Airman articles from December 2002

Airman archives from December 2002

Slipping the surly bonds: the Wright brothers weren't the first to dream of powered flight. But, they were the first to put all the pieces together and achieve the dream.
December 1, 2002... It wasn't much of a flight -- just 12 seconds and little more than 120 feet over the white sand of Kill Devil Hill at Kitty Hawk, N.C. But those 12 seconds changed the world and linked the brothers flying the wood-framed, muslin-covered...

Pilots participate in historic flight. (Airman's World).
December 1, 2002... NAGS HEAD, N.C. -- Two Air Force pilots, some spruce wood, a little cotton fabric and a lot of wind helped recreate history. Maj. Dawn Dunlop, an F-15 Eagle pilot assigned to the Pentagon, and Capt. Jim Alexander, an MC-130 Combat Shadow...

Retired chief becomes a float hunter. (Airman's World).
December 1, 2002... MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Chuck Nolan is a hunter. A couple of times every month, he wakes before the sun rises, slips on his hunting clothes -- an old pair of Jeans, a warm flannel shirt, gum boots and a floppy hat -- grabs his walking stick...

Robins wing makes Air Force history. (Airman's World).
December 1, 2002... ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- In addition to being the only Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, the 116th Air Control Wing is also the only blended -- active duty and Air National Guard -- wing in the Air Force. On Sept. 30, the...

Friends, family aren't the only ones to mourn a senseless death. (Airman's World).
December 1, 2002... AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy (USAFENS) -- It's not the blood and shattered glass that's most disturbing. It's the eerie stillness of death that really gets to Tech. Sgt. David Ahlschwede every time he encounters a fatal highway accident. ...

Pampered pets PCS. (Airman's World).
December 1, 2002... ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Heading here with Fido and Tabby just got a lot easier, thanks to a new pet lodge. In less than a year since the lodge's opening, taking a pet to Guam has become less stressful, due to the pet lodge's close...

Holiday spirits: beating the blues. (Airman Consumer).
December 1, 2002... "Ho, ho, ho!" is what we hear from most people during the holi-days. But there are those who want to utter, "Oh, no, no." While some can't wait for the carols on the airwaves so they can get into the holi-day spirit, others want to curl up...

Airmail.
December 1, 2002... Remembering Sept. 11 I'm a colleague of Maj. Don Arias ["Hitting Close to Home," September 2002] and have worked for and with him on a number of projects since 1997. I knew from day one about his brother Adam's fate. My first call to him...

Air Force Link. (In Search of News and Information).
December 1, 2002... www.af.mil -- Airman magazine, Air Force Print News, Air Force Radio News, Air Force TV News, fact sheets, biographies, artwork, and links to other Air Force and Department of Defense news.

Electronic mail subscriptions. (In Search of News and Information).
December 1, 2002... www.af.mil, then follow the "Subscribe" link at the top of the page -- Free email subscriptions to news and information products.

Air Force Radio News. (In Search of News and Information).
December 1, 2002... 1-877-AFRADIO (237-2346), DSN 945-5918 -- five-minute, weekday program providing latest Air Force news. Available to more than 1,700 commercial radio stations via satellite. Also available on Air Force Link at www.af.mil/news/radio.

Air Force Television News. (In Search of News and Information).
December 1, 2002... 30-minute biweekly television program covering news and policy issues available with closed captioning. Shown at commander's calls, on public access cable channels and on the Armerican Forces Radio and Television Service. Also available on Air...

Air Force Print News. (In Search of News and Information).
December 1, 2002... The Air Force news wire service providing Air Force and Department of Defense news and information, with daily updates from around the world. Available on Air Force Link at www.af.mil/news.

Airman. (In Search of News and Information).
December 1, 2002... Feature and information magazine. Online at www.af.mil/news/ airman. Unit subscriptions: afnspub@afnews.af.mil.

No holiday presence: holiday separations have become part of the Air Force lifestyle.
December 1, 2002... French bread, Crusty and warm. That's what Trinidad Garcia remembers most about Christmas 1944. Not the cold. Not the fear that an enemy shell could cut her life short. Not even that she was thousands of miles away from her dear mother and the...

The Predator's war: UAVs take center stage in the war on terrorism.
December 1, 2002... In the starry skies over the sparse Mojave Desert -- far from the pulsating neon lights of Las Vegas -- lurks a nearly silent sentinel. It searches among the yucca cactuses and Joshua trees for a lonely radar station atop a mountain peak. ...

Fuel for the fight: School creates tanker experts to handle KC-135s in a war zone.
December 1, 2002... The KC-135 Stratotanker isn't the safest aircraft to take into a war zone. Unlike its cousin, the fighter, it has no warning systems or defense systems aboard. And just to make it a little more interesting, this flying gas station was...

Have a Cow: artificial blood studies at Wilford Hall Medical Center could be the lifeline for saving the critically injured on the battlefield.
December 1, 2002... Grill a steak, pour a glass of milk and pass the hemoglobin. Don't look now, but researchers appear to have found a use for cows that doesn't involve A-1 Steak Sauce, breakfast cereal or the leather sofa. They're using bovine hemoglobin in...

Jimmy's Way.
December 1, 2002... His mother didn't have much of a choice. There was nothing. The war ravaged his island home, changing it from a lush tropical haven to a bare, rocky prison. He was the second oldest of five children, and survival for any of them seemed...

Open wide. (Final Frame).
December 1, 2002... Maj. (Dr.) Tim Finkler -- with help from Staff Sgt. Karla Iglesias -- checks a young Salvadoran girl's teeth as her friends await their checkups. Finkler, a Virginia Guard dentist, and Iglesias, an active duty dental tehnician from Langley Air...