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  • New RAPCON to open: First in DoD history

    The Ellsworth and Minot Air Force Base, N.D. Radar Approach Control Facilities are preparing to open the Dakota Air Traffic Control Facility, the first non-contiguous, co-located RAPCON in Department of Defense history, at Ellsworth this summer. "The current Ellsworth RAPCON provides radar-based

  • Changes to current Course 12, 14 enrollments announced

    Before senior NCOs are eligible for a senior rater endorsement, there are certain educational requirements that must be met. The first is a Community College of the Air Force degree, and the second is completion of either Course 12 or 14, which are senior NCO professional military education distance

  • VA reaching out to vets with mortgage problems

    Many home owners have found it difficult recently to pay their mortgages, but quick intervention by loan counselors at the Department of Veterans Affairs has actually reduced the number of veterans defaulting on their home loans. "VA is reaching out to veterans, both those who use our home-loan

  • Korean War's 58th anniversary honored by SDASM

    The South Dakota Air and Space Museum is in the beginning phase of planning a special display to honor the nation's Korean War veterans as the 58th anniversary of the conflict approaches; the display is scheduled for viewing from June 25 through July 7. Veterans of the Korean War or their families

  • June 15 airpower summary: B-1Bs bomb enemy compound

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 15, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped a guided bomb unit-31 to

  • 101 Critical Days of Summer - 365 days a year

    In the states, Air Force bases have started the full swing of "101 Critical Days of Summer" safety campaigning. Overseas, however, those 101 days of stifling heat, outdoor activities and increased risk of injury turn into more like 365. Here in Southwest Asia, temperatures reach 100 degrees in March