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Vietnam War pilot returns home

Posted on June 30, 2023


The remains of U.S. Air Force pilot Col. Ernest Leo De Soto, who went missing during the Vietnam War, have finally come home.
U.S. Airmen from the 60th Air Mobility Wing Honor Guard conduct a funeral for U.S. Air Force Col. Ernest L. De Soto at Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California, June 30, 2023. De Soto was accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on March 23, 2023, and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Merchak)

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Juneteenth: Celebrating freedom, commemorating Black history

Posted on June 19, 2023


In 2021, Juneteenth was officially declared a federal holiday in the United States, further solidifying its significance and the importance of acknowledging the legacy of slavery.
The word Juneteenth overlaid on top of a civil rights event in black and white

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Diversity History (AFWN) Observances

New York Airmen awarded medals for Afghanistan evacuation

Posted on April 11, 2023


Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. recognized 17 Airmen from the 105th Airlift Wing for their bravery during the August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. presents the aircrew led by U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Dana with the Air Medal during an award ceremony at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York, April 1, 2023. Seventeen Airmen from the 105th were awarded the Air Medal for their actions during the August 2021 evacuation of Americans and Afghans from Afghanistan.

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The women of the Minuteman: past and present

Posted on April 1, 2023


One milestone at Whiteman AFB was the first all-female Minuteman missileer crew.
Retired Lt..Col. Linda Aldrich works apart of the first all female missileer crew at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. 1985. The path that the first female missileers blazed helped lead the way for the current generation of Strikers.

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Echoes of Vietnam: An Air Force family legacy

Posted on March 31, 2023


Maj. Gen. Sharon Bannister accompanied Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to The Wall at the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial to pay respects and conduct a commemorative paper rubbing of the engraving of her father’s name, as well as other names.
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visits the Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2023. Department of the Air Force senior leaders visited to pay their respects to the deceased service members killed in action during the Vietnam War on National Vietnam War Veteran’s Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Trujillo)

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New AF pregnant aircrew policy means new achievement for B-1 pilot, others

Posted on February 1, 2023


The Air Force has a new policy allowing pregnant aircrew members to voluntarily continue to fly, and Maj. Lauren Olme is one of the many people benefiting from the change in policy.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Lauren Olme, 77th Weapons Squadron assistant director of operations, and her husband, Maj. Mark Olme, 7th Operations Support Squadron bomb wing weapons officer, pose for a photo next to a B-1B Lancer at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 24, 2023. Lauren, who is currently pregnant, can continue flying after recently getting approved under the Air Force’s new guidance which allows female aircrew members to voluntarily request to fly during pregnancy. No waiver is required to fly in the second trimester with an uncomplicated pregnancy in a non-ejection seat aircraft if all flight safety criteria are met. All pregnant aircrew members are also authorized to apply for a waiver regardless of trimester, aircraft or flight profile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leon Redfern)

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Famed Airman CMSgt Paul Kerchum laid to rest with full military honors

Posted on January 25, 2023


One of the U.S. Air Force’s most legendary—as well as courageous and inspirational—Airmen, CMSgt (retired) Paul Kerchum has been laid to rest.
U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Zachary Mills, a petroleum supply specialist with the 372nd Quartermaster Battalion stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., poses for a picture with retired U.S. Air Force and Army Air Corps Chief Master Sgt. Paul Kerchum, a survivor of the original Bataan Death March, at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25, 2018. Kerchum spent three and a half years as a prisoner of the Japanese Army during World War II. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Tom Piernicky)

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History (AFWN) Newsroom Top Stories

MLK Day: Honoring his life and legacy

Posted on January 16, 2023


Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. federal holiday marking the birthday of the civil rights leader. This year, the MLK Day of Service will be recognized on Jan. 16 as a way to channel King’s life and teachings into community action.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is recognized annually and always presents the theme — “Remember! Celebrate! Act!- A Day On, Not A Day Off!” On Dec. 1, 1955 Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat in the designated “white” section on a public transportation bus. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, during which the Black citizens of Montgomery refused to ride the city’s
buses in protest over the bus system’s policy of racial segregation. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist
minister who endorsed nonviolent civil disobedience, emerged as leader of the Boycott. Successful resolution was achieved after 381 days when the Supreme Court ruled in Nov. 1956 that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional. The 2022 poster is a historical collection of imagery reflecting this critical moment in our nation’s past. (DOD graphic by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute)

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Empowered aviation pioneers leave inspiring legacy for modern Airmen

Posted on January 4, 2023


The First Flight Society recently hosted a celebration recognizing the 119th anniversary of the first powered and controlled flight, the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force and the induction of Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. into the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine. The event took place at the Wright Brothers’ National Memorial, North Carolina.
Doug Melville, great nephew of Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., recounts memories of Davis

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6th Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force laid to rest

Posted on August 3, 2022


McCoy, who served as the first senior enlisted advisor of Strategic Air Command and was selected as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year in 1974, passed away July 13, at the age of 91.
Uniformed Airmen lower a U.S. flag-covered casket onto a stand.

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