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June 21, 2017
Forecasters predict nature, ensure airpower is maintained

An F-22 Raptor aircraft rips through the clouds toward its target, ready to engage, while an ominous patch of dark sky forms in the distance. As the pilot closes in, the radio awakens and barks “abort mission.”
June 14, 2017
Flag Day: Honoring red, white, blue

June 14, 1777, the Second Congressional Congress adopted the flag of the United States of America. Later in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as the day to officially celebrate our flag.
May 16, 2017
AF defender elites open ‘SWAT’ eval course

Ruck sacks, M4 carbines and Beretta-M9s were placed on a table in front of six Airmen who geared up for a day of trial and error, through physical and mental strain April 28.
May 10, 2017
Surviving storms: My journey through recovering from depression

Editor’s note: The following commentary was written in observance of National Mental Health Month.
April 12, 2017
Fuel facilities supplies missions on, off flightline

At Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, the Airmen assigned to the 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facility perform one of their many responsibilities, ensuring pilots have oxygen at high altitudes.
March 27, 2017
JBLE hosts Atlantic Trident 2017

U.S. Air Force Airmen will partner with the Royal air force and the French air force for a second trilateral exercise April 12 - 28.Atlantic Trident 2017, hosted by the 1st Fighter Wing, focuses on operations in a highly contested operational environment through a variety of complex, simulated
March 17, 2017
Connecting with veterans through unique therapy

Throughout her weekly meetings and tasks, Jamie Reed takes moments to stare at the foliage outside her office window and looks forward to the one day of the month when she can get her hands dirty working alongside service members and civilians to take care of garden plots at the Hampton Veteran
March 15, 2017
633rd CES cartographers map mission success

Standing in a field under the warm, afternoon sun, a U.S. Air Force Airman breaks his gaze as he squints one eye before looking into a device which resembles an oversized Polaroid camera.U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Mundt, 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron engineering technician, was beginning
March 8, 2017
National Nutrition Month: Put Best Fork Forward

National Nutrition Month is an educational campaign organized every March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which is designed to emphasize the importance of developing and maintaining healthy eating choices and physical activity habits. This year’s theme for the campaign is "Put Your Best
March 2, 2017
JBLE welcomes President Trump

President Donald J. Trump greeted a crowd of service members, their families and friends as he made his first official visit to Joint Base Langley-Eustis and the Tidewater military community, March 2.

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