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Britton Halbert poses for a photo in September 2015 when he was an airman first class with the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (Valerie Monroy/U.S. Air Force) FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii A 26-year-old airman was hit and killed Friday afternoon while riding his motorcycle just outside of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where he was stationed. Senior Airman Britton Lee Halbert, a Texas native assigned to the 735th Air Mobility Squadron, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a statement Monday from the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, which oversees the squadron. Halbert was southbound at about 1:30 p.m. on Elliott Street on the eastern border of the joint base, according to a news release by the Honolulu Police Department. ....
An Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrives at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Richard Ebensberger/U.S. Air Force) Guam is supporting two simultaneous U.S. military exercises by hosting Air Force bombers and Army soldiers, vehicles and weapons over the coming weeks. A group of B-52 bombers arrived Wednesday on Guam from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to support Pacific Air Force’s Bomber Task Force, according to an Air Force news release. The bombers will also take part in the Talisman Saber exercise, which runs through the end of the month, with the Australian Defense Force. ....
Research shores up airmenâs sense that shaving waivers hinder promotions by
A flight surgeon inspects an airmanâs neck and face during a shaving waiver course at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., March 15, 2018. (Colville McFee/U.S. Air Force) Airmen who receive waivers from the Air Force to grow beards due to a skin condition that worsens with shaving experience significant delays in promotion compared to their beardless counterparts, a new study found. The delay in promotions affects Black airmen disproportionately because the condition, commonly called razor bumps, is prevalent among them, according to the study published in the journal Military Medicine on July 1. ....
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Military housing company to spend $72 million upgrading communities at five Air Force bases by
Construction workers replace the shingles on roofs at Tierra Vista Communities at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., July 8, 2019. (Jonathan Whitely/U.S. Air Force) One of the major companies participating in the Defense Department’s beleaguered privatized military housing program announced Tuesday that it will spend $72 million over five years for improvements at five Air Force installations. Work should begin this year at properties overseen by Lendlease in Hawaii, California, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. “The planned improvements at each installation are designed with residents in mind, to not only enhance the look and feel of the communities, but also ensure that housing is supporting today’s service members and their families, as well as future generations of military families,” Jerry Schmitz, senior vice president for Lendlease Communitie ....