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  • Airmen get promoted

    To chief master sergeant 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Alfonso Smiley Jr. To senior master sergeant 43rd Maintenance Squadron Shon Bell To master sergeant 23rd Maintenance Squadron Tim Pesavento 14th Air Support Operations Squadron Robert Basch 24th Special Tactics Squadron Thomas Clinton 43rd

  • Pay it forward: AADD needs volunteers

    Looking for a volunteer opportunity to start the new year? Anyone can volunteer for Airman Against Drunk Driving; officers, enlisted, DoD civilians, spouses, retirees, etc. "We usually encourage the younger troops to get involved, so that they are the heaviest users of the program so if you

  • 2nd AS aircrew saves 36 lives

    When the aircrew of Crome 41 took off on a combat air-land mission Oct. 11, 2005, heading to Iraq, they never imagined it would be the day they would avert a serious in-flight emergency and save the lives of the 36 people on board. "Stories like this go on all the time; it's part of doing the job,"

  • Celebrating healthy weight month

    Healthy Weight Month celebrates a healthy non-diet lifestyle for people of every size. It helps us move ahead to healthy habits we can live with the rest of our lives - sound habits that prevent eating and weight problems instead of intensifying them. Traditionally Americans begin a diet the first

  • Wingman of the Week

    1st Lt. Kevin Jun, 43rd Contracting Squadron Job description: Contract administrator Date entered military: Jan. 7, 1997Reason entered military: I joined for educational opportunities as well as a chance to see the world and be part of something that reaches far beyond than just "my own little

  • Are you ready for the UCI? Team Pope plays in exercise

    Airmen across the base took part in a base-wide exercise Dec. 11 through 15, to prepare for the upcoming Unit Compliance Inspection, but more importantly to test their ability to react and survive in a real world crisis situation. "It is important to conduct exercises to ensure our readiness to

  • Governor announces initiative for military kids

    North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley recently announced an initiative to help the children of military parents who are deployed on active duty. The initiative includes training institutes to help educators better understand the challenges faced by children of deployed parents as well as a new Web site to

  • 43rd supports Linebacker II

    Dec. 18, 1972, the 43rd Strategic Wing, based at Andersen AFB, Guam, started the 11-day offensive known as the Operation Linebacker II. The 43rd launched 33 B-52s against an airfield north of Hanoi. Operation Linebacker II was ordered by then U.S. President Richard Nixon against targets in North