Leadership is action, not position

Why is it in the movies the generals and those in positions of leadership are shown as bumbling idiots, psychotic lunatics or at best egomaniacs? Do you remember Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove or Col Jessep in A Few Good Men? Can you even look at the fluoridated water for sale in the shoppette

RAF Alconbury Airmen visit local Hospital

Cambs Police Visit RAF Alconbury

NCO teaches youth basketball skills

As it became evident there would not be enough players to have a full youth basketball league in 2008, Tech Sgt. Veronica Murphy didn't want to let the season go by without doing something for the youth that wanted to play so she approached the Youth Programs Director about holding a three weekend

RAF Fairford dedicates Concorde Room

The 420th Air Base Group gathered on December 1 to dedicate the Community Activity Center's main ballroom to the legacy of the men and women of the Concorde Supersonic Transport Flight Test Group.Colonel Joseph C. Dill, the 420th ABG Commander, formally dedicated the room the "Concorde Room" in

Are you a Wingman?

First, let me say, "I'm not talking about being able to fly under your own power without any aircraft." More importantly, you don't have to be in the Air Force or even the military to be an effective wingman. What I'm talking about is someone who willingly gets involved in looking out for coworkers,

501st Combat Support Wing honors America's fallen at Cambridge American Cemetery

Opportunity knocks for senior airman; enlisted to officer through Academy program

As a high school senior, Katie Newkirk was making all the typical choices a senior has to make as graduation gets closer. An eye opening discussion with her dad was the clincher in a decision that would help determine her future. The Police Captain asked her to factor in life issues such as job

First Grandchild of WWII 303rd Bomb Group Visits Molesworth

Kelly Akens says that her grandfather mostly talked with her brothers about his war experiences flying in a B-17 Flying Fortress named "Sweet Rose O'Grady" at Molesworth "...since it was a boy thing."The thirty-year-old Human Resource manager laughed as she noted that her brothers are now jealous of

JAC and UK Joint Service Honor Guards Perform at NFL Game in London

For U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Manuel Minjarez it was far more than another JAC Joint Service Honor Guard performance. "The chance to work with our very professional color guard counterparts from the Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy and the British Army was a real honor" said the airman