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  • Command chief reconnects with BMT instructor

    Imagine Chief Master Sgt. Cynthia Villa’s surprise when, twenty-five years after graduating basic military training, she learned she would be working in the same unit alongside her basic military training instructor — Chief Master Sgt. Steve Simpson.

  • Packing equipment nobody wants to have to use

    Before hitting the runway, every Air Force aircraft is strategically stocked with inflatable rafts, night vision goggles, parachutes, oxygen systems, flotation devices and more. The AFE Airmen, part of the 445th Operations Support Squadron, maintain the safety and emergency equipment for aircrew and

  • From cold war gunner to present-day boom operator

    Tech. Sgt. Corey Palmer is currently attending in-flight refueling training – more commonly known as Boom School – at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. His military career started in 1988 as an active-duty tail gunner in the B-52. When that crew position went away, he decided to leave the service.