''Air Force Times'' is a newspaper published 26 times per year to provide active, reserve and retired

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personnel and their families with news, information, analysis, community and lifestyle features, educational supplements, and resource guides. It is published by the

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, which is a part of

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. The publication was founded in 1947 by the Army Times Publishing Company, later called the Times Journal Company. Some years after ATPCO was sold to

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, a Los Angeles-based

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controlled by investor

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. Each year, ''Air Force Times'' names an Airman of the Year, nominated by his peers and honored at a ceremony on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.

History

''Air Force Times'' was founded by Mel Ryder, who began his newspaper career during World War I, selling and delivering '' Stars and Stripes'' to troops on the front lines. In 1921, Ryder joined Willard Kiplinger in forming the Kiplinger Agency newsletter service. He sold his interest in the agency in 1933 and began publishing ''Happy Days'', a paper written for members of the

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; his first order was for 400 copies and the first advertiser was

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. In the 1940s, Ryder founded '' Army Times'', with reporters covering the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Army Air Forces. With the creation of the U.S. Air Force in 1947 came the birth of ''Air Force Times'' as a separate newspaper.

Subscriptions and readership

As of 2007, according to Military Times figures, one in four subscribers was a member of the active-duty Air Force, while nearly one in 10 subscribers was a member of the

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. Weekly newsstand buyers totaled some 11,600, with 79 percent of newsstand sales to members of the active-duty Air Force and 9 percent to members of the

. In 2009, weekly subscribers totaled 43,800, with a total readership about one-third larger.

References

External links

''Air Force Times'' web site

Military Times Service Member of the Year web site
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History

Subscriptions and readership

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