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  • Pope AFB mourns PJ killed in action

    Airmen at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., will honor a pararescueman assigned to the 24th Special Tactics Squadron who was among those killed in an MH-47 special operations helicopter crash Sunday in Afghanistan. Tech. Sgt. Scott Duffman, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., and seven others were killed while 14

  • Anthrax vaccine mandatory again

    The Department of Defense's anthrax vaccine immunization program becomes mandatory for the Air Force again March 19. The Air Force's implementation plan includes mandatory vaccinations for active-duty Airmen who deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility or South Korea for at least 15

  • Take it outside! Hurlburt Field dorms adopt no-smoking rule

    Hurlburt Field dorm residents now have to take their smoke breaks outside. The new rule, which went into effect Feb. 1, was the result of a decision made at the base Quarters Improvement Council meeting in December, said Dave Elrod, 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron dorm manager. One of

  • Personnel claims now just a click away

    The Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps is consolidating the processing of certain claims, commonly known as personnel claims, at a single location in Dayton, Ohio. These claims involve loss or damage during shipment of household goods and privately owned vehicles as well as during storage at

  • Deployed physician assistant gets Purple Heart from Gen. Moseley

    An Airman who survived an improvised explosive device attack in December isn't likely to forget that moment - or the one when he was presented a Purple Heart by the chief of staff of the Air Force Feb. 4. Capt. Kevin Fischer, deployed from the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, is a physician

  • Base holds IAS program briefs March 6

    Line of the Air Force lieutenants through lieutenant colonels will have an opportunity to learn about the International Affairs Specialist program at a briefing 11 a.m. March 6 in the base theater. The IAS program enables the Air Force to build a cadre of officers with the skills needed to foster

  • AFSA President makes stop at Hurlburt

    The president visited Hurlburt Field Tuesday. No, not that one - the one who's in charge of lobbying Washington D.C. for the well-being of every single enlisted member in the Air Force. Enlisted Airmen of all ranks filled the base theater to hear what retired Chief Master Sgt. John McCauslin, the