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  • Five years later, it's still known as 'Mother of All Bombs'

    What's worse than unleashing on society the wrath of the largest non-nuclear bomb yet to be made? Letting the world know it's out there and ready to be used at any moment. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb is a 21,600 pound, GPS-guided munition with precision guidance and architecture to

  • Nighthawk pilots reflect on F-117's legacy

    Like most Americans, Col. Tom Bell experienced the spectacular display of American airpower during the opening of Operation Desert Storm while watching CNN on television. Colonel Bell was then attending the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. An Air Force pilot, he

  • Airman waits 31 years for first deployment

    When an E-4 sergeant here got out of the Air Force on Oct. 19, 1976, it didn't occur to him that 28 years later he would deploy as a civilian in support of the Global War on Terror. Bob Perry, 416th Flight Test Squadron project manager, volunteered to deploy to Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, as part

  • Retiring fuels specialists’ lives intertwine

    When Scott Kastner was 21 years old, his father told him to either do something with his life or move out of the house. Scott chose the former and said yes when the recruiter called his home in Gary, Ind. He joined the Air Force, and in October 1984, graduated technical school as a fuels specialist.

  • Cancer can’t stop one man’s dream of Air Force service

    Nov. 20 -- the day Hanscom Pool lifeguard Kyle Causey leaves Massachusetts for Texas to attend Air Force Basic Training. It has taken him more than six years to reach this milestone. The self-described Army brat had always dreamed of following his father's example by serving in the U.S. Armed

  • Nondestructive inspection team strives to increase reliability

    Many have heard the saying "If you step on a crack, break your mother's back." Well, if aircraft inspectors miss a tiny crack in an engine or a critical component on an aircraft, the Air Force bird could fall out of the sky. The Air Force Nondestructive Inspection team ensures aircraft inspectors

  • First Mach flight propels Yeager, Air Force into history

    It was just another test mission for then Capt. Chuck Yeager. Captain Yeager arrived at Muroc Air Force Base, Calif., the morning of Oct. 14, 1947, for what would be his ninth powered flight piloting the Bell X-1. Each of the previous flights demonstrated incremental speed increases as the aircraft

  • Wright Flyer III flies again over Huffman Prairie

    Vintage aircraft builder and pilot Mark Dusenberry will confess his passion for flying a replica 1905 Wright Flyer III borders on obsession. Over the hallowed Huffman Prairie, where the Orville and Wilbur Wright perfected the airplane, he also felt the Wright brothers' exhilaration and

  • Warbirds and their pilots convene in Columbus

    While Sept. 24-30 marked the first Air Force Heritage Week celebration in Columbus, Ohio, it also marked the second and final Gathering of Mustangs and Legends. The 2007 Gathering of Mustangs and Legends was held Sept. 27-30 in conjunction with Air Force Heritage Week at Rickenbacker International

  • Supply unit uses 'military working cat' to control critters

    Fighting the war on rodent infestation, the 95th Mission Support Group is using a "military working cat" to help reduce the amount of damage to equipment caused by rodents living in the supply warehouse. The cat, named Wizzo, calls the 95th Mission Support Group's supply warehouse his home. The