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  • Marietta High School hosted the first "High School Drop-In" event during Air Force Week Atlanta, Oct. 8-14. The helicopter pararescue demonstration was performed by the 301st Rescue Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla. The aircraft used in the demonstration is the HH-60 Pavehawk. "This demonstration was an alternate infiltration/exfiltration exercise," said Master Sgt. Steve Johnson, the Pavehawk's flight engineer. The exercise demonstrated the capability of the pararescueman to retrieve a survivor by hoist. The rescue demonstration is part of the Air Force "Heritage to Horizons" 60th Anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

    Local schools host Atlanta Air Force Week

    Cheers, smiles and amazement--the reactions of youth during the Atlanta Air Force Week "High School Drop-in" events, Oct. 9-11. Three high schools, Marietta High School, Etowah High School and Lovejoy High School, hosted a show of Air Force equipment, demonstration teams, career displays, and a chance to talk to men and women, active-duty, Guard
  • Maj. Gen. Jack L. Rives, the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force, speaks to a group of nearly 75 at the University of Georgia Law School. General Rives, a UGA alumni, came to the area as part of Air Force Week Atlanta.

    U.S. Air Force judge advocate general speaks at UGA School of Law

    Maj. Gen. Jack L. Rives, the judge advocate general of the U.S. Air Force, spoke to a group of nearly 75 at the University of Georgia Law School on Oct. 11. A 1976 graduate of the law school, Rives returned to Athens as part of Air Force Week Atlanta and spoke about his career in the military and his current appointment as head of the Air Force
  • A pararescueman from the 301st Rescue Squadron at Patrick AFB, Fla., lowers himself out the side of an HH-60 Pavehawk during a tactical rescue display at Etowah High School in Woodstock, Ga. Oct. 10. The drop-in was part of Air Force Week Atlanta. Students were also treated to static displays from units at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., as well as a performance from the Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

    Air Force Week Atlanta: Just dropping in

  • Senior Airman April Vollm and Tech. Sgt. Keith Martin of Tops in Blue sing and dance for the audience at Starr's Mill High School in Fayetteville, Ga. Oct. 7. As the expeditionary entertainment showcase of the Air Force, Tops in Blue gave the special performance as part of Air Force Week Atlanta. The event, which runs Oct. 8-12, is designed to inform the American public, civic leaders and service members about the Air Force's mission, 60-year heritage, capabilities and role in the Global War on Terror. Atlanta was chosen as one of six locations to host the week throughout the country this year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

    Tops in Atlanta

  • Maj. Gen. William Nesbitt, Georgia Assistant Adjutant General, reads the proclamation designating Oct. 8-14 as Air Force Week Atlanta during a ceremony at the Marietta Conference Center Oct. 8 as Maj. Gen. Martin Mazick, 22nd Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney McKinley look on. Nearly 100 people attended the ceremony, which featured remarks by Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey and an oath of enlistment for a dozen high school students. Air Force Week is designed to inform the American public, civic leaders and service members about the Air Force's mission, 60-year heritage, capabilities and role in the Global War on Terror.

    AF Week Atlanta kicks off with proclamation ceremony

  • Lisa Allen, wife of Lt. Col. Rob Allen of the 700th Airlift Squadron, has a laugh after a "rough landing" that resulted in the "red screen of death" at the Eastern Regional Flight Simulator here. Spouses were treated to a full day of reserve life as part of the annual event meant to help reward spouses of Airmen in retention critical areas.

    Spouses take control

    In the midst of commemorating 60 years of air and space power, the 700th Airlift Squadron took time to recognize and celebrate one of the Air Force's most important assets, its spouses. Spouses of 94th Airlift Wing members experienced a day in the life of an Air Force Reservist, from pilot to aerial delivery, and ended the day with a flight in one
  • Retired Army Col. Bill Richardson, a POW from the Korean War, spoke at Dobbins' POW/MIA Park annual living memorial ceremony, where a plaque was dedicated to honor POW/MIAs from that war. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

    Big step for memorial park

    "Today is a very special day in more ways than one," said retired Army Col. William Richardson. "57 years ago today, was the very day that I was released as a prisoner of war." On Sept. 21, Colonel Richardson was the guest speaker for the annual POW/MIA Memorial Park tree-planting ceremony here which included a Korean War Memorial plaque
  • Mr. Bob Hopkins (left), of the U.S. Postal Service of Marietta, and Col. Joseph Thomas, 94th Airlift Wing vice commander, unveiled a picture of the new 41 cent stamp honoring Brig. Gen. James Stewart, B-17 and B-24 bomber pilot on September 18. The unveiling was part of the Air Force 60th anniversary celebration at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

    Dobbins commemorates Air Force 60th Anniversary with postmarking and heritage ceremony

    History was the centerpiece of a joint celebration between the postal service and the U.S. Air Force at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., where a new pictorial postal cancellation was used to commemorate the Air Force's 60th Birthday on Sept. 18. The illustration in the United States Post Office's pictorial cancellation is a WWII era B-24 aircraft.
  • A parachutist from the Air Force Wings of Blue, Air Force Academy presents Brig. Gen. Ric Stevenson, Air Force Reserve vice commander, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Bobby Cox, manager of the Atlanta Braves with a baseball that was flown around the world.

    Atlanta Braves celebrate Air Force 60th Birthday

    When the United States Air Force celebrated its 60th birthday in Atlanta at the Braves baseball game at Turner Field on September 18, baseball fans witnessed what announcers called a spectacular evening of parachutes, flyovers, and American spirit. The event opened with a jump by the Wings of Blue parachute team from the Air Force Academy. The
  • Col. Heath Nuckolls, 94th Airlift Wing commander, presented Secretary of the Air Force, Michael W. Wynne with an Air Force Week Atlanta coin on Mr. Wynne's arrival to Dobbins Air Reserve Base Aug 28. Mr. Wynne came to Marietta for the rollout of the 100th F-22 at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics plant here.

    Wynne passes through

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