U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse J. Friedel, 35th Fighter Wing commander, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Takahiro Kubota, 3rd Air Wing commander, signed Memorandum of Understanding International (MOUI) 3010 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 12, 2021.,
19 MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass joined a teleconference with more than 300 Airmen enrolled virtually in NCO academy and Airman leadership school with instructors at the Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center in East Tennessee.
“She understands the challenges of this COVID environment on the EPME enterprise,” said U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Steven Durrance, the Lankford Center commandant. “As a former EPME Instructor, Chief Bass has that experience speaking with fellow Airmen, and she approaches these opportunities with the same amount of zeal as she did in the classroom.”
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GRAFTON Bette Joyce Smith Myers, 92, lost her fight with cancer Jan. 15, 2021. She was 92.
Naturalized as a U.S. Citizen in 1954, Bette was born on April 28, 1928, in Maidstone, Kent, England. As a child, she survived The Blitz, an intense bombing campaign undertaken by Nazi Germany against the United Kingdom during World War II. She often reflected that Winston Churchill’s leadership and her father’s strength gained from his service as a cavalryman in the Queen’s 5th Royale Regiment during the Great War kept their family alive.
Bette was preceded in death by her parents; one niece; and husband, retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Samuel G. Myers, a Virginia native who served 30 years.
A statue of him resides outside the Hannibal Square Heritage Center in Winter Park.
Credit: U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump
From right, retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard R. Hall, Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Montoria Hubbard, the Tuskegee Airmen Gen. Daniel Chappie James chapter president, and U.S. Air Force Col. Gina Humble, 11th Operations Group commander at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., sing the Air Force song during a concert at The First Academy Faith Hall in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 14, 2011. The U.S. Air Force Band Ceremonial Brass honored Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces, during their performance, playing a new work entitle Red Tail Skirmish. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Adam M. Stump/Released.