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  • AIRMAN HELPS SIX HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INJURED IN CAR CRASH

    Senior Airman Zachary Yoakam came across a car accident and helped save the lives of six teenagers Dec. 6 while on temporary duty to Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.Yoakam, a 28th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor at Ellsworth, was attending SERE upgrade

  • CHARGED WITH DUI - Airman speaks at own 'memorial service'

    Senior Airman Larry Mitchell had an out-of-body experience."This can't be happening," he thought. "I thought I only had a few beers. What was I thinking, driving with a .2 blood alcohol level? I even had other people in the car."As the 26-year-old Airman hovered beside his flag-draped coffin, he was

  • AIRMAN RESCUES BABY FROM FIRE

    While off-duty and visiting a friend at a nearby fire department during the summer, an Airman here responded to a dwelling fire with people trapped inside.With the fire located around the corner from the fire station, Senior Airman John Muirhead, of the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department,

  • NEW FITNESS REQUIREMENTS - For joint expeditionary tasking airmen

    Airmen preparing to attend Army-taught combat skills training prior to deploying to a joint expeditionary tasking in direct support of combatant commander or joint task force ground component missions are required to possess a current and passing fitness assessment, according to new Air Education

  • INVESTIGATORS RELEASE FINDINGS OF PARACHUTING MISHAP

    In December, the Air Force released its investigation of the June 25 parachute accident at the Air Force Academy, Colo., that resulted in major injuries to a student jumper enrolled in Airmanship 490 (basic parachute training course).The accident investigation board determined that the cause of the

  • KIDS HANDLE BAT WITH RABIES

    In early October at The Landings at Goodfellow Air Force Base, four dependent children were found holding a bat ... the kind with wings, not the kind that hits baseballs.Tests confirmed the animal had rabies, and the children underwent a two-week vaccination series to ensure they did not contract

  • ALTUS AIRMEN RENDER AID TO ACCIDENT VICTIM

    Three Altus Airmen rendered aid at the scene of a major vehicle accident Sept. 8.Staff Sgt. Adam Hills and Airmen 1st Class Bryan Foley and Arryawana Saldana of the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron were returning to Altus Air Force Base from Lawton, Okla., after reconfiguring two Altus emergency