y Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Kilmer Air Force News Service 3/29/2013 - FORT MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- Three weeks after arriving to her deployed location in Afghanistan, insurgents showered then-Tech. Sgt. Angela Blue's base with 80-millimeter mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire. During the attack, she received a radio request to report to the Afghan National Army side … [Read more...]

by Patty Welsh 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs 3/29/2013 - HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) -- An Air Force system designed in the wake of Sept. 11 to provide comprehensive air surveillance and defense for North America recently got even better. The Battle Control System-Fixed program reached a major milestone with the full deployment of Increment 3. The BCS-F, … [Read more...]

3/28/2013 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -- When Airman Kaycee J. Franco thinks about women's history month, she'll think of it as the month that she began making her own personal piece of Air Force history -- receiving the Air Force Airman's Coin, graduating basic training and becoming an Airman. As Franco stood with her fellow trainees on the parade field … [Read more...]

3/27/2013 - FORT MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- She was four days out before returning home to Dover Air Force Base, Del., from her deployment in Provincial Reconstruction Team, Farah, Afghanistan. Master Sgt. Jennifer Allara and her explosive ordinance team started the day off at 0330 for a routine combat mission patrol. Allara and her EOD teammates went outside the fence to sweep an … [Read more...]

3/26/2013 - FORT MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- When Neil Armstrong made history with man's first footsteps on the moon, Susan Helms needed a little nudging from her mom to get excited. And get excited she did. She realized that there would never be another first step on the moon, and even as a young 11-year-old, knew the feat was something special. Little did she know that a little … [Read more...]