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  • D-M Airman help celebrate Tucson's 232nd birthday

    Airmen from the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base honor guard presented the American flag during a ceremony at Presidio San Agustin de Tucson Courtyard Aug. 20 in celebration of Tucson's 232nd birthday. The city of Tucson celebrates its birthday each year with a variety of festivities held throughout the

  • Deployed pilot gets 'ball rolling' for Afghan children

    Hundreds of Afghan children have some new toys, thanks to a deployed D-M Airman. Maj. Daniel Clayton, an A-10 pilot with the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, has loved soccer since he was a young boy kicking a ball around with his father's Pentagon soccer team.

  • AFRC teaches Airmen how to invest money, build wealth

    "If you think about your wealth, your debt will take care of itself." That's how Clayton Moore, a community readiness technician at the Airman and Family Readiness Center here, chose to begin the "Building Wealth in the Military" seminar at the AFRC Aug. 3. Mr. Moore, who's provided financial

  • Program presents alternative to retraining, separation

    Helping to increase the manpower of the Army, Air Force and Navy, transformation projects have created an avenue for servicemembers reaching the end of an enlistment, nearing the possibility of involuntarily retraining or separation."The Blue to Green program was created to give servicemembers, who

  • LSF provides outlet for dormitory concerns

    Airmen in the dormitories can rest assured knowing any concerns about their living environment, workplace and morale are heard and acted upon - with the help of the base Lightning Strike Force program.First enacted in 2004, LSF was implemented to develop and nurture Airmen residing in the

  • Student pilots begin new A-10C course

    With aircraft getting significant upgrades enabling them to accomplish more, it only makes sense that the Airmen piloting them also get an upgrade...in training.That's certainly the case here, as the first set of pilots began training in U.S. Air Force A-10C Pilot Initial Qualification Course, which

  • U of A football team visits D-M

    Staff Sgt. Jason Davis, an aerial gunner from the 55th Rescue Squadron here, explains the HH-60 Pavehawk "minigun" to members of the University of Arizona's football team during their visit to the base Aug. 17."They came to see how we teach and become a team - how we motivate," said 55th RQS

  • 563rd MXS command changes hands

    Maj. Allan M. Hodge (right) receives the 563rd Maintenance Squadron guidon from Col. Bryan P. Glynn, 23rd Maintenance Group commander, during a change-of-command ceremony on the flight line here Aug. 10. Major Hodge assumed command of the 563rd MXS from Maj. John S. Bulldis, who retired from active

  • Promotees honored at first SNCO Induction Ceremony

    Eighty-one master sergeants from Davis-Monthan were inducted into the senior noncommissioned officer corps July 27 during the first-ever Davis-Monthan SNCO Induction Ceremony at the Holiday Inn Tucson Airport North hotel. Responding to a challenge from 355th Fighter Wing Command Chief Master Sgt.

  • 10-year-old boy becomes Pilot for a Day

    Ten-year-old Brandon Smalling and his family visited here Aug. 9 to participate in the Pilot for a Day program, which helps local children with disabilities or serious illnesses enjoy a day totally focused on them and their interest in aviation. Each child gets the "distinguished visitor" treatment