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  • The weapons of warfare adapt with the age of Airmen

    Airmen are using off-the-shelf commercial gaming equipment on the battlefield, and according to one Airman operating at a base still littered with Soviet-era landmines, they're a great fit. When Senior Airman James Dobrynski, a St. Louis native, straps on his individual body armor, fire-resistant

  • Dover Airman named 'AMC Icon'

    Tech. Sgt. Letisia Eddy of Dover AFB, Del., was the winner of Air Mobility Command's Icon competition following the command performance here Oct. 22. Staff Sgt. LaTanza Meabon-Whiteside of Little Rock AFB, Ark., garnered second place, and Senior Master Sgt. Craig Hall of MacDill AFB, Fla., took

  • Commentary: Jessica Hill writes on the high cost of freedom

    In John F. Kennedy's address to the nation on October 22, 1962 he said "the cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." Americans never shrink from tyrants who seek to destroy freedom, but

  • Commentary: Sergeant Griego writes on the high cost of freedom

    John F. Kennedy said it best, "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." I have served for seven years in the United States Air Force and in those seven years I have experienced