Features

Does a free hair cut sounds like a good deal? Perhaps it sounds even
better when a free hair cut raises awareness and money to combat cancer
in children.

A Ramstein Airman was presented with the Air Force Transportation
Airman of the Year award May 27 at the Logistics Annual Awards Banquet
in Washington, D.C.

Senior Airman Aaron Luetzen, 721st Aerial Port Squadron and 521st Air
Mobility Operations Wing passenger service agent, was presented the
award from Lt. Gen. Loren M. Reno, Headquarters U.S. Air Force deputy
chief of staff for logistics, and Sue Lumpkins, Headquarters U.S. Air
Force Senior Executive Service deputy director of logistics.

The 86th Airlift Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Mark C. Dillon, presented
wing coins to two Eagle Scouts during a ceremony held here June 15.

By the end of the second year of World War II, both the British and the
Germans had lost so many bombers to fighters during day bombing raids
that they turned to night bombing to cut their losses.

Prior to and during World War II, Douglas Aviation produced superb twin
engine bombers, notably the A-20 and A/B-26 twin engine bombers, the
latter of which served both in the Korean War and well into the Vietnam
War.

Lourdes, France

One of the low points of the Cold War for the West was the Suez Crisis
of October 1956, the joint British-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt to
retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. U.S.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower vigorously opposed the invasion and
forced the U.S. allies into a humiliating withdrawal.