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  • March mustache madness

    The month of March usually indicates springtime or March Madness basketball, however in the Air Force world it means Mustache March has finally arrived.Mustache March originated during the Vietnam War in March 1965, when a fighter pilot named Robin Olds grew his what he liked to call "bulletproof

  • Wellness Corner: Parents of suicide victim share story

    On May 3, 2010, Joie Gates' boss entered her office and abruptly ordered a co-worker she was chatting with to leave with him.Three uniformed Air Force officers then entered the room and Gates knew she was about to get some bad news.They told her that her only child, Airman Austin Gates-Benson, had

  • Club Hill adds new manager to its team

    Club Hill welcomed the newest member to its team, Christian Peal, Club Hill manager, in December 2010.Peal grew up in Califon, N.J., which is located in the northwestern part of the state. After earning an associate degree in culinary arts at Johnson Wales University in Providence, R.I., he spent a

  • Brothers reflect on deployment together

    Airmen leave several things behind when they deploy: their home, belongings and, most importantly their friends and family. The sting of saying farewell can be extremely difficult, but for two 419th Fighter Wing Airmen, it was softened because the person next to them on the plane was their

  • Hill police officer to lace up for the Boston Marathon

    The Boston Marathon extends over 26 miles and 385 yards of hilly New England terrain. This run, which is the world's oldest annual marathon and one of the five World Marathon Majors, pits runners from all over the world against each other as they race from Hopkinton to Boston, Mass.James Purtell, a

  • Master sergeant finds HEAT gains him extra edge

    When Master Sgt. Sileon Murray, 419th Fighter Wing, nearly lost an extended family member to health related issues from obesity, fitness became a major priority. He, his wife and his mother all hit the Warrior Health and Fitness Center. When Mac McCurdy gave them some tips, and Murray watched his

  • A son's commitment to his father kept through CCAF

    Growing up in Kentucky and loving college basketball, I aspired to play for the Kentucky Wildcats. The only problem was that I never prepared myself academically. Although never studious, I considered myself average in school. As my senior year in high school approached, thoughts of my future raced

  • MTIs shape tomorrow's Airmen

    There's a commonality that unites the men and women who serve as the 737th Training Group's Military Training Instructors -- "Service Above Self" in transitioning the more than 35,000 civilians a year who enter Air Force Basic Military Training into Airmen.It's an MTI's professionalism and

  • Former OV-10 Bronco pilot reminisces about aircraft

    I don't think he was any more Navy than the man on the moon. But as long as we got the gas, that's all that counted," said Randy Roberts as he recalled the risky task of refueling in Cambodia during the Vietnam War."There was a little strip with no tower and the procedure was to fly down the runway

  • Surviving the odds

    As the dust settled confusion began to set in. Unable to see or hear, the 16-year Explosive Ordnance Disposal veteran tried to make sense of what just happened. As the disorientation slowly began to wear off, the Technical Sergeant realized there had been an explosion. He could not feel his left arm