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  • Domestic abuse, violence victim shares her story

    (Editor’s Note: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and a member of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center wanted to share her experience. “I want people to know there are those who have gone through domestic violence and abuse and made it to the other side. Too often, we

  • Myths and facts about the vax — debunking common COVID-19 vaccine myths

    The COVID-19 vaccine has been mandated across the Department of Defense and despite its demonstrated effectiveness and safety, a host of myths have left some Airmen and Guardians hesitant to receive it. While social media posts and some news outlets may make it harder to keep up with what is fact or

  • HARB historian on 74th Air Force birthday

    HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. -- Looking at our aircraft now and pondering the potential arrival of the F-35 Lightning II to Homestead Air Reserve Base, it may be difficult to believe that American air power started with Benjamin Franklin rationalizing about using hot-air balloons in warfare in

  • Makos receive new commander

    The 93rd Fighter Squadron “Makos” welcomed their new commander, Lt. Col. David J. Sproehnle, and said goodbye to Lt. Col. Tavis C. Powell, during a change of command ceremony held during on September 12, 2021.Prior to assuming command, Sproehnle was the Director of Operations with the 482nd

  • Wing reflects on 9/11 twenty years later

    When the Soviet Union left Afghanistan in 1989, the country fell to a militant Islamic movement called the Taliban. By 1998, the Taliban controlled 90 percent of the country and also harbored and trained a multinational terrorist organization known as al-Qaida. On Sept. 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaida

  • RESERVE PILOT REACHES HISTORIC MILESTONE: 7000-HOURS IN THE A-10C

    Lt. Col. John “Karl” Marks, an Air Force Reserve pilot assigned to the 442d Fighter Wing made history Sept. 1, 2021, as he became the only pilot to reach 7,000 hours in the A-10C Thunderbolt II; in addition to becoming one of the highest-time fighter pilots in the U.S. Air Force.