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  • Against the tide: SrA Khromiak’s Air Force story

    “If you had told me 10 years ago that I would be recognized as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of 2024,” said Khromiak, now a staff sergeant select in the U.S. Air Force, “I would have told you that you were crazy.”    Khromiak’s story is one of perseverance and selflessness, overcoming the odds of

  • Grandma in Kherson: Insights from an Airman’s Family in Ukraine

    “My grandma did not think this war was going to happen, and I believed her.” In 2006, Master Sgt. Maria Jarr, 607th Air Control Squadron flight chief, immigrated to the U.S. from Ukraine with her mother and younger brother. Her mother wanted to give Maria and her brother the opportunity for a better