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  • Sheppard club tells prospective members, "U Choose"

    "Many have said they would join the club if they didn't have to have a MasterCard club membership card." These words shone from a projection screen at the Sheppard Club during a luncheon Feb. 3, illustrating at least one reason why some eligible club members have elected not to join. The free buffet

  • Air Force's most important charity, most important meal of day combined

    The crowd, recently breakfasted on melon and doughnuts, sat in polite silence while the man at the podium relayed letters of gratitude from beneficiaries of the Air Force Assistance Fund. Then the sound of ironic laughter rippled over the crowd as they realized one of the stories ended with a young

  • 361st TRS Airman killed en route to Tyndall

    Airman 1st Class Joseph Kitzmiller could barely keep from laughing as he stood in a room Feb. 2, telling a story of a man of small stature who lived life as a giant. The 23-year-old Airman told of countless times students in the 361st Training Squadron's Aerospace Propulsion course would holler out

  • Groundhog Job Shadow Day gives students glimpse into future

    The sun rises at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, as a military training instructor methodically checks one Airman after another during an open ranks inspection. Across the world at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, an F-15E Strike Eagle takes off to perform its mission. For members of the U.S.

  • Officials turnover base housing Feb. 6

    The light at the end of the tunnel isn't always a train. In this instance, the light Sheppard leadership and housing residents see is the official turnover of base housing units to GMH Military Housing, the company selected to lead the base into the housing privatization sector. Walt Buster, the

  • Funk selected for Presidential Advance Action Team

    As Air Force One pulls into the small-town airfield, throngs of media and well-wishers are there to greet the president. Alongside them stands a select group of Airmen selected to be presidential representatives at the arrival location. Arriving days before the president, members of the Presidential