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  • Air Force continues partnership with Professional Bull Riders

    Air Force Recruiting Service officials here announced May 11, the continuation of its partnership with the Professional Bull Riders, Inc., making the Air Force the Official Armed Services branch of PBR. "The Air Force is extremely excited about partnering with the Professional Bull Riders again this

  • AFRS covers Dominican Republic humanitarian mission

    An Air Force Recruiting Service creative team returned this week from the Dominican Republic where it photographed and videotaped Air Force medics providing healthcare during a medical humanitarian mission. The video and images will be used in a new five-CD health professions package slated for

  • Thunderbirds, recruiters take show to Puerto Rico

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team was in here as the main event in the Puerto Rico Air Show April 18-19, 2009. The Puerto Rico Air Show took place at the new Ceiba Airport that was formerly the U.S. Navy's Roosevelt Roads Naval Base. This was the first time that the premiere

  • Recruiters team with minor league team

    The Brevard Manatees and U.S. Air Force's 333rd Recruiting Squadron gave an audience of elementary and middle school students the opportunity to learn about commitment to country April 15 by teaming up with a local minor league baseball team. The Manatees, a minor league affiliate of the Washington

  • Recruiter killed in motorcycle accident

    A member of Team Scott and the Air Force Recruiting Service was killed in a motorcycle accident near Martin, Tenn., during the evening of April 17. Staff Sgt. Kirby Weaver, 26, was assigned to the 345th Recruiting Squadron here, and is survived by his wife, Melanie, and two children, Hunter and

  • Precise Impact: Band and Honor Guard work together

    Two of the Air Force's premier performing units joined forces last week -- the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team and the U.S. Air Force Band Max Impact -- for the first time to showcase their skills in two joint performances in the Southeast region. The official unveiling of the routine was

  • Florida recruits get taste of BMT

    Air Force recruits here recently participated in an exercise depicting what they might expect upon arriving at Basic Military Training.Twenty young men and women in the delayed entry program participated in the session led by Senior Master Sgt. Grant Dugre, the 96th Security Forces Squadron first

  • Air Force Recruiting Service Airman earns Bronze Star

    The attacks were constant. Iraqi insurgents used heavy mortars to keep Forward Operating Base Phoenix in Baghdad under fire. The attacks came unexpectedly, killing and wounding coalition soldiers. "Day and night," explained Capt. James D. Couch. "It was common, I'd be in my trailer and I'd hear the