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  • Airman endures tours as convoy commander

    Although he served three consecutive tours of duty in Iraq, with most of that time spent as a convoy commander, one mission will remain a vivid memory for the rest of Master Sgt. William Geiger Jr.'s life. Sergeant Geiger, who serves in the 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron here, had departed for

  • Brooks lab offers last-ditch effort to identify remains

    As U.S. military recovery teams scour the jungles, mountains, woods and fields around the world looking for missing service members from past wars, they hope to find enough remains to identify and return to their families for a proper burial. A jawbone with some teeth intact or a piece of a thigh

  • General, Mrs. Carlson prepare for life after the Air Force

    They have lived with the Air Force every day for the past 37 years. They endured the separations driven by his responsibilities as a fighter pilot, rejoiced when they became parents (three times in all) and prayed for friends - and subsequently the active-duty sons and daughters of friends -- who

  • Test squadron 'drives' Global Hawk for Air Force

    Testing and evaluating a vehicle prior to purchasing ensures it is up to par with the advertised specifications. This guarantees the customers are buying the real deal. For the Air Force's Global Hawk system, the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron here test drives the unmanned aerial vehicle on

  • 24-hour Tinkering: Maintenance around the clock

    For much of Tinker AFB's work force, retreat signals the end of the workday. For the 76th Maintenance Wing swing and graveyard shifts, it's just the start of their operations. Swing and graveyard shifters often continue projects started by their daytime counterparts, work throughout the night and

  • Special Forces soldier not your average USAF Marathoner

    (Editor's note: Sergeant Ivan Castro became a U.S. Army Ranger in 1992. Upon his commission, in February 2004, 2nd Lt. Castro became an infantry officer, waiting patiently until his promotion to captain, when he could be reassigned to a unit within U.S. Army Special Operations Command's elite

  • Tragedy propels two brothers to train for Air Force Marathon

    Charlie Witt and his brother had plans. When Charlie retired from the Air Force in September 2007 as a master sergeant after a 20-year career, he and his brother agreed to run the 2008 U.S. Air Force Marathon together. An avid marathon runner who completed the U.S. Air Force Marathon in three hours

  • NCO remains positive despite medical challenges

    Stay positive about the choices you make in life ... and the ones you didn't, is the motto Staff Sgt. Cedric McMillon lives by ever since his world was turned upside down just four months ago. In February, Sergeant McMillon, an electronic warfare technician with the 58th Maintenance Squadron here,

  • Siblings from three services run toward one goal

    What do an Army beauty queen, an Air Force captain and a Navy lieutenant have in common? Family and willpower. April 21 not only marked the date for the 112th Boston Marathon, it also created an opportunity to reunite the Panton family - two brothers and a sister, all serving across the country and

  • Robins unit helps resurrect targeting devices

    In the world of Air Force weapons systems, few technologies are sent to the morgue and later revived. But a second chance at life is what Pave Penny pods receive when they arrive at the Pave Penny pod shop here in their silver boxes, known as caskets. "When we ship them out, we no longer call these