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NEWS

  • Charleston hosts transport of MRAPs

    Charleston AFB and Dover AFB members came together to load Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles onto a C-5 Galaxy at Charleston AFB Aug. 16. Teamed together, it took the Airmen less than four hours to load the aircraft, strap down the MRAPs, refuel the plane and take off. A C-5, under the

  • Peru earthquake relief

    Approximately 30 Soldiers and Airmen departed here Aug. 17 in support of relief efforts following the Aug. 15 earthquake near Lima, Peru.The task force, composed of a Mobile Surgery Team, communications specialists and a small security detail, departed the base aboard a C-130J assigned to the

  • Delaware supports Team Dover with military appreciation nights

    The Wilmington Blue Rocks minor league baseball team hosted military appreciation nights and donated tickets to Team Dover for Rocks' games Aug. 10 and Saturday. As part of the military appreciation nights, Col. Randal Bright, 512th Airlift Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Blodgett, 436th

  • Aerial porters help demonstrate new transportation concepts

    Earlier this month, members of the 305th Aerial Port Squadron played a major role in helping U.S. Transportation Command assess Joint Modular Intermodal Distribution, or JMIDS, concepts. Through JMIDS, USTRANSCOM seeks greater efficiency in delivering cargo to the warfighter while reducing the risks

  • WWII vet awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

    Retired Col. Vincent Fonke, who ended his 30-year career here, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross July 20 for actions he took during World War II while a bomber pilot assigned to the Army Air Corps 91st Bomb Group, 324th Squadron. The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded for heroism or

  • Military kids get a dose of wilderness

    Seventy-one military children learned to pack animals and repel from rocks last week. The kids, who represented families of all Department of Defense services, attended the Blue Green Summer Youth Camp in Spokane, Wash., a camp designed to help children with deployed parents cope with separation

  • Mobility team answers call for critically injured Soldiers

    What started out as a typical transport mission for Airmen of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, turned into to a life-saving effort for a critically-injured Soldier. From C-17 and KC-135 support to medical evacuation teams - Airmen from across the area of responsibility immediately responded when

  • Air Force General Estes Jr. passes away

    The general who once led the command charged with re-supplying deployed U.S. forces passed away July 2 at his home in Bethesda, Md. From July 1964 until he retired in August 1969, retired Gen. Howell M. Estes Jr. was the commander of the Military Air Transport Service, later known as the Military

  • Air Force Week strikes a chord with America's heartland

    As Americans reflect on the nation's freedoms this Independence week, events throughout the St. Louis region are putting special emphasis on the Air Force. During the second day of weeklong events here celebrating Air Force Week St. Louis, a concert was held July 3 at Jefferson Barracks County Park