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  • Thunderbirds release 2009 air show schedule

    The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron has announced its 2009 air show schedule. In their 56th season, the Thunderbirds are scheduled to perform more than 73 shows in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Far East. Entering his second season, Lt. Col. Greg Thomas, the team's commander and

  • Some veterans see another VA travel increase

    Service-disabled and low-income veterans who are reimbursed for travel expenses while receiving care at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities will see an increase in their payments beginning Jan. 9. A recently passed law allows VA to cut the amount it must withhold from their mileage

  • Nearly 11,000 survivors receiving retroactive VA payments

    Official from the Department of Veterans Affairs have identified nearly 11,000 surviving spouses of deceased veterans who will receive a lump-sum payment before the new year to correct an error in their VA benefits. Also documented were more than 73,000 who had been previously paid. VA officials are

  • Dispute period begins soon for paid-up SBP

    Air Force retirees who believe that the Survivor Benefit Plan monthly premium counter on their annual Retiree Account Statement is incorrect will be given the opportunity to dispute it. The dispute period begins Jan. 1 and ends June 30. All disputes must be made by completing a DD Form 2656-11,

  • Officials identify servicemen MIA from Vietnam War

    The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced Dec. 15 that the group remains of six U.S. servicemen, missing from the Vietnam War, are soon to be buried with full military honors. They are Maj. Bernard L. Bucher, of Eureka, Ill.; Maj. John L. McElroy, of Eminence, Ky.; 1st Lt.

  • Scholarships help retiree spouses finish education

    Retiree spouses with an eye on professional certification or a post-secondary education may not have to foot the entire bill, thanks to a National Military Family Association scholarship program. The group is accepting applications for its annual Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship.

  • Academy officials announce 2008 distinguished graduates

    Officials from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Academy's Association of Graduates have announced the winners of the 2008 Distinguished Graduate Award. Retired Maj. Gen. Donald Shepperd, Class of 1962, and Mr. John Martinson, Class of 1970, earned this prestigious honor for their singular and

  • Recovery efforts help write final chapter for missing pilot's wife

    Sallie Stratton always knew she wanted to write a book, but she just couldn't bring herself to put pen to paper -- until now. It is truly a Texas-sized love story that starts nearly 50 years ago in a small record store near Dallas. It chases a pilot's dream around the globe to a foreign land, turns

  • Tricare encourages people to give flu vaccines a shot

    Tricare officials urge people to prepare for this year's flu season by receiving a flu vaccine. In the United States more than 220,000 people are hospitalized and 36,000 die every year as a result of the flu and flu-related complications. Although infants and the elderly are most at risk for serious

  • Nation salutes all generations on Veterans Day

    During Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake calls on Americans to recognize the nation's 23.4 million living veterans and the generations before them who fought to protect freedom and democracy. "While our foremost thoughts are with those in distant war zones