• Uncommon Valor part four: Lt. Col. Leo Thorsness

    While honor is due those brave servicemembers who have passed on, no less deserving are the Medal of Honor recipients still living. Such a recipient is retired Lt. Col. Leo Thorsness, an F-105 Thunderchief pilot during the Vietnam War. Leo Thorsness was born in Walnut Grove, Minn., in 1932, and

  • Lorenz on Leadership - Today's Airmen

    Recently, I had the distinct honor to attend the Airman's Coin Ceremony at Lackland AFB. It is always a privilege for me to meet the terrific men and women who train and are trained in what seems like a timeless setting. That day, the crystal blue sky melted into the field of blue-suited trainees

  • Target Hardening turns two

    The Target Hardening Self Defense program completes its second full year of classes. It has been identified as a "Best Practice" and is being utilized by four other Air Force installations to date. The Target Hardening Self Defense curriculum is a comprehensive education program on the dynamics of

  • New military family community almost ready for business

    You may have noticed all of the construction on Paint Rock road northeast of the base, and on base south of the clinic. The Air Force is constructing 143 new housing units to support service men and women here at Goodfellow Air Force Base. These homes are being constructed as part of the Air Force