulates new officers at Academy commencement

- Feature - Academy gains a piece of WWII crypto history

- Explosive ordnance disposal team trains Iraqi agencies to save lives

- 'Small but critical' unit moving to F.E. Warren

- Commissary Agency officials announce Best Commissary Award winners

- Commentary - Leading with cancer

- Feature - Family becomes first to graduate four sisters from Academy

- Tops in Blue set to kick off 'Rhythm Nation' tour

- Photo essay: C-17 aircrew members deliver supplies in Southwest Asia

- Laughlin amputee earns his wings

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- First aircraft in phase one of block 40/45 modification completed ahead of schedule

- Moody AFB Airman dies during physical training

- Experts discuss future long-range strike bomber requirements

May 24, 2011

- Medics, aircrew members execute life-saving mission

- Photo essay: Refueling the fight

- myPay goes mobile

- Commentary - Remember our heroes, and their families, this Memorial Day

- Operation Joint Endeavor: Employers of guardsmen receive orientation

- Gates: Defense cuts must be prioritized, strategic

- Feature - Shooting survivor, not a victim

- Fairchild Airman accepted to doctor of pharmacy program

- Warrior games about more than medals

- Today's Air Force special report: Ranger school

- Program offers free museum visits

- VA announces disaster assistance after tornado outbreaks

- Advisers from 3 bases converge for evacuation training

- Feature - Sisterhood of support and the traveling BDUs

- Medical, physical evaluation board processes improving

- Pentagon, Homeland Security collaborate on cybersecurity

May 23, 2011

- Commentary - Your story matters

- Strong military is key to long-term U.S. success, Gates says

- Air Force doctor to appear on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'

- Officials seek nominations for 2011 GEICO Military Service Awards

- Hero Miles brings families to healing Warrior Games

- Law enforcement members honored during Police Week

- Secretary urges careful thought in spending reductions

- Conaton speaks on AF biomass fuel use at open house

- First lady lauds 'A force of families'

- Photo essay: C-130 aircrews participate in exercise

- Feature - Air Force warriors back on the battlefield

- Navy defeats Air Force, takes bronze

- 'Jersey' Jeanne takes home bronze

- Feature - Lieutenant gets 'Facetime' with newborn son

- C2-Forward concept enhances combat capability

- Missing Airmen found near Japan

- 7th Intel Squadron named best in Air Force

- Civilian career development webcasts continue May 26, June 21

May 20, 2011

- Air Force Central Ticket Program offers discounts to Airmen, families

- Education is key in fight against PTSD

- Feature - Archers practice patience, marksmanship in training for Warrior Games

- Commentary - 'Watchful warriors' can help prevent suicides

- Cadets attempt to break world record  |  VIDEO

- 'Golden hour' initiative pays off in Afghanistan

- Marine Corps shoots down Air Force in wheelchair basketball action

- Feature - Injured cadet finds support close to home

- Army marches through Air Force

- Air Guard Airmen establish air hub for earthquake-relief exercise

- Joint Air Operations Center stand-up part of National Level Exercise 2011

- Air Force makes splash in swim prelims

- Photo essay: RED HORSE on a drop zone mission

- Gates shares views on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan

- Air Force Week in Photos

May 19, 2011

- DeCA's industry partners support military-related charities through savings promotions

- Civic leaders take road trip to understanding

- Warrior Games welcomes new faces

- Air Force Marathon registration nearing capacity

- Photo essay: Deployed Airmen return to Little Rock

- JTACs show off new capability during digital demo

- Feature - Remembering Jeff

- National Guard supports final Endeavour flight

- Air Force takes silver in shooting competition

- Lynn cites progress in DOD, VA partnership

- Air Force officials release E-7 promotion list

- Feature - More than a pilot: mother and fighter

May 18, 2011

- K-9s honored at memorial ceremony

- Thunderbirds to perform first demo with alternative fuel

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- Feature - Retired chief still impacts battlefield, honored in Hall of Honor

- Gates budget review to 'force discussion' of risk analysis

- VA partners with Easter Seals to train family caregivers of wounded warriors

- Hundreds of VA applications for new family caregiver benefits processed in first week

- Iraqi air force advance echelon team arrives

- Photo essay: Airmen prepare a KC-135 for duty

- Commentary - The last ride

- DOD makes progress in civilian hiring reform

- Feature - Telephone switcher plugs into Iraqi air force

- Arming point key to Afghan airpower dominance

- Deployed air refuelers surpass 350 million pounds of fuel delivered in 2011

- SOCOM spikes Air Force in sitting volleyball

- Army, Navy score early basketball wins against Marines, Air Force

May 17, 2011

- Air Force earns gold, bronze track and field at Warrior Games

- Air Force brings home gold on day 1

- CONR officials provide support during shuttle launch

- Cadets win Boeing design challenge

- Feature - Airmen work to bring home memory of fallen Soldier

- PACAF demo team certified to showcase F-16's aerial maneuvering might

- DeBerry elected to College Football Hall of Fame

- Commentary - 'I have arrived!'

- Golden Age Games coming this month

- Red Cross helps service members defy gravity  |  VIDEO

- Nominations open for Grateful Nation award

- Officials launch U.S. International Cyber Strategy

- Gates stresses U.S. support role in Libya

- Airmen begin Warrior Games at Olympic Training Complex

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- McConnell's 349th ARS named best Air Force air refueling unit

May 16, 2011

- Commentary - Building 'bridges' to a brighter future

- 20th FW hands off alert mission to McEntire ANG

- Lynn: Cyberspace strategy to build coalition of nations

- Military medical professionals team-up, provide care to 1,800 in remote Djibouti

- Alumni to take Academy experiment into space on Endeavour

- Air Force wheelchair basketball team preps for competition

- PACAF band invited to help with 'recovery through music'

- 50th anniversary of U.S.'s first human spaceflight celebrated

- Photo essay: Eielson firefighters train in icy lake

- Combat Talon ends career as historic monument

- Plans in place to spend $1 million IEA winnings at Spangdahlem AB

- Exercise hones AFSOC's disaster response

- Two Air Force officers inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

- Gates: 'Perfect fusion' made bin Laden raid succeed

- Assistive technology gives wounded warrior second chances

- Defense Department officials honor top communicators

May 13, 2011

- Air Force officials announce civilian hiring controls

- National Guard leaders talk fiscal constraints, cost-effective solutions

- AGE technician earns $30k for innovation

- Commentary - Protect, preserve Air Force traditions

- Lajes Airman receives DOD image award

- EPLOs supporting Mississippi River flood response effort

- Commentary - True patriots -- an Asian-Pacific American story

- 2011 Warrior Games shows spirit to Colorado Springs civic leaders

- Travel website helps determine risks when planning events

- Air Force Week in Photos

- Feature - Airmen build paper airplanes, relationships

- Marines begin reintegration through Air Force Deployment Transition Center

- Cadet honored in Pentagon ceremony

- USTRANSCOM wins 2011 Government Organization Defense Architecture Award

May 12, 2011

- Feature - What's in a name? CEMIRT techs take quality personally

- Expeditionary Center's 422nd JTS hosts airfield operations TTP conference

- AFSPC commander welcomes AF Wounded Warriors, kicks off 2011 competition  |  VIDEO

- Photo essay: F-16 pilots deploy to Southwest Asia

- Airmen ready Romanian airport for U.S. multi-modal shipments

- AETC, 17th AF officials bring maintenance training to 7 partner nations

- Air Force honors 2010 Sijan award winners

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- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz inducted into the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame

- 'Today's Air Force' features a look around the service

- Odierno: Services must partner to weather lean times

- Pentagon must handle spending slowdown responsibly, Lynn says

- DOD committed to realignment of forces in Japan

- Undersecretary addresses fiscal challenges

- Lynn: U.S. must preserve its defense industrial base

May 11, 2011

- Airmen graduate Air Assault Course with Soldiers

- 'Hump' pilots mark 65th reunion

- Keesler AFB, Vandenberg AFB Airmen build missile maintenance trainer

- Officials announce E-7 selection stats

- Air traffic controllers discuss road ahead in Iraq

- Commentary - Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Daring to care

- Krav Maga training gives Airmen the combat edge

- Assistant secretary of defense talks nuclear deterrence, treaties

- Photo essay: Chief Roy participates in Brave Defender training

- EPA awards Aviano clinic second Energy Star

- 'Total Force 21' paper offers new force mix, DOD savings

May 10, 2011

- Airmen run to honor EOD fallen, injured

- Commentary - 8,760 ways to make a difference

- AFIT education paves way to space

- EOD memorial ceremony honors 15 fallen heroes

- Commentary - It's not just a job, it's my profession

- First lady invites Guard, Reserve kids to fitness event

- AFCEE redefines the gateway to the Air Force

- Mullen: America must help its war veterans

- 2011 Team of the Year visits Washington

- Feature - Holocaust survivor shares her mother's story

- CMSAF experiences "Brave Defender" training

- Force management explained

- Volunteers help take care of families during increased ops

- Alabama National Guard making progress with tornado response

- 537th AS Airmen fly again after 40 years

- Photo essay: Airmen participate in a water survival training course

- Building a better tomorrow, one NCO at a time

May 9, 2011

- Bin Laden raid will help defeat al-Qaida, Obama says

- Feature - Airman Ranger made the cut, now leads the way

- Feature - Air Force eyes new learning systems in 'Second Life'

- AF lodging officials announce new payment procedures

- AFOSI personnel pay tribute to their latest fallen hero

- Commentary - Deploying brings Mother's Day into perspective

- Common interests, challenges discussed at African Air Chiefs Conference

- Afghans graduate from first Mi-17 "Train the trainer" course

- Photo essay: Air Force Airmen participate in Thracian Spring 2011

- U.S., Congolese military complete MEDLITE 11

- ESC trifecta will enable autonomous Iraqi air defense

- U.S. will defeat terrorists, Obama tells troops

- Successfully launched satellite ushers in new era of overhead surveillance

- Commentary - Paying respects to fallen Airmen: A lifetime in 8 minutes

- Operational uncertainties require flexibility, Gates says

- Airmen help make Iraq a little greener

May 6, 2011

- Photo essay: Airmen build and load munitions at Osan Air Base

- Air Force firefighting operations conclude in Texas

- Feature - Holocaust stories recalled, all end with 'never again!'

- Air Force members recognized for decades of public service

- Commentary - The healing power of music

- Remembering pilot slain in Afghanistan

- Air Force officials urge motorcycle safety

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- President proclaims military spouse appreciation day

- Secretary of Defense thanks Airmen at Seymour Johnson AFB

- One unit's PT boot camp gets results

- Aeromedical evacuation saves lives in Afghanistan

- Feature - Desert Storm veteran cycles 2,500 miles for wounded warriors

- Tinker AFB Airmen complete first repairs on F117 engine

- Air Force Week in Photos

May 5, 2011

- Air Force secretary promotes fallen cyberspace captain to major

- Feature - Refractive surgery gives service members combat edge through vision

- Chief of staff addresses issues, surveys tornado damage

- Reserve tanker crew first operational crew to refuel F-35

- Renovations enhance warfighter training

- Commentary - Planning your career: Don't get ahead of yourself

- Officials announce personnel annual award winners

- Photo essay: A-10s return to Osan Air Base after exercise

- Proposal would save $3.2 billion in health care costs

- Civic leaders visit Air Force Expeditionary Center

- Commentary - Make the call

- Registry yields life-saving treatment lessons

- The Million Veteran Program: VA's genomics game-changer launches nationwide

- Officials announce AF fuels management awards

- 'Today's Air Force' features a look around the service

- Report outlines progress in Afghanistan

- Air Force announces enlisted supplemental promotions

- Memorial honors fallen warriors

May 4, 2011

- Undersecretary presents Installation Excellence Award to Spangdahlem team

- Feature - 'Real Warrior' finds path to physical, emotional healing

- Reserve tankers among 42 aircraft participating in Sea Lion 11-05

- Air Force officials announce criteria for basing of TACP/ALO training

- Air advisers' feedback to shape future deployment training

- 24th AF officials conduct first change of command

- Photo essay: Service members drop fire retardant in West Texas

- Commentary - Respect: Have it, pay it, never shy away from it

- Officials announce Eglin as MQ-1 squadron candidate base

- Five military installations receive top honors

- Locals send big 'thank you' to Offutt Airmen

- Airmen assists Kabul girls' school

- Airman saves seizing Soldier

- Exercise preserves U.S., Bulgarian partnership

- Iraqi air force primed for power

May 3, 2011

- VA implementing enhancements to existing services for veterans and their caregivers

- Air Force announces fighter training mission preferred basing decision

- Cyberspace Airmen mourn wingman killed in Afghanistan

- Survivors call bin Laden's death 'Bittersweet'

- Feature - Rescue Airmen engage hostile forces to retrieve 'Fallen Angels'

- Photo essay: Crewmembers deploy buoys to monitor ocean currents

- U.S. service members, Congo military quick-responders make final push to exercise finale

- Mrs. Mullen spotlights family issues in new blog

- Air Guard assists critical-care evacuations

- Guard members respond to domestic weather-related disasters

- 36th AS helps map Japanese water currents

- 33rd RQS wins third straight "Jolly Green Rescue Mission of the Year" award

May 2, 2011

- Air Force Auxiliary provides aerial support to tornado-ravaged South

- Study shows 24-percent savings with AAFES

- Pacific Air Forces honors Medal of Honor recipient

- Some officer development applications due by May 31

- Commentary - Absence of siren doesn't mean we shouldn't pause and reflect

- Al-Qaida remains dangerous, Panetta says

- Bin Laden buried at sea, official says

- Pilot killed in Afghanistan

- Troops explore emerging energy solutions

- Clinton: U.S. will redouble antiterrorism efforts

- Academy military trainers receive mark of distinction

- Counselor presented national drug/alcohol abuse prevention award

- Travis civil engineers inspect, repair 17 generators for use in Japan

- Air Force further reduces officer RIF requirements

- Obama declares 'Justice has been done'

- U.S. kills bin Laden in intelligence-driven operation

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