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Reserve Rescue Airmen return to D-M from Africa
U.S. Air Force Reservists assigned to the 306th Rescue Squadron returned to from a four-month deployment to the Horn of Africa June 2.
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6/04
2016
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D-M hosts another Hawgsmoke
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hosted this year’s Hawgsmoke competition June 1-3.The biennial competition focused on tactics the aircraft can employ during combat operations.This year’s event concentrated on two major areas: the tactical massing of fires in minimum time in an opposed environment, and conventional weapons delivery. The 47th Fighter
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6/03
2016
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Airmen take on 50 summits challenge
A group of 19 individuals made up of U.S. Airmen, veterans and civilians summited Humphreys Peak, Ariz., Sunday in accordance with the U.S. Air Force 50 Summits Challenge.The challenge is an enduring effort focused on bringing Airmen in each of the 50 states to the highest points of their respective states.The Memorial Day weekend event checked one
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6/02
2016
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D-M’s First Cultural Festival
The Equal Opportunity office hosted D-M AFB’s first ever Cultural Awareness Festival Breaking Through Barriers: Past, Present and Future, May 20.The festival was held as an alternate to the Department of Defense supported observances by combining all observances into one event. Cultural and special observances are conducted to enhance
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5/24
2016
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AF Program Receives Makeover
Air Force leadership launched its new idea suggestion program renamed Airmen Powered by Innovation in February 2014.The Air Force Vice Chief of Staff tasked Air Force leaders to streamline and consolidate four older idea generating programs to include Innovative Development through Employee Awareness, Productivity Enhancing Capital Investment,
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5/23
2016
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AF defers promotion, re-enlistment ineligibility policy tied to enlisted distance learning completion
The Air Force has deferred the effective date for promotion and re-enlistment eligibility associated with the Air Force policy to complete enlisted professional military education distance learning courses within 12 months of enrollment until Jan. 1.
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5/23
2016
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D-M sets standard for deployed Airmen tracker
Desert Lightning Team members created an innovative tool, now Air Combat Command-wide, for leadership to track their Airmen downrange at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.Two Airmen from the 355th Communications Squadron crafted an official tool, called the Blue Line Tracker, to create a more simple way of keeping this information together.“This
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5/19
2016
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Holocaust Day of Remembrance 2016
Eight holocaust survivors told their harrowing tales of survival during the Holocaust Day of Remembrance at the Dove Chapel May 9. Dessert lightning team members were invited to listen to holocaust survivors’ personal stories and participate in a candle lighting ceremony to remember those who were lost.Sidney Finkel, Holocaust survivor, recounted
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5/13
2016
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D-M Airmen rise to the occasion
Three Airmen from D-M AFB are championing the summit of Mount Humphreys in Flagstaff, Arizona, 29 May, 2016.We are looking for as many individuals as possible to join. This is an all call to Airmen; Guardsmen, Reservist, Active Duty members and veterans looking for a challenge.This memorial weekend event will mark one more summit to be checked off
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5/12
2016
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Law enforcement heroes honored at memorial ceremony
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Doria, 355th Security Forces Squadron member, salutes a wreath with Tucson Police Department officers during the 9th Annual Pima County Regional Law Enforcement Memorial at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2016. A wreath was presented by 11 local law enforcement agencies to honor past members
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5/10
2016
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