Military Briefs - September 8, 2010
LeDoux graduates in Texas Air Force Airman Joshua K. Ledoux graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline...
NFL Capsules: NFL again tweaks positioning of umpires
Peyton Manning complained, the NFL listened and now the league is making additional tweaks to the umpire rule.
U.S. considering new trainer jets
Universal City, Texas (UPI) Sep 3, 2010 The U.S. Air Force is considering options to replace its aging fleet of supersonic T-38s. No official tender or announcement has been made. But since its induction to the Air Force decades ago, scores of fighter and bomber pilots have trained on some version of the T-38 Talon, the world's first supersonic trainer jet. "It takes years to procure a new ...
Hardly the Same Old New York Jets
Rex Ryan and the New York Jets want you to take note of something: they are going to kick your ass and they don't care if you know about it or not. While such proclamations have drawn the ire of the rest of the NFL, amongst Jets fans this line of reasoning is invigorating, refreshing, and just what the franchise needed. This offseason people have been lining up to trash the Jets and their brash ...
Donations sought for pet food pantry
Food pantries help families when the cupboard is bare and there’s too much month at the end of the money.
Sheppard Elementary gets makeover
Sheppard Elementary Principal Marvin Peevey calls the $1.5 million in school bond improvements made this summer to Sheppard Air Force Base’s elementary school “ Extreme Makeover — Sheppard Edition.”
String of projects keeps director Marshall busy
Lynn Marshall just finished directing “Fiddler on the Roof,” is producing “Cats” and preparing to direct “Hairspray” in July 2011.
College Football Top 25 Capsules: No. 9 Iowa set to open highly anticipated season
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The buzz has been building for this season at Iowa since the day the Hawkeyes waltzed out of south Florida with their first BCS win.
Sheppard airman dies while jogging
A memorial service took place Tuesday for a 21-year-old airman who died after collapsing during a jog at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.
A first for females
Former PENHI student achieves prominent athlete-scholar award at Air Force Academy. Adding to her list of accomplishments, former Rancho Palos Verdes resident Brittany Morreale racks one up for females — earning Academic All-District VII first-team honors.
