Air Force nurse to receive Distinguished Flying Cross, making her the second in history to receive the award

Then U.S. Air Force Capt. Katie Lunning, center, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, critical care air transport team registered nurse, checks equipment on a C-17 Globemaster III in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2021. Lunning participated in one of the largest human airlifts in United States history by providing medical care to evacuees’ or service members […]

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Air Force to unmask academic degrees at promotion boards for these ranks

Effective Jan. 1, 2023, advanced academic degrees will be visible to promotion central selection boards considering major and lieutenant colonel ranks. The change will apply to all eligible Department of the Air Force officers and allow promotion board members to consider an officer’s acquisition of valued expertise as one of many whole person concept considerations.

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Man shot by Air Force base security is a retired veteran who had weapons and drugs on him, FBI says

Noah Feit The State (TNS) The man who was shot at Shaw Air Force Base last week is a retired veteran, according to an affidavit shared by the FBI. Angelo Jerome Brown was in possession of weapons and a substance believed to be crack cocaine and has been charged with multiple crimes, FBI Special Agent Kevin Conroy said in the affidavit. The Air Force originally said […]

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FBI investigating security forces shooting of a man who ‘illegally gained access’ to Shaw Air Force Base

Maayan Schechter The State (TNS) The FBI says it’s investigating a Friday shooting after an airman at Shaw Air Force Base shot a man who “illegally gained access” to the base. The airman, who is assigned to the 20th Security Forces Squadron, shot the man at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Shaw Air Force Base said in a statement Friday. “Our security forces personnel are trained […]

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