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May 23, 2020
Innovation keeps frontline medics better protected from COVID-19

Team Travis Airmen prototyped personal protective equipment April 17 to help base medics safely treat and transport potential coronavirus patients. Members of the 60th Medical Group emergency department at David Grant USAF Medical Center joined forces with the 60th Maintenance and the 60th
May 22, 2020
Fitness testing suspended until Oct. 1

The change, which is an update from the original June 1 resume date, is effective immediately.
May 22, 2020
Team MacDill salutes first responders, healthcare professionals with KC-135 flyover

MacDill Air Force Base has called the Tampa Bay area home for more than 80 years. Through the years, the community has extended unwavering support and enabled the base to execute its mission in defense of the nation.As a salute to the community’s healthcare heroes, MacDill AFB conducted a flyover of
May 22, 2020
Air Mobility Command conducts operations in COVID-influenced world

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – As Airmen across Air Mobility Command adjust operations to fit a new abnormal, they continue their missions delivering Rapid Global Mobility in a world influenced by the outbreak of the coronavirus.In line with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s May 20 guidance to allow
May 22, 2020
Travis AFB hosts CSO event despite pandemic

The 60th Air Mobility Wing Phoenix Spark innovation cell at Travis AFB virtually hosted its first commercial solutions opening event at the base May 20.
May 21, 2020
100th Air Refueling Wing’s agility, capability, versatility

As the only permanent air refueling component in the European and African areas of responsibility, it is up to the 100th Air Refueling Wing and the 351st Air Refueling Squadron to provide global air refueling and combat support to our sister services and allies. Since its activation on Feb. 1, 1992,
May 20, 2020
TLR first sergeants adapt efforts to maintain Airmen resilience

The first sergeant diamond symbolizes a senior NCO who is committed to providing a dedicated focal point for all readiness, health, morale, welfare and quality-of-life issues within his or her organization.
May 19, 2020
Air Force bioenvironmental engineers expand mission in aerovac, workspaces

Bioenvironmental engineers across the Air Force are working to keep the workplace safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 18, 2020
618th AOC undergoes extensive organizational transformation

The 618th Air Operations Center implemented its largest, full-scale organizational transformation in nearly 30 years, May 18, 2020, which entailed a complete structural overhaul that realigned directorates and established new positions.This transformation is critical to better support Air Mobility
May 18, 2020
McChord Airmen respond to COVID-19 on a global scale

Airmen from the 7th and 8th Airlift Squadrons (AS) on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., left for an aeromedical evacuation staging mission to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 30. In support of the COVID-19 pandemic, a McChord aircrew flew to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to pick up two

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