Seph Schlobohm, son of William and Kelly Schlobohm of Butler, entered the Air Force's delayed entry program on Jan. 9 and shipped to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on Aug. 22.He is a 2004 graduate of Butler High School.——-

<B>Air Force Col. Joseph Dill, </B>son of Lois McKnight of Butler, recently was elevated to his current rank.Dill joined the Air Force after graduating from Butler High School in 1978.After two years of service, he received a college scholarship and graduated from Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, in 1984 and received his silver wings after graduating from Air Force navigator training at Mather Air Force Base in California.In 1999, he graduated from the Naval War College, Newport, R.I., and taught at the war college for a year following his graduation.He was a weapons systems officer on the B-1 bomber in 1994 and was a navigator on the Stealth bomber in 1996.The colonel received the OPSEC Award in 1997.In May 2004, he assumed command of the 2nd Air Support Operation Squadron, Wurzburg, Germany.During his 19 months as commander, he led the unit through a deployment in Iraq in support of the 1st ID and Task Force Danger during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. He also served two tours in Saudi Arabia.——-

Local Air Force active duty volunteer <B>Alexander Andreassi</B>, son of Scott and Jeannie Andreassi of East Brady, entered the delayed entry program of the Air Force on April 5 and shipped to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on Aug. 15.He is a 2006 graduate of Karns City High School.