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  • Rangers suit up for better season

    Brad Short can remember his day of baseball fame well. The year was 2001 and his American Legion team in Arlington, Texas, was playing for the league championship. A high school freshman at the time, Short was on the mound that day -- his real estate of choice. And that day, he was on. "I pitched a

  • Geared for combat

    Gunshots reverberated across the compound and several Airmen fell to the ground. The siege had begun and the objective was clear. Assume control of the center barrier and take the enemies out. When the smoke cleared March 17, the fallen Airmen rose from the ground and dusted themselves off. The

  • Teams face off April 23 in Can-Am Cup

    Cheers erupted in the Tacoma, Wash., restaurant as a raucous gaggle of Airmen reveled in the glory of victory.It was Feb. 28 and Canada had just won gold against the United States in the ice hockey final at the Vancouver Olympics. The celebrating Airmen -- part of the 552nd Air Control Wing Canadian

  • Take a hit, never quit: Tinker officer builds toughness on roller rink

    It was a grueling day in March 2009 when the junior officer learned just what she was made of.It was a practice like none other for Nicole Messinger, who was an aspiring roller derby skater with Oklahoma City's Victory Dolls. What had started as a routine exercise that spring evening turned into a

  • Tri tri again: Tinker lieutenant trains to be the best

    Second Lt. John Dalrymple remembers when he hit the wall. He tried to hang with the cycling pack, legs churning, heart rate almost at red line and a side stitch pricking him like an invisible needle.He never finished that Washington state cycling race in February 2006. But it was more than just

  • Marrow donors provide precious chances

    Chances? When you're an 11-year-old girl dying of acute myeloid leukemia, chances are like branches extended as you're being swept downstream in a torrent, or a foothold on a treacherous climb. For many people, the best chance to live through leukemia comes in the form of a marrow transplant from a

  • Father and son legacy leaving its mark on the 552nd Air Control Wing

    Add up all the years the Bunting family has served in the U.S. military and the number comes out to 57. When Senior Airman Samuel Bunting enlisted into active duty in the fall of 2007, he became the fourth-generation member of his family to serve in the military to include his great grandfather,

  • The pride behind the badge

    Ten grenade explosions reverberated through the night air as a group of Airmen fiercely defended their posts against the incoming North Vietnamese Army forces. Sergeant William "Pete" Piazza peered around a wall of Bunker 10 inside Bien Hoa Air Base at the enemy position some 200 yards away. The

  • Living the Code: Former POW shares tale with ALS class

    Lt. Leroy Stutz wanted a closer look at the camouflaged railroad tracks and railway cars hidden nearby. As pilot of a reconnaissance RF-4 Phantom, it was his job to get down low, go fast and look for targets.Just 75 feet above ground at a speed of 660 knots, Lieutenant Stutz "stayed in a turn just a