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  • Fairchild rescue flight saves 3 in busy week

    Helicopter crews from the 36th Rescue Flight here rescued a man and his son Jan. 11 and one woman on Sunday in what turned out to be a busy, heroic week in North Idaho. Sunday's save was number 613 for the flight, which is part of the U.S. Survival School, a tenant unit at Fairchild. The action

  • Grand Forks tankers set for stealthy Red Flag

    Two KC-135 Stratotankers, four air crews and a large supporting cast from the 319th Air Refueling Wing are primed to be the lead tanker unit at the upcoming Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in February. As the lead tanker unit, the wing is the focal point for all Red Flag tanker

  • Rapid Improvement Event targets transportation efficiency, effectiveness

    Air Force leaders continue to shape wartime work processes by applying AFSO21's Lean principles and techniques. Functional-area experts representing the majority of the combatant commanders, both functional and geographic, as well as the Joint Staff met here Jan. 8-12 to look at improving overall

  • Keesler's Flying Jennies receive final C-130J-30

    A crew from Air Force Reserve Command's 815th Airlift Squadron recently delivered the unit's final C-130J-30 aircraft here after accepting it from the manufacturer at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Maj. Gen. Hanferd "Rusty" J. Moen Jr. piloted the aircraft from Georgia to Mississippi Jan. 9. General

  • JPADS continues 'revolution in airdrop technology'

    Since October 2005, the Air Mobility Warfare Center here has partnered in an effort to revolutionize the way the Air Force performs airdrops in the expeditionary environment and around the world with the Joint Precision Airdrop System, or JPADS, initiative."When it was said to make this concept of

  • AMC History Office earns first General Bryce Poe II Award

    The Air Mobility Command History Office is the first recipient of the U.S. Air Force General Bryce Poe II Award. The new award - presented by the Air Force chief of staff during the recent Air Force History and Museums Program Worldwide Conference - recognizes the best annual history written by a

  • Hub-and-spoke missions provide tactical airlift in Iraq

    Whether it's operating from rough dirt strips or dropping off troops and equipment into hostile areas, C-130 Hercules keep convoys off the road in Iraq through airpower. Members of the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., fly C-130 hub-and-spoke

  • Travis, Robins demonstrate wireless aircraft intercom system

    For five days, Air Force aircraft maintainers at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Robins Air Force Base, Ga., demonstrated the Telephonics TruLink Wireless System at their respective bases to great success. The system demonstration was conducted as part of an initiative dubbed "Wireless Intercom

  • Study at Grand Forks AFB to research jet fuel exposure

    Air Force, Army and civilian researchers will come to Grand Forks Air Force Base this month to conduct a study about exposure to jet fuel in cold temperatures. Led by Dr. Susan Proctor, an Army research epidemiologist, this two-part research study will focus on better understanding of the levels of

  • Port wins AMC Large Terminal Award

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron won the 2006 Air Mobility Command Large Terminal Unit award for developing innovative practices. "The transformation initiatives we've made at the port set us apart from other AMC units," said Lt. Col. Michael Holmes, 60th APS commander. "We have created efficiencies by