Airman articles from September 2001

Airman archives from September 2001

Life Under the Gun.(Air Force's airmen training in South Korea)
September 1, 2001... Hard work and training is the life for airmen who work north of Seoul Each day, Staff Sgt. Nate Sandler gets up early, goes to work and trains hard. If he's lucky, he'll get to "call in air" for the soldiers he works with. That puts a...

'Buffy' the Fire Slayer.(experience of a bomber maintenance chief who volunteers to be a fire fighter)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Take a B-52 "Buff" bomber maintenance crew chief by day and turn him into a firefighter by night, and you may have the makings for a new TV series. OK, while "Buffy the Fire Slayer" may never rival FOX...

Air Force Museum receives WWII boxcar.
September 1, 2001... ISTRES, France (AFPN) -- The U.S. Air Force airlifted a World War II-era rail car, historically used as a prisoncr-of-war troop train, to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The boxcar, donated by the French...

October: TSP opens to military.(Thrift Savings Plan)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... WASHINGTON -- Service members can begin signing up for the Thrift Savings Plan beginning Oct. 9, 2001, Department of Defense officials said. The Thrift Savings Plan Is a retirement and investment plan that has been available to civilian...

Missing man table and honors ceremony.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... This table is reserved to honor missing loved comrades. Set for six, the empty places represent our men missing from each of the five services -- Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard -- and civilians. These brave men and women...

Love found on the Internet.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... OFFUTF AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. -- An Air Force intelligence officer found love at first byte on the Internet. "I always thought I'd meet my wife on the Internet, but I never thought I'd meet my next-door neighbor," said 1st Lt. David Clayson,...

Combat fishing.(Anchorage, Alaska)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Troy Stinson navigates through downtown Anchorage in a sportsman's traffic jam with 100 other hard-core anglers on Alaska's Ship Creek. Suddenly there's a hum 60 feet overhead. It's Michelins instead of mosquitoes on...

Zoom, zoom zoomie!(Air Force cadets make up the Silver Bullet racing team)
September 1, 2001... U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo -- Zoom, zoom, zoom! Air Force cadets are moving fast at the academy. Not just in class but in the cockpit. However, this cockpit isn't in a jet; it's in a formula racing car. Thirteen students make up "The...

Bowler sets world record.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (ACCNS) -- Action Jackson, step aside. There's a new guy in town. Name's "Guinness" Jackson, and word has it he can bowl forever. Lawrence "Guinness" Jackson began his quest for his 15 minutes of fame at 9 a.m....

Track and field team's good as gold.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (ACCNS) -- Rarely doce one get the opportunity to accomplish a personal goal that also fulfills a long-standing group goal. Enter Bryon Grays and the Air Force track and field team. For just the second time...

'Kelly Katies'.
September 1, 2001... SAN ANTONIO -- After Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, American men, those fit for service, had little doubt about their course of action -- enlist or wait for the inevitable letter from the draft board. For women, the choice was more...

Attention shoppers: Need school money?(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... When there's some $1 billion in free student aid, it's time to go shopping More than $1 billion in free student financial aid awaits qualified applicants, and you may find financing school today as common as financing an auto. Few, if...

AirMail.(letters)
September 1, 2001... Ecstasy thoughts Thank you for the well-written article on ecstasy ["Stemming the Tide," June '01]. This is one of the first I've read that didn't just dismiss the rave scene as a big, evil drug-fest full of underage kids getting high. ...

Seeing the Light.(photorefractive keratectomy)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Thanks to technology, outpatient laser eye surgery blinks out prescription spectacles and focuses on barrier-free vision. Things became clear to me in the 6th grade. I wasn't a young sage. The ophthalmologist was the true guru. He took me...

Raptor's Delight.
September 1, 2001... F-22 program means more than just another new jet for the combined test force at Edwards Air Force Base Ask pilots the difference between 26 and 60 degrees, and they might stick out a hand and say, "bout that much." But ask anyone in the...

Thule Trippin'.(Thule, Greenland)
September 1, 2001... The dark at the top of the world has its bright sports It's like walking into a freezer, only this freezer stretches I for a thousand miles in each direction. On a typical January day at Thule Air Base, Greenland, the temperature outside...

Bart's Big Adventure.(Wayne Bartlett, Master Sergeant)
September 1, 2001... Andrews senior NCO pedals across America to pread a message of recruiting and retention The whole idea seemed a little far-fetched. After all, who Would believe that a noncommissioned officer would climb on his bike and ride across the...

ON THE NEW FRONTIER.
September 1, 2001... Laughlin's caught up in the boom sweeping the United States and Mexican border Because she lives less than seven miles from Mexico. Senior Airman Kylie Roberts crosses the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Texas, into Ciudad Acuna a few times a...