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  • Doctor chases assailants, provides care after mugging.

    An Andrews Air Force Major helped an elderly woman who was injured in a robbery in broad daylight at a McDonalds on Gallant Fox Lane in Bowie, MD June 26. On the June afternoon, Major (Dr.) Robert W. Craig-Gray, currently assigned to the 79th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, had just pulled into the parking lot of the McDonald's to get something to eat
  • Col. Terry L. Ross (left), 11th Wing vice commander, Carson Green, president of the Jimmy Maitland Stewart Museum and Lt. Col. Diane Jones, 11th Mission Support Squadron commander, cut the ribbon at the Jimmy Stewart Theater dedication ceremony at Building 52 on Bolling Aug. 13. The theater is named after Brig. Gen. James Stewart who enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941 and rose to the rank of colonel in four years. At the time of his enlistment Mr. Stewart was a famous actor with an Academy Award to his name. (U. S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Tim Chacon)

    Bolling dedicates theater to legendary actor, remarkable Airman

    When 11th Wing officials here officially changed the name of Building. 52 to the Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart Theater on Aug. 13, the old building had finally come full circle, historically speaking. In the 1940s, the facility served as the base theater. In recent years it was known as the technology center. The facility provides technology and
  • Senior Airman James Cashwell, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member, talks with an old friend, Army Spc. Matthew Goodwin, after a surprise meeting at Laundsthul Medical Center in Germany Aug. 1. The drill team performed for patients and hospital staff before going room to room to visit with some of America’s injured heroes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel DeCook)

    Honor Guard travels to Europe, one member sees familiar face

    Each of the many performances the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team executes each year leaves a unique mark on the drill team members. Whether it's meeting a retired veteran who is reinspired by a performance or seeing a child who stands up proudly to say, "That's what I will do," the job of being a drill team member has its own
  • Airman 1st Class Marleah Miller, 844th Communications Group, adds the finishing touch to the “macho nachos,” one of the several Mexican-American dishes prepared July 31 during a dormitory cooking class at Blanchard Barracks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class R. Michael Longoria)

    Airmen aprenden cómo preparar platos mexicanos-americano (Airmen learn how to prepare Mexican-American dishes)

    Bolling Airmen received a crash course on several easy-to-make Mexican-American dishes during a dormitory cooking class at Blanchard Barracks July 31. Two of our general officer enlisted aides held the class in a continuing effort to teach Airmen how to shop, handle and prepare their own meals since the closing of the dinning facility. "This is an
  • Capt. (Dr.) Bradford Allen performs a presurgical evaluation on a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. [Dr.] Dennis Holt)

    Bolling dentistry program residents complete year-long advanced training

    The Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program here graduated four new practitioners July 20 and the grads are now ready for Air Force worldwide service. The program, one of 11 similar nationwide, has been active here since 1980 and the base has produced about 135 graduates since then. The purpose of the program is to build upon

  • Leadership school closes with CES Airman earning Levitow award

    When the Airman Leadership School here closed for good recently, an 11th Wing Civil Engineering Squadron Airman stood at the head of the last graduating class. Senior Airman Jonathan D. Bellamy, a pavements and equipment operator, earned the John L. Levitow Award, the school's top prize, besting 19 other students. The award is presented to the

  • Ceremonial Guardsmen lay Lady Bird Johnson to rest

    Representing the Air Force in one of the most humbling ways possible, two Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard were chosen to carry the casket of the former first lady, Mrs. Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, after her death July 11. Airmen 1st Class Joshua Malyemezian and Robert Cimino, pallbearers with the Honor Guard, were chosen as Air Force
  • Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., speaks to a group of Airmen during a military heritage forum hosted by the Bolling Company Grade Officers Council in the Spaatz Room at the Bolling Clubs July 13. Senator Hagel spoke about his military service, which includes two Purple Hearts for wounds received during the Vietnam War, and also answered questions about current events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rusti Caraker)

    Senator speaks to Airmen about military service

  • Chief Master Sgt. Sidney McNeil, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron, waits for the signal to raise his flag during a ceremony July 9 as part of the Arnold Gate dedication ceremony at Bolling. Re-establishing Bolling’s Avenue of Flags, the ceremony involved the simultaneous rising of 56 different flags by members of the Bolling community representing the 50 states, as well the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Marianna Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sean Adams)

    United we stand

  • Robert Arnold, grandson of Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, the first and only five-star General of the Air Force (1949), and Col.Terry Ross, 11th Wing vice commander, unveil the General Arnold dedication plaque during the Main Gate and Avenue of Flag Dedication Ceremony on Bolling July 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Catherine Thompson)

    Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold Gate dedicated at Bolling

    The main gate at Bolling Air Force Base no longer exists. In a dedication ceremony July 9, the main gate was renamed as the Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold Gate, named after the first and only five-star General of the Air Force. Robert Arnold, grandson of the illustrious general, and Col. Terry Ross, 11th Wing vice commander, unveiled the plaque of General
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