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  • CSTARS trains Air Force trauma teams

    "I can't breathe."Maj. Tiffany Ingham looks down and assesses one of the two critical patients under her charge. One is conscious and communicating his respiratory distress and chest pain. The other is sedated and on a ventilator. The second patient has traumatic brain injury and burns, signature

  • Former BMT instructors give new recruits glimpse at 'Basic'

    A husband and wife team of former Air Force military training instructors gave some new recruits a taste of what to expect at basic training here Feb. 6.Master Sgt. Tiffany Lopez, 96th Force Support Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Raul Lopez, 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, spent four years at Lackland

  • Eglin pharmacist leaves 6-figure salary to serve country

    The year is 2007. A pharmacist and his wife sit inside their Jeep in the parking lot of an Air Force recruiter station. The couple is engaged in a familiar conversation.It's been 10 years since the pharmacist has seen a recruiter, but he hasn't been able to get the military out of his mind in all

  • The Golden Anniversary of the Rank of Chief Master Sergeant

    Chief master sergeants weren't a part of the Air Force's enlisted structure when the service was formed in 1947. In fact, it took 11 more years until the rank even existed.This year marks the 50th anniversary that the United States Air Force created the rank of chief master sergeant, adding another

  • Deployment letters lead to book deal

    When David Falvey was deployed to Iraq from 2007 to 2008, as part of his Army National Guard unit, he never dreamed it would lead to an additional career as an author. "A few years ago I met a teacher from Long Island, Julie Hutt, a friend of a family friend, at a wedding," said Mr. Falvey,

  • Supercomputer hopes to say Gotcha to future terrorists

    Early during World War II German U-boat wolfpacks operating in the North Atlantic decimated allied shipping until a Dayton engineer helped design a fleet of computing machines that deciphered coded Nazi communications faster than the U-boat commanders could themselves. Today, the U.S. and its allies

  • Marathon brings 10,000 stories of dedication and love

    In the running world, people naturally want to know about the winners. Who were they? How fast did they run? And so it was with this year's U.S. Air Force Marathon, when a record 9,969 athletes turned out to race Sept. 18 and 19. The events included 5K, 10K, marathon and half marathon races over

  • Tinker worker loses nearly 70 pounds during recent AFMC Lean Challenge

    Jimmy Nation is a big fat loser. By 67 pounds, to be exact. "I did all right," said Mr. Nation, who lost the weight as a recent participant in the third annual Tinker Lean Challenge hosted by the Air Force Materiel Command's Civilian Health Promotion Services. A production controller with the 76th

  • Tinker man uses painful past to battle against suicides

    When 27-year-old Gordon Joel "Joey" Dunham died, his father wanted to die, too. "I've had every emotion possible," explains Rocky Dunham, a tools and parts attendant with the 552nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron. "I had no idea what suicide was about until it touched me when my son died last year.

  • Enlisted Airman diagnoses, treats patients

    Military patients are used to having officers or civilians with doctorates of medicine as their primary care providers. However, patients sometimes take a second or third look as they see enlisted Airmen performing diagnosis and providing treatment, functions normally performed by doctors. Those