Photos: B-1’s future crew chiefs

Local woman saved from armed robbery attempt

On March 3, 2011, an armed robbery attempt was thwarted when a local woman was protected by a U.S. Airman from the U.S. Forward Operating Location, as an assailant attempted to rob her. In the parking lot of a busy grocery store, Staff Sgt. Juston Sims, 429th Expeditionary Operations Squadron

Photos: 7 FSS conducts search and recovery team training

337th TES conducts SB-15 testing

The 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron here is testing the Sustainment Block-15 software to determine the effectiveness and suitability of the upgrades. Each software sustainment block includes changes to navigation, weapon delivery, radar, electrical multiplexing, communication and navigation

Photos: Family members make care packages for deployed Airmen

317th AG conducts first JPADS training

The 317th Airlift Group successfully completed their first continental U.S. Joint Precision Airdrop System, or JPADS, airdrops on routine training lines Feb. 22 by dropping two bundles equaling 2,400 pounds at Fort Hood, Texas. JPADS is an airdrop system that uses Global Positioning Satellite,

Photo: A historic moment

B-1 flies 10,000th combat mission

Staff Sgt. Deidre Nickolson-Edie stood on the windy flight line at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, reading a book filled with maintenance checklists. It was December 1998, the start of Operation Desert Fox, and Nickolson-Edie, an avionics specialist, was part of the maintenance team that would soon

Photos: Aiming for top shot during qualification course

TWC chairman highlights programs to help returning veterans

Recent media reports on the difficulty returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan face in finding jobs as they transition to civilian life raise some important issues. How do you translate their military skills and experience to civilian workforce needs?The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is