When a rocket from the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) struck Da Nang Air Base in the predawn hours of February 23, 1969, it hit a 450,000-gallon fuel tank near the base. Nineteen-year-old Rey Ovalle’s first thought was of his father. He quickly drove 15 minutes...
Brian Heyman didn’t turn 18 until 1974. “I wanted to enlist sooner, but my parents wouldn’t let me,” he recalled. By the time he joined the Air Force, the Vietnam War was winding down, and he was never deployed in-country. “Over the years, I’ve been surrounded by...
Flexibility is the Key to Air Power Hero’s Bridge shares its office floor with the Arc of North Central Virginia and recently learned that their “suitemate”, the executive director of the nonprofit, served ten years in the Air Force. A decade that, as it turned out,...
Step by painful step, Culpeper resident Ellen McCarthy served faithfully in the U.S. Air Force half-a-century ago. Fifty years to the month after joining the military, the disabled veteran reflected on her service for Women’s History Month in an interview with Hero’s...
Veterans Day is our biggest day of the year and shone brightly this year. From Middle Schools to offices, we celebrated our veterans throughout the day. During the week prior, we visited with our veterans with care packages in hand to thank them for their service and...
