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  • STEP above the rest

    Staff Sgt. Rachel Merriman, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection craftsman, was recently promoted to the rank of technical sergeant, but she didn't receive her stripe in the usual fashion.Merriman was hand-selected by her leadership to be promoted through the Stripes for

  • Leo Thorsness, Medal of Honor recipient, dies

    Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Leo K. Thorsness, Medal of Honor recipient, and previous member of the 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron, died at a hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., May 2. According to Thorsness' Medal of Honor citation, on April 19, 1967, he was on a surface-to-air missile suppression

  • 309th AMARG applauded for valuable AFSOC support

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Gregory Ferguson, the Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), along with an MC-130H Talon II aircraft and its crew, recently visited the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) to recognize

  • Holocaust survivors share their stories with D-M

    Five Holocaust survivors shared their stories during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Desert Dove Chapel here, April 24. The ceremony invited Airmen to listen to personal stories of Holocaust survivors, and to participate in a candle lighting to memorialize the 6 million Jews and

  • First quarter load crew competition

    U.S. Airmen, assigned to the 924th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, load a Guided Bomb Unit-38 onto an A-10C Thunderbolt II during a load crew of the quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., April 21, 2017. The quarterly events allow Airmen to exhibit their teamwork on a competitive

  • MWDs, handlers receive new training facility

    DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – The construction of a new military working dog training facility was completed here March 1.The facility was constructed to replace the previously outdated training grounds utilized by the MWD handlers at the 355th Security Forces Squadron.

  • Reservist in the Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Joshua Castorela

    Ever since Staff Sgt. Joshua Castorela went on his first ride-along with a family friend, he knew that he wanted a career in law enforcement. Castorela applied for several police departments but was told that he didn’t have any background or experience in law enforcement; so, he enlisted in the Air

  • Reserve defenders deploy to Dominican Republic

    Five U.S. Air Force Reserve defenders are heading out from Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., to the Dominican Republic next week, in support of a Operation New Horizons, a 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) humanitarian mission to build churches and schools.Their role as part of a 13-person team there is

  • FORMER 12 AF/CCC CHARGED

    On 30 March 2017, the 355th Fighter Wing commander preferred charges against Chief Master Sgt. Jose A. Barraza, previously assigned as the 12th Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant. The charges are the result of an ongoing investigation conducted by the Air Force Office of Special