Airman articles from November 2004

Airman archives from November 2004

K-2: Air National Guard, active-duty airmen and soldiers work side-by-side to contribute to operation enduring freedom.(Connection)
November 1, 2004... The C-130 aircrew from Saint Joseph, Mo., was told the night before that its mission tasking, called a frag (fragmentary order), was to fly supplies from Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan--known as K-2--to Fire Base Salerno, Afghanistan. ...

'Chicken gun' helps shuttle return to flight.(Airman's World)
November 1, 2004... ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn.--Experts are launching rectangular pieces of foam, traveling up to 1,500 mph, at the space shuttle's solid rocket booster to help National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials ensure the vehicle is ready...

'We've been waiting' campaign returns to television.(Airman's World)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- The secretary of the Air Force unveiled a new television advertising campaign at the Air Force Association Air and Space Technology Convention in September. The four 30-second ads are a continuation of the "We've Been Waiting...

Marathon man runs race of a lifetime.(Airman's World)(Biography)
November 1, 2004... SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- After collapsing on a tennis court in July 2003, what was first thought to be a case of heat exhaustion became a fight for life for Maj. Brian Kissinger. The 35-year-old reservist was rushed to the emergency...

A virtual delivery.(Airman's World)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM --Tech. Sgt. Troy Goodman did not sit by his wife's hospital bed when she gave birth to their second son. Instead, he sat more than 10,000 miles away in tent city watching the delivery via Webcam. "I was woken up...

From ear to ear ...(Airman's World)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Pilots flying over rural farmland near Lewistown, Ill., may be shocked to see the likeness of a C-130 Hercules etched into the landscape of corn hundreds of feet below. Farmer Larry Webb created a maze and artistic renderings of a C-130 and...

'Puppet Man,' Walkers showcase state-of-art puppetry.(Airman's World)
November 1, 2004... BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE. Washington, D.C. -- Everyone knows "The Muppets" and "Sesame Street," but how many people recall that the late Jim Henson's creation first came to prominence on Washington, D.C.'s WRC-TV with a daily, five-minute show...

Team helps Iraqi village rebuild.
November 1, 2004... KIRKUK, Iraq -- A common theme resonates from village to village in the seven northern Iraqi Governates: They're rebuilding and getting stronger. Thanks to the efforts of the Projects and Contracting Office North, that rebuilding is taking...

Back up plan: Research focuses on preventing, treating and predicting lower back pain.(Consumer)
November 1, 2004... Remember your old coach who addressed all pain with "Walk it off. Walk it off?" Turns out, maybe he or she was right, at least regarding lower back pain. Lower back pain is the silent enemy of a ready force. Next to the common cold it's...

Befriend rattlesnakes.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... I was deeply perturbed when reading "The New CRO" [August 2004] when the author described the "corner and kill" of a western rattlesnake. As an amateur herpetologist, I've admired many reptiles in their natural habitats as well as captive...

It is real.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... This letter is for Mr. Hank Caruso's comment "Make it real" ["Airmail," August 2004] where he complains about the photo in "Eyes on the Skies" [May, 2004]. I just happen to be stationed at the Combat Alert Cells in Alaska and was present the...

Pull your weight.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... I was a little disappointed after reading "Celebrating the Snow" [July 2004]. The article included information about the For Randy events in Anchorage, Alaska, and was excellent except for leaving out a few very important pieces to the 36th...

No native here.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... Regarding the comments in "No serpents here" ["Airmail," June 20041, the individual was misinformed that the mongoose is a native species of Hawaii. The mongoose is an invasive species that was brought into Hawaii in the late 1800s to control...

Safety first.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... I frequently read Airman, and find the articles interesting and informative. Only occasionally do I find mistakes. Recently I noticed a potential mistake in "An off-line talk about in-line skating" [September 2004]. In the article, there is a...

Kudos.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... As a Senior NCO in the U.S. Army, I must say that I was extremely impressed with the skills of Master Sgt. T.J. Jones as I read "Convoy Protectors" [August 2004]. We in the Army don't generally think of Airmen as being as tactically proficient...

Meet the staff.
November 1, 2004... Master Sgt. Ken Wright is a 20-year veteran from Springfield, Ohio. The military photojournalism graduate was named the Military Photographer of the Year in 1994, and recently won the best photograph by a contributing photographer in his...

The best of Jake.(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: "I knew they were cracking down, but I didn't think it would go this far."

Losing it: how to put the freeze on winter weight gain.(Fitness)
November 1, 2004... As You enter the holiday grazing season, consider getting a jump on your New Year's resolution and say goodbye to "old acquaintances" such as love handles and thunder thighs. Your best defense against an American tradition of gaining 5 to 8...

The six-year nightmare: one Airman's wife reflects on coping with the reality of her husband's POW time in Vietnam.(Prisoner Of War)
November 1, 2004... I can remember I was flying a plane that suddenly caught fire. It spun out of control, and I felt doomed. Suddenly, I was out of the plane parachuting to the ground. I had a handgun, which I instinctively threw away from me as I floated to the...

To Hanoi and back: an ancient Chinese proverb states that "the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.".
November 1, 2004... In May, members of the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, proved how far they were willing to go to help complete the journeys of two American servicemembers killed in action in Vietnam. Leading the repatriation was Maj....

Clowns need not apply: dodging bulls and protecting cowboys is all in a day's work.
November 1, 2004... Let's deal with the misconceptions first: 1st Lt. Jeremy Sparks isn't a rodeo clown. He doesn't goof around for the crowd. He doesn't drop his pants at the bull, and he rarely heads for the nearest barrel when the bull tilts its horns his way....

Long deployments have effects on the children left behind.
November 1, 2004... It was at night that Devan Wilkinson and his younger brother, Brandon--once snug in their beds --talked in hushed tones about their dad being gone. When the lights went out, and dad seemed even farther away, they only had each other to turn to...

Where air meets field: airfield manager faces big responsibility at "last frontier".(Biography)
November 1, 2004... His office extends more than 14,500 feet--by one account making it the second largest in North America--with temperatures varying from minus 50 and dry in the morning to 35 degrees with frost and ice by the time he returns from lunch. Drop-in...

Combat boots and cowboy hats: volunteers swap battle dress for blue jeans during a 10-day rodeo billed as the "Daddy of 'em all".(@warren.af.mil)(F.E. Warren Air Force Base)
November 1, 2004... You can't separate F.E. Warren Air Force Base from nearby Cheyenne, Wyo., any more than you can separate a cowboy from his hat, a bull from its horns, a roper from his--well, you get the idea. They began together, they exist together and...

Homeward bound.(Airman's Notebook)
November 1, 2004... Last May, as I stood in the rear of the "Hanoi Taxi" [see "To Hanoi and Back," page 26] with two flag-draped coffins at my feet, I wondered if the two men we were taking home after nearly three decades knew the United States would never forget...

Phantom bird.(Final Frame)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Crew chief Staff Sgt. Brian Hennard marshals an F-117 Nighthawk to a stop for an end-of-runway check. The stealth fighter then took off from Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, on a training mission. The fighter--from the 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman...

Then & now.(military service)(Biography)
November 1, 2004... Maj. Ivan Thompson loves to write and sing songs about the things that matter most to him: God, family and his purpose in life. In 1987, inspired by ads of missing children on milk cartons, the then-first lieutenant wrote and sang "The Milk...