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  • Officials identify Airmen listed as MIA

    The remains of eight U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted-for and returned to their families for burial with full military honors, announced Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office officials.The group remains of Lt. Jack S. M. Arnett, Charleston, W.V.;

  • Retiree couples can sample AF Enlisted Village life

    Air Force Enlisted Village officials are currently welcoming retired military couples to sample life at Teresa Village by making guest apartments available for a minimal fee. Teresa Village is located in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and is close to shopping, beaches, fishing, golf, and military

  • U.S. Airman MIA from WWII is identified

    The remains of a U.S. Airman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors, according to Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office officials.Tech. Sgt. Walter A. McClellan of the U.S. Army Air Forces will be buried

  • Doolittle Raiders reunite at Air Force Museum

    Four of the remaining eight Doolittle Raiders, known for their nearly impossible bombing raid on Japan during World War II, reunited for the 68th year April 16 through 18 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, 94, of Comfort, Texas; Maj. Thomas C.

  • DFAS begins recouping separation pay soon

    Recouping military retirees' Voluntary Separation Incentive, Special Separation Benefit and other separation payments by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service will resume in August. These separation payments and others, such as severance pay, were offered to active-duty servicemembers to reduce

  • New AF dining program opens doors for retirees

    Thanks to the Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative, retirees at six bases will soon be able to use military food service establishments previously reserved for active-duty Airmen. Retirees will pay the same market price as everyone else, and there will not be an added surcharge on top of the

  • Staff updates families on missing personnel

    More than 280 loved ones of American servicemembers missing in action and prisoners of war gathered recently for a briefing from the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office here.The mission of the office, called DPMO, is to establish policies worldwide to account for all missing

  • Shinseki vows to reduce VA's claims backlog

    Prioritizing the work ahead shortly after his first anniversary on the job, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said his focus for the year ahead is on reducing the disability claims backlog. "We are going to break the back of the backlog this year," Secretary Shinseki said during an

  • Retired Air Force command pilot astronaut dies

    Retired Maj. Gen. Robert M. White, an aviation and aeronautical pioneer, died March 17 at age 85.On July 17, 1962, then-Major White flew the X-15 to an altitude of 314,750 feet, or 59 miles, becoming the first "winged astronaut," according to NASA. He was the first to fly at Mach 4, Mach 5 and Mach

  • Officials identify Air Force pilot MIA from Vietnam War

    The Department of Defense announced March 16 that the remains of a U.S. Airman missing in action from the Vietnam War have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Air Force Maj. Curtis Daniel Miller of Palacios, Texas, will be buried March 29 in the