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  • American Airmen participate in annual RCAF Run

    American Airmen stationed in Canada recently represented their home country in a friendly competition with their northern colleagues.Six members of Detachment 1, 1st Air Force, ran in the sixth annual Royal Canadian Air Force Run May 25. This event included a 5K, a 10K and Canada's platinum

  • McConnell medics host Guatemalan air force

    Members of the Guatemalan air force visited the 22nd Medical Group's aeromedical assets assigned here, May 19 through May 23.Col. Leyda Rodriguez de Villagran, Joint Forces public health chief in Guatemala, and Col. Luis Alfredo Salazar Martinez, director of the Air Force hospital in Guatemala,

  • Exercise Turbo Distribution: establishing a port in a storm

    The port facility at Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, South Carolina, was temporarily located near the city of fictional city of Charliesport in the country of El Corona recently as part of a Joint Task Force - Port Opening exercise. Held May 15 through 22, U.S. Transportation Command's

  • Study shapes future of commercial airlift augmentation

    The rules governing how airlines supplement U.S. military airlift are being revised, after years of consultation by the Air Force with the airline industry.According to officials, upcoming changes to the management of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet are meant to ensure the nation's capability to rapidly

  • Airmen help restore battlefield to its former glory

    The hallowed grounds of Gettysburg have seen their fair share of beards; from the beards of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union Lt. Gen. George G. Meade, to Master Sgt. Jamie Beard, 436th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment flight chief, who helped coordinate a volunteer

  • Travis honors fallen service members through ruck march

    More than 300 Golden Bears rucked 6.2 miles Saturday morning, many with 30-pound ruck sacks strapped to their backs, to honor fallen service members and their family members in the fourth annual Gold Star Ruck March.The event, hosted by the First Sergeants Council, raises funds to support Gold Star

  • Travis teen wins state honor

    A Travis teen is recognized as the 2014 Boys & Girls Club of America Military Youth of the Year for the state of California.Elizabeth Hubbard, daughter of retired Master Sgt. Alan Hubbard, competed against nine other representatives from military installations across the state to be awarded this

  • Dog eat dog: Travis set to host K9 competition

    Travis is hosting the 2014 Defenders K9 Trials May 16 and 17 where military and civilian police dogs will show off their best.The trials, organized by the Travis Defenders Association and the Western States Police Canine Association, has 39 different police agencies from Northern California set to

  • Tacoma Airman killed in Laos 44 years ago finally comes home

    After having been missing for more than 44 years, the remains of Air Force Capt. Douglas D. Ferguson, who was killed when his F-4D Phantom aircraft was shot down over Laos in 1969, returned home May, 1 in Lakewood, Wash.Last year, members of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command excavated the Dec.

  • Spokane awarded Air Mobility Command Abilene Trophy 2013

    Fairchild Air Force Base has a continuous global mission that employs more than 5,700 personnel and supports 17,000 retirees; and the Inland Northwest community has proven to be the grassroots supporting Fairchild and Air Mobility Command. The 2013 Abilene Trophy was awarded to Spokane, Washington,