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  • Windows Vista and You

    You might be wondering what the new computer operating system changes are all about. Here's  the inside scoop to the Windows Vista installation deadline and tips to make things go as smooth as possible for you and your computer. All Air Force computers will be converted to the federal desktop core

  • Recognizing spouses with Joan Orr Award

    There are many awards active-duty members could be nominated for, from monthly to annual awards, but the Air Force recognizes the significant contributions made by non-military spouses of military members as well through the Joan Orr award. The Joan Orr award, sponsored by the Air Force Association,

  • 9 AF/USAFCENT change of command

    General David Petraeus, commander, United States Central Command, and Gen. John Corley, commander, Air Combat Command, presided over the Headquarters 9th Air Force and United States Air Forces Central change of command and re-designation ceremony here Aug. 5. During the ceremony, Lt. Gen. Gary

  • My computer is quarantined...what?

    It's 0745, you're at work, but can't log in to your computer. It has been quarantined. You can't work. So, what should you do? "Your first step is to contact your client service administrator," said Capt. Jason Rossi, 20th Communications Squadron operations flight commander. "Users can't restore a

  • Terrorism...how can you prevent it?

    Terrorists hope to intimidate us into changing our domestic and international political policies, our religious practices or to strip us of the freedoms we enjoy in our day-to-day lives. Described as the "calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of violence to instill fear," terrorism is

  • Shaw volunteers: Sumter Habitat for Humanity ReStore

    Airmen from several Shaw Air Force Base squadrons volunteered from July 28 to July 30 at the Sumter Habitat for Humanity ReStore. The goal was to reorganize a 17,000-square-foot warehouse full of donated items. The ReStore takes donations of home improvement goods, new or used and surplus materials

  • 'One of a kind' war records staging facility gets Air Force, national review

    For the first time, Headquarters Air Force and the National Archive and Records Administration visited the only Air Force war records staging facility in existence during a trip here June 30 to July 2. The Air Force records officer and NARA representatives toured the U.S. Air Forces Central Staging

  • Green Flag preps Tigers for deployment

    The 79th Fighter Squadron "Tigers" from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., flew in a two-week Green Flag exercise to prepare for their deployment to Afghanistan in October. "We've been doing two weeks of Air Expeditionary Force training," said Lt. Col. Ken Eckman, 79th FS commander. "This is the one