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NASA’s WISE spacecraft discovers most luminous galaxy in universe
A remote galaxy shining with the light of more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
The...
Face of Defense: Airman learns lessons from Afghanistan duty
Courtesy photographAir Force Airman 1st Class Corynn Marcelo sits in a military vehicle used by the medical team she was assigned to during...
High Desert Hangar Stories with Bob Alvis
I was thinking the other day about things that happened around Edwards when I was a kid, and many of you would be surprised...
Optimism helped Vietnam vet survive as POW
ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England (AFNS) -- When 2nd Lt. John "Spike" Nasmyth climbed into his F-4 Phantom II on Sept. 4, 1966, to...
5,000 days of war: Any time, anywhere, all the time
Hurlburt Field, Fla -- It’s been 5,000 days of struggle, rugged landscapes, blood and sweat.
It’s been 5,000 days of exhaustion, injuries, and long separations from...
LIFESTYLE NEWS
Military spouses hope to inspire million acts of kindness
Three military spouses say they hope to change the world, through one act of kindness at a time.
To accomplish this, they aim to...
Seeing the bigger picture
Chap. (Capt.) Genesis Guerrero, a chaplain for the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey,, was 17 years old when his family...
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WORLD NEWS
Overcoming the shadow of death: An Airman’s fight against depression
Air Force photographStaff Sgt. Srun Sookmeewiriya, 313th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron NCO in charge of reports, holds up a picture of him and...
Airman seeks to rejoin pararescue team despite loss of leg
In July 2011, Staff Sgt. August O’Neill, a pararescueman, was sent to rescue a group of Marines pinned down in Afghanistan when enemy insurgents...
Miracle on Burro Street
Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Kindra StewartStaff Sgt. Brock Gladson, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron lead firefighter, poses for a personality portrait...
A Trek for Life Thirteen wounded veterans are selected for Raytheon, No Barriers expedition
It’s an adventure that will change lives.
The nonprofit No Barriers Warriors has selected 13 highly decorated wounded warriors for its Veteran Wilderness Expedition through the Grand...
Edwards Airman Spotlight – September 18, 2015
Name: Senior Airman Andrea Jones
Unit: 412th Force Support Squadron
Job title: Career Development Journeyman
Job description and its impact on the overall mission: I ensure a...
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Bataan survivor’s descendant leads unit in grueling marathon
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Left to right: U.S. Air Force Reservists, Master Sgt. John Herrick, 39, who has completed three other marathons; Staff Sgt. Tyrone Hawkins,...
PERFORMANCE TRAINING
High Desert Hangar Stories with Bob Alvis
I was thinking the other day about things that happened around Edwards when I was a kid, and many of you would be surprised...
High Desert Hangar Stories with Bob Alvis
For a long time, many of us Veterans of the Air Force, Navy, Marines and Army took pride in our handiwork and in our...
NASA Completes Key Milestone for Orion Spacecraft in Support of Journey to Mars
NASA’s mission to send astronauts to deep space destinations where no other human has traveled has taken another important step forward with the completion...
High Desert Hangar Stories with Bob Alvis
Being the Air Force guy that I am, I used to find it hard sometimes to share stories of other branches of the military.
But...
Airman earns medal for rescuing double amputee from flood
Air Force photograph by Samuel King Jr.Tech. Sgt. Phillip Dyer, an explosive ordnance disposal instructor, received an Airman’s Medal March 9 at Eglin...
HOLIDAY RECIPES
At Raytheon, women leaders excel despite gender imbalance in the engineering...
At Raytheon, women lead development and production of some of the most advanced weapon systems in the world. That's a real rarity, considering the...