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  • ONE: opportunity knocks

    He didn't understand.The 2-year-old boy nestled into his mother's arms as they both tried to sleep on a bed in a home that was not theirs. He didn't understand his mother, who had to go to work at a cell-phone kiosk in a few hours, was trying to make a better life for both of them.He didn't

  • What you need to know about the Dartford Crossing

    Infamously known for its lengthy delays and traffic jams, Dartford Crossing is a major road spanning the River Thames and connecting Dartford, Kent to Thurrock, Essex.Also noted as the busiest crossing in the United Kingdom, Dartford is prone to major traffic congestion and disruption - especially

  • Happy 68th Birthday USAFE-AFAFRICA Airmen

    This year marks the Air Force's 68th birthday, and I wanted to send greetings and a hearty thank you for all of your tremendous successes over the past year...it's been an incredibly busy time!  One of the strongest attributes of our command is that we support everybody.  Our team delivered precise

  • Patriot Files: that day in September | Part Four: Hope

    The shimmer of red and blue lights flashed against the dust-filled night sky of lower Manhattan, New York.At what was now being called "Ground Zero," teams of rescue workers relentlessly dug through the ruined remnants of the World Trade Center, Sept. 11, 2001.Frantically, they searched for

  • Patriot Files: that day in September | Part Three: Despair

    The stairwell was dark as rescue workers cautiously made their way through broken chunks of concrete and twisted metal that jutted out and made the passage look like an open wound.Suddenly, the radio crackled to life as the New York Police Department's aviation unit reported that large pieces had

  • Patriot Files: that day in September | Part Two: Chaos

    Manhattan was burning.With the crash of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, Sept. 11, 2001, at 9:03 a.m., the world stood still as all eyes turned to New York."If you peaked out the window you could see the buildings smoking," said Manuel Fajardo, who watched

  • Patriot Files: that day in September | Part One: Shock

    An expanse of dark blue water rushed beneath the Boeing 767 window a woman's voice trembled through the static of the Airfone in her hands."I see water and buildings," she said as the airplane flew over the Hudson River, toward Manhattan, New York. "Oh my God! Oh my God!"The last words of flight

  • Top locks for your social media accounts

    Throughout the month of June roughly 968 million people actively used Facebook every day. Between family photos, quirky status updates and videos of cats, social media users are locked in a constant struggle to maintain their individual privacy in a world that is rapidly

  • Losing sleep: CSAF shares what keeps him up at night

    He couldn't sleep.The sheer thought of disappointing his team: his wingmen, his brothers and sisters in arms, is the thought that keeps him up at night, striving to forge a better U.S. Air Force.Driven by his determination to be the best wingman he can, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III said it's all about