Video by Senior Airman Jacob Day | 1st Combat Camera Squadron | 11.06.2015
Retired Col. Rogers Porter, in 1946, took a flight in a surplus Army Stearman, which ignited a passion for flying. A local flying school let him fly for the price of gas, giving him an opportunity to earn his private pilot license. Once he had his license, he applied for the Aviation Cadet program....
Video by Senior Airman Jacob Day | 1st Combat Camera Squadron | 11.06.2015
Retired Col. Rogers Porter, in 1946, took a flight in a surplus Army Stearman, which ignited a passion for flying. A local flying school let him fly for the price of gas, giving him an opportunity to earn his private pilot license. Once he had his license, he applied for the Aviation Cadet program....
Video by Senior Airman Jacob Day and Staff Sgt. Steven Witt | 1st Combat Camera Squadron | 11.06.2015
Former Staff Sgt. Albert S. “Bud” Porter served in the Eighth Air Force during World War II from October 1942 through November 1945. Originally designated to be a radio operator, “Bud” was surprised when he was assigned as a ball-turret gunner on a B-17....
Video by Staff Sgt. Patrick Doll | 3d Audiovisual Squadron | 11.06.2015
Retired Lt. Col. Robert Pardo is known for carrying out the unorthodox aviation maneuver, later coined as the Pardo Push, to save the lives of his wingmen during a bombing mission over Vietnam, March 10, 1967, also earning the silver star....
Video by Airman 1st Class Ashley Mikaio | 3d Audiovisual Squadron | 11.06.2015
When retired Maj. Thomas Newman dropped out of high school in 1965, military service was almost a certainty. It was 1965 and the Vietnam War was in full swing. After making the decision to enter the Air Force, Newman trained as a pararescueman—an elite rescue and recovery specialist....
Video by Airman 1st Class Ashley Mikaio | 3d Audiovisual Squadron | 11.06.2015
When retired Maj. Thomas Newman dropped out of high school in 1965, military service was almost a certainty. It was 1965 and the Vietnam War was in full swing. After making the decision to enter the Air Force, Newman trained as a pararescueman—an elite rescue and recovery specialist....
Video by Paul Wenzel | 78th Air Base Wing | 11.06.2015
This week, we visit the fabric survival equipment shop to see how Team Robins is ensuring the safety of F-15 pilots downrange! (U.S. Air Force video by Paul Wenzel)...
Video by Master Sgt. Michelle Harris | 1st Combat Camera Squadron | 11.05.2015
ViB6 submission of Capt George Carmack package