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  • Air Force turns 61

    It is hard to believe it has been a year since the Air Force celebrated its 60th anniversary with much pomp and circumstance. We shouldn't let the 61st birthday go by, however, without reflecting on six decades-plus of airpower as a separate military service and taking time to look to the

  • Volunteers are the backbone of the Tax Program

    Every spring, whether we like it or not, we have an obligation to file our income tax returns with federal and state governments. For some, it's a matter of filling out paperwork and anxiously awaiting refunds or grudgingly sending in more money. For many individuals, filing an income tax return can

  • Clothes dryer fires in homes

    For many households and other establishments, the clothes dryer is an indispensable convenience and necessity. However, if dryers are not properly installed or maintained, critical fires can occur. In the United States, the national loss for clothes dryer fires is estimated at $99 million from about

  • Top Saber performer

    Senior Airman Christopher Tobar, 726th Air Mobility Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, is the 52nd Fighter Wing's Top Saber Performer for Sept. 19-25.Name: Senior Airman Christopher Tobar Unit: 726th Air Mobility Squadron Duty title: aerospace propulsion journeyman Hometown: Los Angeles Years

  • Incentive flight program

    Senior Airman Ben Rowley, 52nd Communications Squadron, prepares to take an incentive flight Sept. 12, 2008. Airman Rowley earned his incentive flight by earning 52nd Mission Support Group Airman of the Quarter. Name: SrA Ben Rowley Unit: 52 Communications Squadron Duty title: Ground Radar

  • Idar-Oberstein: a treasure of gems, stones

    Between the vast basin of the Isle de France and the middle of the Rhine, the Saar-Nahe basin forms a geological link. At the same time, it forms the border of the southern edge of the Rhineland Schiefergebirge and the sandstone uplands of the northern Palatinate which slope down toward the Nahe

  • Spangdahlem youth awarded for efforts

    Servicemembers know that the three ingredients to a well-rounded Airman are competence at work, pursuit of higher-level education and community service. However, military individuals are not the only ones who take an interest in these areas. One of Spangdahlem Air Base's own has taken a full-fledged