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  • Unit member's cleanup local area outside main gate

    Unit members cleanup local area outside main gateBy Capt. Dicie Hritz, 171st Public Affairs     Members from the 171st Air Refueling Wing cleaned up a local road during the Great Pennsylvania Cleanup Friday, April 17, 2009.     Approximately 75 volunteers from all around the base walked McClaren

  • 171st basic training graduates honored by commander's visit

         About 900 Airmen graduate Air Force Basic Military Training every Friday morning at Lackland AFB, San Antonio.  13 Airmen from the 171st Air Refueling Wing graduated together on Feb. 27.  More than 20 unit members attended the ceremony to celebrate their achievements and welcome them to the

  • 65 year wait over, World War II veteran to receive the Purple Heart

    3/2/2009 - 171st Air Refueling Wing, Coraopolis, PA - A World War II veteran, 86 year-old David Rohm will be awarded the Purple Heart here Saturday, for injuries he sustained bailing out of his crippled B-17 aircraft, sixty-five years ago.On March 8th, 1944, Rohm, then a twenty-one year-old Tech.

  • Bittersweet send off for Security Forces team

    Members of our Security Forces Squadron said their final goodbyes today before boarding a chartered flight that would eventually take them to their deployed base in Iraq. Twenty-five of forty-two Airmen departed today for a six month deployment where they will provide security of crucial military

  • More in the air than just football

    As country recording artist Laura Bryna stood proudly on the 50 yard line at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field Sunday, November 16th, there was more than football in the air.       The sell-out crowd of over 62,000 Steelers fans roared as Bryna paid tribute to the military with her hit single "Hometown

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