DUKE FIELD - "Blackbird fly... into the light of a dark, black night."

WASHINGTON (AFNS) – The top leaders from the Air Force's active and Reserve components were on Capitol Hill on April 24 to provide statements and answer questions regarding their fiscal year 2014 budgets and force readiness.

May is Military Appreciation Month, and the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce is selling thank you signs to fund activities expressing gratitude to thousands of local veterans and their families leading up to Memorial Day.

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Exactly 71 years ago to the day they and their fellow Airmen turned the tide of the U.S. war effort, three World War II legends spoke to dozens of Hurlburt Airmen at the 319th Special Operations Squadron auditorium April 18.

For the last 27 years, Navarre resident Clint Hale, 64, a U.S. Air Force veteran, has joined other disabled veterans from across the country to participate in the Disabled Veterans Sports Clinic in Colorado. The clinic is open to veterans with certain disabilities such as spinal-cord injuries, amputations and the visually impairment.