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  • Vice President Dick Cheney made a short stop at Dobbins count when he met with Airmen who recently returned from deployment, including Staff Sgt. Rachel Andrews of the 94th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. The vice president was on his way to a reunion of the descendants of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Kennesaw Mountain National Battleground Park.

    Airmen meet Cheney

  • Contest winners from left to right: Kaitlyn Martin, Allison Higgins, Deon Geiger, Persephanie May, Aaron Riker, Jalen Thomas, Evan Woolard and Jason Gerson. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

    Students honored for essays

    Nine Atlanta area students received special recognition in a ceremony here May 21 for their winning entries in the Heritage to Horizons essay contest. Officials from the Air Force Reserve presented donated prizes to each student. Elementary School Winners and Awards: 3rd place winner: $100 cash award, Dobbins 56 Group organization Deon T. Geiger,
  • Master Sgt. David Wilburn manned the turret of his unit's vehicle while deployed to Afghanistan with Army special forces. Sgt. Wilburn, a joint terminal attack controller, is now the operations sergeant at the 94th Airlift Control Flight at Dobbins. While deployed in Afghanistan, Sergeant Wilburn stayed busy, calling in more than 240 missions in 270 days and surviving two major ambushes and an IED blast. (Courtesy photo)

    Another world away

    Believe it or not, getting shot at and living in constant danger wasn't all that hard to get used to - he'd trained for that - it was the environment that really got to him. The place was scrub-brush, desert and thin mountain air that could be as hot as Death Valley or colder than Denver. He didn't know he'd be here when he signed up and he didn't

  • The Price of Freedom

    Freedom comes at a cost. It always has, and always will. As Benjamin Franklin said: "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." America has held true to this philosophy more than any other country in the history of mankind! Our men have battled and failed, bled and conquered.

  • Heritage to Horizons

    Since the Air Force separated ftom the Army in the 1940's, it has continued to advance. It uses more powerful weapons such as laser guided missiles. The Air Force is doing its best in creating new and more powerful weapons such as the laser guided missile and the 2000 miles per hour jet that shoots the missile. lhe jet is called the C.1.30 and can

  • Go Where Your Eyes Take You

    My grandmother, Helen Reiber, was a teenager when she sat in the piercing cold in the Polish countryside. News had just arrived about the Holocaust's arrival in her small village. Her tears turned to pebbles of ice when her mother told her to run as quickly as possible from anything she's ever known. When my grandmother asked how she would have the

  • Air Force: Ladies First

    Many words come to mind when I think of the air force. Words like boom, wow, and crash. Others do to like strong, beautiful, brave and fabulous. You would think that these words are used to describe women. I think that best describe the feminine side of the air force. To me they describe the rich heritage of dynamic females who soared above all

  • Heritage to Horizons

    The Air Force started around the 1800's. The heritage is still rich now. Training for the Air Force has been hard and still is. People train to know air-to-air combat and they also learn how to fly jets that go 2000 miles per hour. The Air Force is still inventing things today such as new high tech jets which help save lives and our country. They

  • AA Air Force Essay

    The navy sails the seven seas, while the lands are marched upon by the armies of the world. But the sky... The sky, in stark contrast to the land and oceans, is unbounded, and it is home to one of the world's most powerful organizations: The Air Force. You may reflect much upon the fighting on the seas and on the land, but the air forces of the

  • Air Force: The Sky's the Limit

    The Army engages in combat on land. Water-based combat is where the Navy comes in. In 1947, the Air Force was the third official branch of the three military forces. The Air Force pitches in when it's time for Air- based combat. The Air Force has been growing in strength since its formation. The Air Force has served the United States with dignity
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