Lee Anne Hensley

More than two years ago, Stephen Bradshaw was cleaning his basement when memories of a war 20 years past returned to him through the contents in a plain box. In the box were letters he had written to his wife, Diane, since the inception of Operation Desert Shield in August of 1990 and, subsequently, the start of Operation Desert Storm in January of 1991.

The U.S. Air Force men's and women's volleyball team took the gold medals in the floor games at the 2010 Armed Forces Volleyball Championship held at Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, N.C., May 3-11.

"It feels good to say that we are the champions of the Armed Forces tournament," said the Air Force team's head coach Maj. John Napier, from Northern Arizona University's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. "There's no award higher than the gold medal so putting it around our necks after the tournament was a pretty special moment."

Members of Team Hill and the local Jewish community convened at the Hill Air Force Base Chapel Annex April 14 to memorialize the millions of Holocaust victims and pay tribute to the U.S. and Allied soldiers who helped defeat Nazi Germany and liberate the Holocaust survivors more than 65 years ago.

729th ACS 'Angry Warriors' happily return to home base

Approximately 170 members of the 729th Air Control Squadron returned to Hill Air Force Base on March 24 from the longest recent deployment the squadron has undergone. Of the seven Air Expeditionary Force rotations the 729th ACS has provided in Iraq since 2003, its last six and a half month deployment has been the longest.

"Usually the deployments are around four months long," said Liz Coppersmith, wife of 729th ACS Commander Lt. Col. Tom Coppersmith.

When Airman 1st Class Christopher Kirchner received orders in June of 2008 to Hill Air Force Base after completing technical training at Sheppard AFB, Texas, he was unaware that his estranged biological father, Mark Albertson, was moving from Tennessee to Perry, Utah, at the same time. Kirchner's mother, however, was informed of both events independently by both of them and she knew it would be a perfect opportunity for the two to finally meet.

The basement at the Hill Air Force Base Chapel was bustling with racing excitement Tuesday evening as children watched their handmade cars race down a sloped track.

The Hill AFB Chapel Awana club hosted its second annual Grand Prix event March 2 to encourage fun and friendly competition among its local members.

The Hill Air Force Base Black Heritage Committee held its annual luncheon Feb. 16 at Club Hill to honor this month as Black History Month and explored the national theme of this year's tribute, "The History of Black Economic Empowerment."

This theme, selected by a joint group of federal organizations which spearhead the annual historical celebration, recognizes the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society and helped invigorate the nation and its economy.