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100-year-old WWII veteran receives key to City of Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato presented Mr. Herman Stubblefield with a key to the city of Hoover. (Source: City of Hoover) By WBRC Staff | January 22, 2021 at 2:57 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 3:15 PM HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - A World War II veteran turned 100 this week and received an honor from the City of Hoover. Mayor Frank Brocato presented Herman Stubblefield with a key to the city Friday. Mr. Stubblefield is a Tennessee native. He fough...

Liam Marshall is obsessed with the Air Force, particularly its airplanes.

By Senior Airman JaNae Capuno, 366th Fighter Wing / Published January 19, 2021 MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- The 366th Fighter Wing opened the ‘Gunfighter Grab & Go’ (G3) food venue, Jan. 12, 2021, to allow all MHAFB personnel a variety of food choices with hours that extend past regular duty times. The venue’s hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 4:45 a.m. – 10:45 p.m., located at building 271 near the flightline. “Since the removal of the flightline ki...

The 366th Fighter Wing opened the ‘Gunfighter Grab & Go’ (G3) food venue, Jan. 12, 2021, to allow all MHAFB personnel a variety of food choices with hours that extend past regular duty times.The venue’s hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 4:45 a.m. –,

COVID left the Air Force overmanned. Now’s your chance to get out early or go Reserve. January 19 Instructor pilots from the 47th Training Wing at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas prepare to take off in T-38s. The Air Force has announced an expanded Palace Chase program and active-duty service commitment waivers to help it voluntarily reduce a coronavirus-driven overmanning problem. (Airman 1st Class Anne McCready/Air Force) The Air Force said Tuesday it is offering a series of voluntary...

China is certain to jam U.S. communications.

Tuskegee Airmen Former Lt. Col. Theodore Lumpkin Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who helped pave the way for desegregation in the military after World War II, died Dec. 26, following complications tied to COVID-19. He was 100. Although known for its pilots, Lumpkin’s eyesight kept him out of the cockpit. Instead, he served as an intelligence officer who briefed pilots on their missions. History remembers the all-Black unit for their pilots, however, the name also applies to the navigator...

U.S. Forces Conduct A New Multi-Domain Exercise With F-16s, KC-135s, P-8A And RQ-4B Over The Black Sea U.S. Forces Conduct A New Multi-Domain Exercise With F-16s, KC-135s, P-8A And RQ-4B Over The Black Sea A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, before receiving fuel during a mission over the Black Sea, Ja...

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Four F-15E Strike Eagles and a 14-Airmen maintenance team with limited support equipment participated in a simulated deployment to a forward-operating base on the north side of the RAF Lakenheath airfield., News stories from the United States Air Force Academy.