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Photo by Airman 1st Class Alan Ricker | 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs | 09.20.2017
Ray Avila, a U.S. Army veteran, poses for a photo after sharing the story of his capture during World War II to Airmen Sept. 14, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Avila is a Wichita, Kansas, native who served in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II and survived his capture by German soldiers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alan Ricker)...
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Story by Airman 1st Class Alan Ricker | 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs | 09.20.2017
In the two-story building, between the iron sights of his rifle, Ray Avila could see a German soldier. Two more German soldiers walked through the door with fixed bayonets. He knew what he had to do to keep himself and his unit safe. Avila pulled the trigger, dropping one of the enemy soldiers....
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Story by 2nd Lt. Carla Stefaniak | 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs | 09.01.2017
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.—The National Aeronautic Association announced a McConnell Airman won the Katharine Wright Memorial Trophy by the National Aeronautic Association Aug. 31....
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Photo by 2nd Lt. Carla Stefaniak | 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs | 09.01.2017
Maj. Chrystina Jones, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Plans and Programs chief, poses with her husband, Maj. Matthew Jones, 22nd ARW Command Post chief, and their son, in Dec. 2015 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Chrystina is the 2017 recipient of the Katharine Wright Memorial trophy for her commitment to encouraging women across the globe to pursue and succeed in aviation careers....
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Story by Sgt. William Hester | 12th Marine Corps District | 06.22.2017
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Many high School athletes strive to be good enough to make it to the next level. A small fraction of them earn collegiate scholarships, let alone make it to a professional league in their respective sport. Jagger Denys paved his way for multiple opportunities to continue playing the sport he loves after high school. However, along the way he discovered another opportunity......
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Photo by Sgt. William Hester | 12th Marine Corps District | 06.22.2017
Staff Sgt. Sean Irish (Left) and Staff Sgt. Garrett Jolly (Right) present Jagger Denys with his Naval Reserve Officer’s Training Corps scholarship worth $180,000, which he will use to attend University of San Diego in the Fall of 2017. Denys was an exceptional hockey player, receiving invitations from multiple international teams to continue playing after high school, but he decided to hang......
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Scott | Army Reserve Medical Command | 06.21.2017
Army Soldiers from Central Medical Area Readiness Support Group came for two weeks to help suppliment the staff and service patients of the Rosebud Hospital, South Dakota on the Rosebud Reservation, part of Indian Health Service. For privacy reasons, Soldiers are seen working with other Soldiers to simulate actual working with Native American patients....
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Ryan Delcore | Naval Air Facility Misawa | 06.06.2017
170602-N-EC644-025 MISAWA, Japan (June 2, 2017) Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Sperle, from Wichita, Kansas, right, has his third class petty officer collar devices pinned on by Senior Master Sergeant Brendan Vargas during a frocking ceremony at Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan. Sperle is assigned to American Forces Network Misawa and has been promoted one paygrade which comes......
Hometown: Wichita, KS
