NDI technicians ensure aviation safety
NDI technicians ensure aviation safety
McConnell firefighter saves eight lives
A perfect fit
A perfect fit
Not just Chilean
Not just Chilean
Pretty as a picture
Pretty as a picture
Pretty as a picture
Pretty as a picture
Total force uses first GBU-38 in combat
Total force uses first GBU-38 in combat
WAF Band still making music
Reserve pilots not reserved when protecting ground troops
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Roland Hernandez checks a C-130 Hercules landing gear here. He is looking for cracks and hairline fractures on the component. Sergeant Hernandez is a nondestructive inspection technician assigned to the 374th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) Download Full ImageYOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Master Sgt. Bobby Fruge conducts a magnetic particle inspection on a C-130 Hercules wheel sleeve here. He is using oil mixed with fluorescent magnetic particles and an ultraviolet lamp to find cracks on the component. Sergeant Fruge is a nondestructive inspection technician assigned to the 374th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) Download Full ImageMCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Bradford Voorhees continues his rescue mission on and off duty. A firefighter here for more than four years, Mr. Voorhees was the first on scene when a van drove off a highway and then rolled over twice, injuring five children and three adults. He is assigned to the 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Angelique Smythe) Download Full ImageSHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Airman 1st Class Carolyn Jennings drills holes for spikes used to stabilize the Mobile Aircraft Arresting System here. She is assigned to the 27th Civil Engineer Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Paul Holcomb) Download Full ImageSHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- Airman Brandon Cordle (foreground) and Senior Airman Christopher Pruett assemble a turnbuckle that will be used for stabilizing a Mobile Aircraft Arresting System here. Airman Cordle is assigned to the 1st Civil Engineer Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Airman Pruett is assigned to the 27th CES at Cannon AFB, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Paul Holcomb) Download Full ImageIQUIQUE, Chile -- Senior Airman Jeremiah Hanna-Cruz lowers himself during rope training as Airman 1st Class Larry Trejos (left) and Chilean air force Airman Marco Godoy watch. The Airmen are participating in Salitre 2004, a multinational air combat training exercise among Chile, Argentina, Brazil and the United States. More than 100 U.S. active-duty and Air National Guard Airmen are participating in the two-week exercise that runs through Oct. 8 at Los Condores Air Base here. Airmen Hanna-Cruz and Trejos are assigned to the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Lohr) Download Full ImageIQUIQUE, Chile -- Airman 1st Class Larry Trejos (left) and Argentinean air force Master Sgt. Omar Daniel Grosso help Chilean air force Tech. Sgt. Juana Rivas properly adjust an oxygen mask Oct. 1 at Los Condores Air Base here. The Airmen are participating in Salitre 2004, a two-week multinational air combat training exercise among Chile, Argentina, Brazil and the United States. More than 100 U.S. active-duty and Air National Guard Airmen are participating in the exercise. Airman Trejos is assigned to the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Lohr) Download Full ImageWASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Artist Mickey Harris' painting of the Memphis Belle was unveiled during a ceremony in the Pentagon on Jan. 6. The painting of the historical Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was dedicated to the Air Force Art Program on behalf of the Memphis Belle Memorial Association and the Memphis Belle War Memorial Foundation. The Memphis Belle belonged to the 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) during World War II and was the first bomber to complete 25 combat missions before returning to the United States. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi) Download Full ImageWASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper (right) looks on as retired Air Force Reserve Col. Robert K. Morgan speaks at a ceremony in the Pentagon on Jan. 6. During the ceremony, a painting of the Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress piloted by Morgan, was dedicated to the Air Force Art Program on behalf of the Memphis Belle Memorial Association and the Memphis Belle War Memorial Foundation. The Memphis Belle belonged to the 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) during World War II and was the first bomber to complete 25 combat missions before returning to the United States. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi) Download Full ImageWASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Artist Mickey Harris (left) looks on as retired Air Force Reserve Col. Robert K. Morgan signs lithographs of Harris' painting of the Memphis Belle after it was unveiled during a ceremony in the Pentagon on Jan. 6. The painting of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was dedicated to the Air Force Art Program on behalf of the Memphis Belle Memorial Association and the Memphis Belle War Memorial Foundation. Morgan piloted the Memphis Belle during World War II. It was the first bomber to complete 25 combat missions before returning to the United States. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi) Download Full ImageWASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper (left) looks on as artist Mickey Harris (center) and Brent W. Perkins, executive director of the Memphis Belle War Memorial Foundation, unveil Harris' painting of the Memphis Belle during a ceremony in the Pentagon on Jan. 6. The painting of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was dedicated to the Air Force Art Program on behalf of the Memphis Belle Memorial Association and the foundation. The Memphis Belle belonged to the 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) during World War II and was the first bomber to complete 25 combat missions before returning to the United States. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi) Download Full ImageSOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman William Russell (left) and Tech. Sgt. Mark Worley detach a GBU-38 from an F-16 Fighting Falcon at a forward-deployed location. Airman Russell is a weapons loader, and Sergeant Worley is a load crew chief. They are from the Alabama Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Mae-Li Allison) Download Full ImageSOUTHWEST ASIA -- Tech. Sgt. Mark Worley unloads a GBU-38 from an F-16 Fighting Falcon at a forward-deployed location. He is a load crew chief from the Alabama Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Mae-Li Allison) Download Full ImageDALLAS -- About 800 people at the Texas State Fair here listened to the music of the former U.S. Air Force Women in the Air Force Band. The band, in existence from 1951 to 1961, performed during a reunion of 54 members of the 235 women who comprised the only female band in Air Force history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez) Download Full ImageBAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Maj. Charlie tells the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group commander about how he and the flight leader for "S-Flight 3" crossed over to provide aerial cover for a U.S. military convoy under attack recently. Major Charlie is a pilot with the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, and he is from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans. (Full names are omitted for security reasons. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Lindsey) Download Full Image | 
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