After graduating from high school in 1955, he turned down a drama scholarship from Jackson State University, opting instead to enlist in the U.S. Air Force, where he was trained to be an automatic tracking radar repairman.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/11/10/celebrities-who-served-actor-morgan-freeman-was-air-force-radar-repairman/

And Lee H. Rodgers, who served in the U.S. Air Force during the World War II, Korean and Vietnam wars.

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“An Illinois-based hobbyist club is concerned that one of their small, globe-trotting balloons, which was recently declared ‘missing in action,’ was shot down by U.S. Air Force last week,” noted the report.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/19/large-white-balloon-spotted-northeast-hawaii-air-traffic-control-confirms/

Asked by co-anchor George Stephanopoulos if this was just a “dumb” move as one U.S. Air Force official stated, Kirby said, “that’s what it looks like right now.”

Source: https://www.1310kfka.com/abc-news/politics/03/defense-secretary-austin-speaks-to-russian-counterpart-about-us-drone-incident/

Colorado Springs, nestled at the foothills of the Rockies and home to the U.S. Air Force Academy and several conservative megachurches, has historically been conservative.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1862742/a-year-after-lgbtq-nightclub-shooting-community-feels-supported-but-says-work-remains

During Q3, Archer received from the U.S. Air Force pursuant to contracts valued at up to $142 million.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/10/cathie-wood-has-bought-1-27-million-shares-of-achr-stock-in-october-2023/

For the Cope West 23 team at Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base, Indonesia, that situation was a broken switch on an oxygen valve regulator, and the person who got them through it was U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mykelti Chatman.

Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/447579/kunsan-air-base-airman-keeps-jets-mission-cope-west-23

“Future conflicts will be regional and global affairs, and the U.S. Air Force will be operating alongside its joint and multinational partners,” said Lt. Col. Jeffery Budis, 414th Combat Training Squadron Detachment 1 commander.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/davis-monthanafb/2023/06/06/red-flag-rescue-23-1-dm-hosts-dods-premier-combat-search-and-rescue-exercise/

Green Flag is a realistic air-land integration combat training exercise involving the U.S. Air Force and its allies.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/nellisafb/2023/07/11/japanese-consul-general-visits-nellis/

He attended the U.S. Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB, Ala., as a student in 2004, before undertaking an instructor role for a further two years.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/01/26/breaking-barriers-first-australian-deputy-commander-arrives-at-pacaf/

He spent four years in Vietnam with the U.S. Air Force before returning to Vermont with his high school sweetheart, Theresa, whom he had married before heading overseas.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/05/01/mail-carrier-dynasty-continues/

His college education was interrupted and resumed after his dedicated service to country as a captain in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/03/12/obituaryrobert-wales-leason-2/

"I'm U.S. Air Force reserve.

Source: https://abc7chicago.com/minooka-tornado-apostolic-church-severe-weather-storm-damage/13580031/

In addition to being the first operational long-range SAM and the first operational pulse doppler aviation radar, it was the only SAM deployed by the U.S. Air Force.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/02/18/on-this-date-150/

In one example, Stone examines U.S. Air Force communiques issued after a bombing campaign in September 1950, which complained of a paucity of targets because not much remained to destroy.

Source: https://monthlyreview.org/2023/05/01/introduction-to-the-new-edition-of-the-hidden-history-of-the-korean-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=introduction-to-the-new-edition-of-the-hidden-history-of-the-korean-war

In the Sunday incident, two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets took off from Madison, Wisconsin, piloted by Air National Guard personnel based in Minnesota, to complete the mission.

Source: https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2023/02/14/midwestern-western-states-in-spotlight-after-mystery-flying-objects-shot-down-by-military/

It was the worst accident in the history of the U.S. Air Force’s precision flying team.

Source: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/today-in-history-the-worst-accident-in-the-history-of-the-u-s-air-forces-precision-flying-team

It will focus on the base” compound, a facility that housed U.S. Air Force B-52 crews during wartime efforts of the 1950s through the 1990s.

Source: https://talkbusiness.net/2023/04/mississippi-county-home-to-hot-steel-and-a-cold-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mississippi-county-home-to-hot-steel-and-a-cold-war

Joseph Wright mentioned that Capt. Victoria Wright is a fourth generation U.S. Air Force service member, and he is happy to see that she is carrying on the family tradition all these years later, now in Kuwait of all places.

Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/439204/legacies-liberation

Last year, the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command approved the KC-46A for global operations including combat deployment.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/01/31/usaf-awards-boeing-contract-for-15-kc-46a-tankers/