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  • Top Saber Performer

    Name: Staff Sgt. Eric WilliamsUnit: 52nd Communications SquadronDuty title: Cyber Systems Operation TechnicianHometown: Hinesville, Ga.Years in Service: 6 yearsWhy joined: To provide for my family, complete college degree and to set the foundation for life on my own.Family: Wife, Ebonie, and son,

  • The Clothesline Project 2010

    Air Force leaders are keenly aware that domestic violence affects not only families and communities, but also mission readiness. Therefore, October is designated as Domestic Violence Prevention Month.Domestic violence occurs among all ages, genders, races, educational backgrounds and socioeconomic

  • 'Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win' to be Air Force motto

    Incorporating extensive inputs from all ranks and career fields in the development effort, Airmen have selected "Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win" as the service's motto. An enduring statement of Airmen's pride in their service, the motto is a two-part expression -- a call to action, with a response of

  • U.S., Bulgarian Air Forces partner for training

    An F-16 Fighting Falcon and a MiG 29 trying to outmaneuver each other in the skies above Eastern Europe was the stuff of legends until this month's combined training exercise between the 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem AB, Germany and the 1st and 2nd fighter squadrons from the Bulgarian Air

  • 480th First Sergeant comes full circle

    Master Sergeant Michael Patrick has seen the 480th Fighter Squadron from two different perspectives - first as a new Airman during the early 1990s and now as its First Sergeant during a weapons training deployment called Operation Thracian Star.Sergeant Patrick was originally assigned to the 480th

  • U.S., Bulgarian airmen partner to control the skies

    High above the busy work of crew chiefs, security forces and ground equipment maintainers stands a familiar piece of landscape for Airmen all over the world - the tower.On Graf Ignatievo Air Force Base, Bulgaria the tower is full of U.S. and Bulgarian Airmen working together to keep eyes on both

  • 'Walking dead' seen near Spangdahlem

    Large cities around the globe have been driven into chaos as rumors of a possible world-wide pandemic spread. Victims, often with bite wounds, have described their attackers as dead in appearance with pale skin and glazed-over, even 'zombie-like' eyes and an insatiable hunger for human flesh."It was