WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force senior leaders attended the 2017 Warrior Games opening ceremonies July 1, 2017, in Chicago to show support for the athletes participating in the weeklong competition.[...]
On Jan. 15, 2008, Senior Airman Christopher D’Angelo, a heavy equipment operator, was the lead gunner in an armored vehicle convoy on a road near Baghdad. The sun was shining and the air comfortable.[...]
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AFNS) -- After a week of intense international competition, the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games drew to a close here June 21 with a medal ceremony and concert, followed by fireworks.[...]
WEST POINT, N.Y., June 21, 2016 — Though she’s new to archery, Air Force 1st Lt. Sarah Frankosky earned a silver medal in the visually impaired archery category in the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy here.[...]
WEST POINT, New York, June 20, 2016 — Wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans continue to break their personal records and continue to show fans and friends amazing feats and June 17 was no different, as three archers took the gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games here at the U.S. Military Academy during the first-ever visual impairment category.[...]
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AFNS) -- The 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games began here when Army Capt. Kelly Elmlinger, with help from comedian Jon Stewart, lit the official torch during the event’s opening ceremonies at the U.S. Military Academy.[...]
BETHESDA, Md. (AFNS) -- Staff Sgt. Sebastiana Lopez was riding a motorcycle when an animal scurried onto the road, causing her to swerve and hit a curb. As she high-sided over her bike, the momentum catapulted her body into a tree -- the impact severing her right leg.[...]
BETHESDA, Md. (AFNS) -- After a sprint around an indoor track with her prosthetic running blade, Heather Carter stopped, visibly tired. She smiled and began to sprint another lap.[...]
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md (AFNS) -- Betty O'Brien went from mother to caregiver after her son, Senior Airman Kevin O’Brien, was diagnosed with a brain tumor at 23-years-old in 2013. [...]