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  • Are you prepared for a dental emergency?

    Thousands of dental emergencies--from injuries to a painful, abscessed tooth--take place every day. Would you know what to do if your child broke a tooth or had a tooth knocked out while playing outdoors? What if you had a bad toothache in the middle of the night and couldn't get to the dentist

  • Controlling corrosion one coat at a time

    "A little to the left," says Staff Sgt. Thomas Klosky, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron corrosion control day-shift leader, as he supervises the placement of a vinyl decal on the back end of an A-10. He and a group of 355th EMS corrosion control members stand at the bottom of a staircase ladder

  • D-M remembers 9/11

    The events of Sept. 11, 2001 made a huge impact on the United States and will never be forgotten. D-M held a 9/11 remembrance ceremony, in honor of the lives lost and affected by the tragedy, at the 79th Rescue Squadron here Sept. 9.The ceremony featured witnesses who were near or in the buildings

  • D-M sweeps Safety Awards

    D-M took home six 12th Air Force-level safety awards for the month of September.The base was nominated in three different categories and won them all. The winners were:· Weapons Safety Award of DistinctionStaff Sgt. Jason Monaco, 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron· Flightline Safety Award of

  • Spoofed websites may hide malware

    That military website you just logged onto may not be as secure as you think. Web pages containing malware are posing as government websites, and Airmen using search engines to locate official Department of Defense pages have reported spoofed, or illegitimate, websites among the results."Put simply,

  • Local boy is Pilot for a Day

    A local boy and his family toured the base with the Pilot for a Day program here August 26.Fifteen year-old Brandon Valles, his mother Dellma Valles, father Ernie Valles, and twin brothers Alex and Ricky Valles were escorted by Capt. Jason Pruitt, 358th Fighter Squadron pilot, during their

  • D-M Airmen show off their talent

    More than 100 members of D-M congregated at the Mirage Club to watch their peers compete in D-M's Got Talent here Aug. 25.Twelve contestants answered the challenge and competed against one another to see who would reign victorious and be the best of the best in the competition. "The idea came from

  • EAMXS maintain unique AF capabilities downrange

    When an EC-130H Compass Call's complex and critical electronic equipment malfunctions, there is only one unit in the world that can fix it - and it's deployed here.Members of the 41st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from

  • CGOC makes comeback to beat 1st Six, 18-16, in softball competition

    In a grueling, hard-fought competition, the Company Grade Officer Council softball team bounced back from early struggles to defeat the Desert Lightning 1st Six Council softball team, 18-16, in extra innings at Thunderbolt Field here Aug. 25.The 1st Six team held a six-run lead heading into the top

  • PDG delay will not affect promotion testing

    The shipping date for the print version of the current Professional Development Guide has been pushed back. Those testing for promotion must have access to the PDG at least 60 days prior to their test date, but because the electronic version is available on the Air Force Electronic Publishing