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  Air Force Link - Air Force 60th Anniversary Page
The Air Force Honor Guard drill team is in Las Vegas for 14 performances throughout the military and civilian community, and will perform during the Air Force 60th Anniversary Air Show and opening for Tops In Blue.
Use of the logo is generally unrestricted within the Air Force and may/should be used on a variety of items including letterhead, briefings, folders, stickers, shirts, mugs, patches, coins, etc.
Changing the size of the logo, as necessary, is encouraged and appropriate however, other manipulations of the logo are not.
www.af.mil /library/usaf60.asp   (985 words)

  
  Lowry AFB, Colorado
It was used by the local Navy, Lowry Air Force Base, and the Air National Guard for practicing bombing and strafing missions and for demolition of unusable Air Force munitions.
In 1955, the United States Air Force Academy was established at Lowry AFB pending construction of its facilities in Colorado Springs.
It was activated at Lowery on Sept. 25, 1958 and assigned to the 1st Missile Division, Fifteenth Air Force.
www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Lowry_AFB.htm   (1199 words)

  
  Bases of the SAAF   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The base was officially opened on 14 October 1987 as AFB Louis Trichardt, but changed it's name to match that of the changed name of the nearby town on 7 November 2003.
Although it was announced in 2002 that the units based at AFB Ysterplaat would relocate to the existing SAAF premises at Cape Town International Airport, it was subsequently decided to move the units at AFB Yysterplaat Detached to AFB Ysterplaat and AFB Langebaanweg, with the units moving in 2003.
On the 1 July 1950 the Air Wing became the Independent Air Administration and Staff School and on the 7 December 1951 it was renamed as the SA Air Force College.
www.saairforce.co.za /bases.htm   (1034 words)

  
 Whiteman Air Force Base History
U.S. Army Air Force officials selected the site of the present-day base to be the home of Sedalia Army Air Field (Sedalia is one of Whiteman’s neighboring communities, some 20 miles east of the base), and a training base for WACO glider pilots, who saw action in World War II.
In fact, the pilots of one former unit assigned to the base-the 314th Troop Carrier Group-participated in the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, and the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
While at Whiteman Air Force Base, personnel assigned to the wing manned and maintained the 150 Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) scattered throughout west central Missouri.
www.warrensburg.org /whiteman_air_force_base_history.htm   (2131 words)

  
 Luke Air Force Base
According to the wing commander, Brigadier General Steve Sargeant, the wing at Luke is the largest in the Air Force with almost 200 F-16 Fighting Falcons It produces nearly 1,000 pilots annually.
Footprint of Luke Air Force Base in 2000, bordered by Northern Avenue on the north (top), and divided from its east most section by Litchfield Road.
Forced to make a landing and surrounded on all sides by the enemy, who called upon him to surrender, he drew his automatic pistol and defended himself gallantly until he fell dead from a wound in the chest.
www.doney.net /aroundaz/lukeafb.htm   (1186 words)

  
 Little Rock Air Force Base
Task Force Rock's mission is to replenish, project, and sustain expeditionary C-130 combat power from home station or while deployed in the field.
The wing operates the world's largest C-130 base and the ÒschoolhouseÓ where C-130 students from all of America's armed forces and those of 27 allied nations learn to fly and fix the C-130.
The base has 1,535 military family housing units for people assigned to the base; it also has 121 visiting officer quarters, 160 visiting airman quarters and 110 additional visiting quarters.
www.nlrchamber.org /government/lrafb.aspx   (801 words)

  
 Air Force Link - Home
The United States Air Forces in Europe sword is bought up the isle to be placed in front of the head table during the Order of the Sword ceremony for Gen. William T. Hobbins Nov. 17 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- Gen. John D.W. Corley, commander, Air Combat Command, sent a message Nov. 21 to F-15 pilots, weapons systems officers and maintenance professionals outlining the actions the Air Force has taken following the Nov. 2 F-15C Eagle mishap that resulted in the loss of the aircraft.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. (AFPN) -- A senior at the U.S. Air Force Academy recently was awarded one of 32 Rhodes Scholarships for 2008.
www.af.mil   (364 words)

  
 Base Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1972 the base was renamed Bakalar Municipal Airport and later known as Columbus Bakalar Airport.
The mobile unit was a scarce item in the Air Force stockpiles and was obtained from the11th Mobile Group's Detachment 7 at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
It was flown to Bakalar Air Force Base by the 434th Troop Carrier Wing on a C-119G Flying Boxcar.
www.atterburybakalarairmuseum.org /base_photos.htm   (944 words)

  
 When does "Air Force base" have a capital "B"?
The term Air National Guard station instead of Air Force station is used for Air Force Stations which are used exclusively by the Air National Guard.
From comparing the guidance over the years, we see that in 1962 a base did need to support aircraft operations to be designated an "Air Force Base," but that requirement had become an option by 1973.
Some "Air Force Stations" were spared from the redesignation fracas; St Louis AFS MO is one example, others included radar stations that were already programmed to close.
www.airforcebase.net /usaf/capitalb.html   (1677 words)

  
 Walker Air Force Base
The Army Air Corps utilized the airfield until June 1949, when it was transferred to the Department of the Air Force, thereafter known as Walker Air Force Base.
These claims continue to evolve today and the Air Force is now routinely accused of engaging in a "cover-up" of this supposed event.
The July 9 edition of the paper noted that Brigadier General Roger Ramey, Commander of the Eighth Air Force at Forth Worth, Texas, stated that upon examination the debris recovered by Marcel was determined to be a weather balloon.
www.strategic-air-command.com /bases/Walker_AFB.htm   (1445 words)

  
 Hill Air Force Base - Home
The HH-60 is from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Members of the 34th Weapons Squadron from Nellis AFB led the search and recovery training.
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH-- During the Hill AFB Native American/Alaskan Heritage month, Native Americans from various tribes, provide a powwow demonstrations to Team Hill, Nov. 3.
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- An Airman from Hill AFB temporarily assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing's 424th Medium Truck Detachment, was recently awarded the Bronze Star Medal for work leading convoys through some of the most dangerous highways in the world.
www.hill.af.mil   (429 words)

  
 Air force base - Los Angeles Air Force Base
Contains information about the Air Force Base and the organizations that support it.
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas -- Congratulations to the following 36 master Lackland Air Force Base, Texas -- It was a big night for the U.S. Army
Vandenberg Air Force Base is headquarters for the 30th Space Wing.
xn--jlq781kcch.com /plpl/air-force-base.html   (296 words)

  
 Edwards Air Force Base - Home
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Edwin W. Lewis Jr., a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center here, died in the crash of a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 the evening of Nov. 8.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- By rolling up their sleeves and getting down to the nitty-gritty, a group of volunteers recently turned a vacant room into a fully-restored educational haven for local students. 
Karl Morsey, Air Force Flight Test Center Museum interim director, for receiving the Chief's Group's Dare to Soar award.
www.edwards.af.mil   (678 words)

  
 Air Force News, pay & benefits, careers, entertainment, photos - Air Force Times HOME
Air Force News, pay & benefits, careers, entertainment, photos - Air Force Times HOME
Why are airmen stuck at the base when they get...
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www.airforcetimes.com   (428 words)

  
 U.S. Air Force - Base Locator
Use the locator below to explore Air Force bases within the continental
however, the final decision will be based on the current needs of the Air Force.
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www.airforce.com /baselocator.php   (115 words)

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