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  • Fire truck comes to Goodfellow display

    On Saturday, a C-130 Hercules from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown, Ohio, landed at Mathis Field and came to a stop just north of the terminal. As the ramp came down, a signature chrome bulldog became visible. Inside was a 1942 Mack Model 125 fire truck. The Mack was part and parcel of what was

  • Goodfellow volunteers fix up historic Texas church

    Have you ever heard of Rowena, Texas? I hadn't either until a few weeks ago, when I started to organize a volunteer project to help the Zoar Community Church prepare for their 100th Anniversary. This small town, home to approximately 714 people, is full of rich history. Although you won't see it on

  • A “fair” day at Crockett Elementary

    Despite the cold weather this past Friday, it turned out to be a "fair" day at Crockett Elementary. More than 120 students ranging from grades Kindergarten-6 presented their science projects during the Annual Crockett Elementary Science Fair. Members of the 316th Training Squadron assisted in

  • Sharks take a bite out of pollution by recycling

    When I was teaching last year, I noticed a large amount of plastic bottles, cans, and glass containers thrown away. The amount of recyclables going into the garbage astonished me. This went against everything I had been taught over the last 20 years. I took my first step and brought in my own

  • Hard at work at 75 years of age

    "When I was 20, I knew that 75 was old," says the gray-haired man in the uniform of a 17th Civil Engineer Squadron civilian. "When I was 30, 40, 50, I knew that 75 was old. So I'm an old man," he says, and then pauses. A grin crosses his face. "I don't feel 75." Whether he felt it or not, Don Hedges

  • Commissioning beyond borders

    Any officer can say that his or her commissioning ceremony was a special moment. Some might even describe it as a personal experience because family members were involved, but how many can claim they were delivered the oath of office by their father in Baghdad through a video teleconference? 2nd Lt.

  • The best and worst day of his life

    Staff Sgt. Mike Myers experienced one of the most frightening events of his life in Afghanistan, while the birth of his child was taking place more than 7,000 miles away simultaneously. Sergeant Myers, a security forces member of one of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams here, is lucky to be alive

  • UDMs get them ready

    Each year, hundreds of service men and women are deployed from Goodfellow to various locations around the globe, executing and serving in a multitude of functions and operations in defense of our nation. However, these deployments could not be accomplished as smoothly without the help of the select

  • Goodfellow warriors on target

    It's no secret in today's Air Force that each Airman must be ready to, and probably will at some point in their career, deploy overseas. With deployments becoming more routine and predictable thanks to the Aerospace Expeditionary Force rotations, Airmen must recieve the best training available and

  • A1C Jacobson: Gone, but never forgotten

    It has been a year since the Goodfellow AFB community got the devastating news that one of its Airmen was killed in action defending her country. Airman First Class Elizabeth Jacobson may not be with us any longer, but her legacy and her memory will live on forever, thanks to a memorial that was