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Apr 29, 2020

How this military spouse will memorialize fallen EOD airman

Bronze statues can be seen almost anywhere but one rarely hears the amazing stories behind their creation. The spouse of an Air Force Reserve airman at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, recently sculpted a bust of Senior Airman Daniel Johnson…

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

This airman with a PHD now monitors for treaty violations

It’s not often you see those three-letter titles A1C and Ph.D. used to refer to the same person. As a matter of fact, only one-hundredth of one percent of the Air Force’s enlisted force from E-1 through E-9 possess a doctor of philosophy degree, o…

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

Navajo airman is heir to ‘code talker’ legacy

Airman 1st Class Phillip Rock is part of his family’s legacy of military service — a legacy that, in fact, would not have continued if it weren’t for that military service itself. Stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Rock is a B-2 S…

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

BYAirman Magazine

Apr 29, 2020

An in-depth look at the F-35 Lightning II and its history

The F-35A Lightning II is a fifth-generation fighter combining advanced aerodynamics, survivability in high-threat environments, and an enhanced ability to provide pilots and allied assets across operational domains with robust situational awareness…

BYAirman Magazine

Apr 29, 2020

BYFatherly

Apr 29, 2020

Airman goes viral for pumping breast milk during triathlon

When Jaime Sloan realized that she was on pace to set a personal record at the Ironman 70.3 in Tempe, Arizona in October 2018, she decided not to stop to pump

BYFatherly

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

Airman earns top honors in course for Marine NCOs

On a muggy summer day in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, a Marine Corps instructor stood on a ledge overlooking a swamp. He looked out at his students, and his eyes found Master Sgt. Aretha Boston — the only airman in the platoon. He call…

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

One pilot, two world wars, and the killing of King Kong

From the time he was a boy, Merian C. Cooper wanted to be an adventurer, a wish that propelled him into journalism, the National Guard, military aviation, two world wars, and the cinematic killing of King Kong. During that time, he took part in hist…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

The Air Force just recovered an airman who died in 1952

The Air Force announced the name of a service member who has been recovered from a C-124 Globemaster aircraft that was lost on Nov. 22, 1952. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eugene R. Costley has been recovered and will be returned to his family in …

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Feb 5, 2020

An airman looks back on the Khobar Towers attack

Post-Traumatic stress disorder carries him into the depths of fear and pain; reliving images of death and destruction. Closing his eyes to night terrors at sundown and fighting through daily anxiety attacks eventually pushed him to the brink of suic…

BYUnited States Air Force

Feb 5, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Sep 12, 2019

Her last goodbye: The text that ended one life and changed another

“The worst part of it all was just thinking about what she was thinking in those final moments as she was standing in the bathroom all alone, and I can’t imagine just how lonely she must’ve felt,” said Senior Airman Brianna Bow…

BYUnited States Air Force

Sep 12, 2019

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 12, 2019

How it feels for an airman to help rescue Thai kids from a cave

The Thai boys saved from a flooded cave endured dives in zero visibility lasting up to half an hour. In places, they were put into harnesses and high-lined across rocky caverns, said a leader of the U.S. contingent involved in the operation, calli…

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 12, 2019