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  • Express yourself

    Maya Angelou said every person is born with a talent.This is especially true for Airman 1st Class Yoli Alvarez Hernandez, 341st Medical Operations Squadron mental health technician, who has several artistic talents. Some artists only use one form of medium to produce works of art, however, Alvarez

  • Faces of Dyess: More than a Tattoo — an Adventure

    A buzzing of needle guns and the industrial smell of ink fill the air, while crowds of people surround a stage. A man, with a face as red as his hair, sits cross-legged on a woven mat as another man taps away at his wrist with traditional tattoo equipment from the Samoan Islands.   The wrist tattoo

  • Faces of Dyess: Rising above Adversity

    On a calm, early spring afternoon in the Hangar Center building of Dyess Air Force Base, the Legends Café is busy helping Airmen. Some people are there for a quick coffee while others are simply on a lunch break. Tech. Sgt. Jerrika Stark and other staffers help each Legends customer with a smile and

  • PRAP clinic; taking care of business

    The 341st Medical Operations Squadron personnel reliability assurance program clinic, which handles medical care for Airmen required to comply with the personnel reliability program, has recently undergone changes to better provide the critical care field-deployable Airmen need.The mission of the

  • First car helps build solid foundation

    Gripping the steering wheel and taking a deep breath, he inhaled the new car scent. After months of walking from place to place, the Airman finally had a vehicle to call his own. On July 25, 2016, U.S. Air Force Airman Joerimer Collado, an individual protective equipment (IPE) specialist with the

  • Airman overcomes barrier, guards the sky

    Aircraft take to the air, navigating the highways of the sky among the birds and the breeze to reach their destination. These aviators rely on air traffic controllers to guide them safely and accurately through the open blue above.The main service air traffic controllers provide is to maintain a

  • Faces of the Mighty Ninety: 319th Missile Squadron

    Operating Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles requires commitment, competence, composure and compliance. An operations crew from the 319th Missile Squadron here demonstrates these attributes and more while defending America with the world’s premier, combat-ready ICBM force.  First Lt.

  • Sailing through life: an Airman’s story of success

    The salty air pushed the boat like a knife through the cold Rhode Island bay, as seagulls and the sound of waves crashing against the hull filled the harbor. A 12-year-old girl commandeers the Bris de Mer – French for “summer breeze” – a 22-foot long sail boat that belongs to her mother, an avid

  • Maintenance Airmen ensure mission success

    In a back shop about the size of a master bedroom, Airmen from the missile maintenance team inspect and sort tools for the upcoming shift of maintainers ready to deploy to the missile field.To ensure mission success, Airmen in the MMT tool room provide 100 percent accountability for more than 1,000

  • Old Glory travels from sea to shining sea

    The young boy stared in awe as military aircraft powered through the skies.“Which jet is that?” asked his father, pointing to the sky.“That’s an F-14! And that one over there is an F-16!” the boy answered proudly.