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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ralecia Ogburn and Airman 1st Class Amari Alexander, 6th Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical technicians display their Joint Service Commendation honors at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 20, 2018. Ogburn and Alexander distinguished themselves by providing urgent medical treatment and life-saving aid to a critically wounded civilian at a parachute airdrop zone. (U.S. Air Force photo/Caleb Nunez)
MacDill Airmen Jump into Action, Save Life

A civilian skydiver was critically injured at an airdrop zone in Florida when his parachute didn't deploy correctly.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Cline, 312th Training Squadron commander, watches as Airman 1st Class Erin Prosser pins a duty badge onto Airman Emma Prosser at her graduation from the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 3, 2018. Erin and Emma Prosser are twins, Erin joined the Air Force shortly before her sister and graduated the fire academy in March of 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/Seraiah Hines)
Twin Sisters in the Air Force Conquer Fire Academy

Erin Prosser was the first to join the Air Force in 2017. Emma Prosser joined the Air Force in 2018.

Since 1958, the Christmas star has illuminated the skyline of Anchorage. The star sits atop Mount Gordon Lyon in the Chugach mountain range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and is lit every year in conjunction with Anchorage’s City of Lights celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/James Richardson)
The Secret Keepers of Alaska's Mountain Winter Star
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nakisha Simon, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group bioenvironmental engineering noncommissioned officer in charge, has turned her previous battles with mental health into ways to help other airmen during her 15-year career. Simon is deployed from the 355th Aerospace Medicine Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. (Air Force photo/Christopher Stoltz)
Airman Transforms Traumatic Experience Into Triumph

At one point in her life, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nakisha Simon, a former victim's advocate, was the one who needed assistance.

U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit pilots John and Jennifer Avery smile for a photo on their wedding day Feb. 5, 2005. Their shared military careers culminated at their joint retirement ceremony Sept. 7, 2018, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The couple has two children, Austin and Elizabeth, and live in Boise, Idaho. (Photo courtesy of the Avery family)
First Husband-Wife Pilots to Fly the B-2 Retire from Air Force
Dr. Thomas Piazza, Invisible Wounds Center director, talks with Green Berets from the 7th Special Forces Group before a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Air Force’s first Invisible Wounds Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 30, 2018. The center will serve as a regional treatment center for post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, associated pain conditions and psychological injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ilka Cole)
First Invisible Wounds Center Opens at Eglin Air Force Base

The 96th Medical Group held a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Air Force's first Invisible Wounds Center.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson gives a brief to a crowd during the first civil beyond visual line of sight event August 20, 2018 at Grand Sky at Grand Forks Air Force Air Force Base, North Dakota. (U.S. Air/Senior Airman Cierra Presentado)
Beyond Visual Line of Sight: The Future Is Now!

A certificate authorization issued this month allows aircraft to take-off from Grand Sky using Grand Forks AFB runway.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Bryan Mathieson, a nurse practitioner assigned to the 181st Intelligence Wing, speaks to the woman whom he, U.S. Air Force Col. William Bray, Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Loh and Air Force 2nd Lt. Brandon Wilmer provided medical assistance on Aug. 12, at the Mitchell Pauole Community Center in Molokai, Hi., Aug. 13, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Jonathan W. Padish)
Troops' Quick Response Saves Woman's Life

Service members participating in the Tropic Care Maui County 2018 Innovative Readiness Training mission saved a woman's life.

An aircrew from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, fly an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft to the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California, Aug. 4, 2018, during a mission to support state agencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Crystal Housman)
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Become Mainstay of Wildland Firefighting

The MQ-9 Reaper has developed into a key asset in California's fight against wildfires.

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