Some airmen and base employees at Hanscom AFB, Mass., held their cards a little too long. Turns out, from April until late last week, a group of 60 to 70 men and women would gather at an on-base club to play highly popular Texas Hold ’Em, according to the Bedford Minuteman. Last week the sessions were cancelled “following inquiries.” There’s a DOD rule against on-base gambling. Base officials thought all of the proceeds went to charity, but that wasn’t the case…..
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.