WARM RESPONSE TO DOG IN FREEZER.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. -- The Air Force came together Friday for one of its own -- the wife of an airman stationed in Afghanistan whose Chihuahua was left in a freezer freezer the compartment in which meat and offal are stored at freezing temperatures of 10 to 16°F (-12 to -9°C) although there is a trend to lower temperatures of 0 to -22°F (-18 to -30°C). this week when burglars broke into her Lancaster home. Roxy the Chihuahua survived, but she and mistress Kimberly Holzer, pregnant with twins and the wife of Tech Sgt. James Holzer, were left shaken. The staff at Edwards Air Force Base offered Holzer and Roxy a place to live on base should she not feel safe in her home after Thursday's burglary burglary, at common law, the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony, whether the intent is carried out or not. . They also made dinner for Holzer, fixed a shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. door lock and offered financial and emotional support, said Ignacio Diaz, 412th Test Wing executive support division chief. James Holzer's commander was notified to ensure his emotional well-being. The sergeant responded with an e-mail Friday, thanking his military family for caring for his wife. |
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