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The Sports and Fitness Expo Friday was well attended as people arrived to pick up their racing bibs at the Nutter Ctr.. The Greene County Convention & Visitors Bureau estimates that the economic impact of this weekend’s Air Force Marathon festivities to the region will be $12.7 million, with Fairborn and Beavercreek the two cities that benefit the most.More than 30,000 runners and supporters from all 50 states and 20 countries are in town this weekend for the Air Force Marathon, which starts and ends  at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. An after-party is scheduled saturday at The Greene, capping off a three-day event that also included the Sports and Fitness Expo Thursday and Friday at the Nutter Center, a 5K race Friday night, and a half marathon and 10K saturday.“A $12.7 million impact in three days is a significant piece of business with us, ” said Allen Stebelton, sales manager for the GCCVB.

Air Force Marathon Sports and Fitness Expo

Faith Redenberger, 1, gets to know her father, Sgt. Jason Rodenberger, of Marion, Ohio, as he arrives at Rickenbacker Airport in Columbus Sunday with 240 other National Guardsmen who were stationed in Afghanistan. Staff photo by Bill Lackey

Returning guard members greeted by loved ones

COLUMBUS — Nine-year-old Bryn Marshall and her 6-year-old sister Aria sported matching “Daddy is My Hero” T-shirts to welcome their father, Capt. David Marshall, home from Afghanistan Sunday morning. Marshall can’t wait to be a full-time father again to the girls and sons Wyatt, 7, and Levi, 3. “I’ve missed ...

'47 days with sharks': WWII soldiers struggle to survive at sea

'47 days with sharks': WWII soldiers struggle to survive at sea

‘Adrift: 47 Days With Sharks’ shows reenactments of three WWII soldiers surviving adrift in the Pacific Ocean after their plane crashed. Sharks circled, and then, a Japanese fighter plane. Two of the three men, Olympian Louie Zamperini and Russell Allen "Phil" Phillips, survived for 47 days in the ocean; they ...

U.S. Army service members cut a cake during a ceremony commemorating the U.S. Army's 237th birthday at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters.

U.S. Army celebrates 237th birthday around the world

In the summer of 1775, the Continental Congress organized the Continental Army to supplement local militia forces during the Revolutionary War. More than two centuries after its inception, soldiers of the U.S. Army continue to defend the Constitution and freedom of the American people. U.S. soldiers across the world celebrated ...

British minister of Defense Philippe Hammond, rear left, Kader Arif, french minister in charge of war Veterans, second left, and French President Francois Hollande, center arrive at the ceremony commemorating the 68th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France began in 1944, in the British war cemetery of Ranville, western France, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (AP Photo/David Vincent, Pool)

68th anniversary of the D Day invasion

On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day," beginning the liberation of German-occupied western Europe. More than six decades later, the survivors honor the fallen on the fields of France and in the U.S.

Air Force has secret space shuttle

Air Force has secret space shuttle

We were told that the Space Shuttle program was dead. NASA's shuttle program is finished, but the U.S. Air Force has a ship orbiting the planet right now. What is in it? That is a secret.

Army veteran sues landlord for housing discrimination

Army veteran sues landlord for housing discrimination

A National Guard Veteran sues a landlord for allegedly denying him housing because of his military background.

Military fathers (and mothers) surprise children in touching homecoming videos

Military fathers (and mothers) surprise children in touching homecoming videos

Fathers surprise their children after returning home from overseas.

Prince Harry meets with wounded veteran 'Warrior Games' athletes

Prince Harry meets with wounded veteran 'Warrior Games' athletes

Britain's Prince Harry attended a reception at the British Ambassador's residence in Washington on Monday to meet teams of British and American veteran athletes who took part in a "Warrior Games" sports competition.

US increases military presence in Australia

US increases military presence in Australia

A contingent of 200 U.S. troops begin a deployment in Darwin, Australia - part of a growing U.S. military presence in the Asia Pacific.

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