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  • C-5M undergoes 'super' upgrade at Edwards

    In 2006, the C-5 Galaxy underwent a "super" upgrade to further strengthen the airframe's worldwide airlift capabilities. Now known as the C-5M Super Galaxy, test teams at Edwards and Dover Air Force Base, Del., are showing why the recent software upgrade to the largest aircraft in the Air Force

  • Operation R&R: building family bonds, rewarding heroes

    One Joint Base Charleston spouse, along with the help and support of the local community, is making a big difference by dedicating her free time to rewarding local heroes. Nikki Weeks, spouse of Capt. Shane Weeks, 16th Airlift Squadron C-17 pilot (along with a team of sponsors, greeters and business

  • Running Strong: Marathon runner delivers motivational speech at base school

    Motivational speaker and avid marathon runner Kurt Philion visited Nathan Twining Middle School here March 25 to share the story of how he began running and why he runs today."Kurt doesn't just run, said Dr. May Koopman, Twining Middle School principal during the introduction. "He runs carrying a

  • TCM introduces Kyrgyz military to aeromedical evacuations

    Transit Center at Manas medical professionals meet weekly with their counterparts in the Kyrgyz military for the purpose of exchanging information on processes and sharing common terminology. At the request of the Kyrgyz Republic, the most recent military exchange introduced several Kyrgyz military

  • Senator visits Michael Anderson Elementary School

    U.S. Senator Patty Murray D-Wash., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, visited Michael Anderson Elementary School here Tuesday to meet with military families and school officials to discuss the effects of sequestration on school students and programs.Murray heard directly from military families

  • SAVE the birds

    From a tiny room within Air Mobility Command behind a computer, the command's chief scientist educated more than 500 students from 30 Illinois schools about air mobility aircraft - and birds. Dr. Don Erbschloe, or "Doc E," hosted a webinar to teach children ranging from grades four through eight how

  • Sequestration impacts ripple across Air Force

    Air Force senior leaders issued updated guidance to leaders of Air Force major commands and addressed the service's Airmen last week on how the service will operate under sequestration and a continuing resolution for the remainder of the fiscal year.Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Jamie

  • Family practice physician earns Air Force medical award

    Scott Air Force Base is home to the best company grade, family physician in the Air Force--Capt. Amanda Schaefer--who serves as a family health medical director. She recently received the 2012 Air Force Medical Service Clinical Excellence Award. "I enjoy the versatility of family medicine," Schaefer

  • Spiritual Resiliency: Finding that special something

    Part 4 of 4That special something that you call upon to pull you through the darkest of hours and most trying of times; that special something is what's called our spiritual resilience.Often times, people believe that spiritual resiliency is based solely on religion, but in all actuality, one's