DGMC medics deploy to Afghan hospital

Approximately 100 Airmen from the 60th Medical Group at David Grant USAF Medical Center recently deployed to the largest military hospital in Afghanistan in support of the Global War on Terror. The 455th Expeditionary Medical Group was activated during a ceremony Jan. 23 to assume operation of the

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

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

Air Force plans to deactivate Willow Grove wing

Air Force Reserve Command officials briefed congressional leaders today on plans to deactivate the command's 913th Airlift Wing located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Willow Grove, Pa. The deactivation process would result in personnel authorizations being removed Oct. 1, 2007. The Air

Christmas delivered by air

Santa employed members of Bagram Air Base this year to help him deliver Christmas to troops deployed to austere locations throughout the theater. In support of Operation Enduring Freedom, there are thousands of troops living in forward operating bases who receive their supplies through various

Charleston AFB breaks C-17 flying record

The largest formation of C-17 Globemaster IIIs from a single base took off from here Dec. 21 in a demonstration of Charleston AFB's strategic airdrop capability. After taking off at 9:30 a.m. at 30-second intervals, the 20 C-17s flew over the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge and then back over the base to

TRANSCOM Commander visits Air Mobility Warfare Center

Saying he was impressed by the remarkable people and their wide-ranging missions, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, wrapped up a recent two-day tour of units at McGuire Air Force Base, nearby Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, the Air Mobility Warfare

Restoring excellence: Dover program wins best in AF

The 436th Civil Engineer Squadron environmental restoration staff competed with installations Air Force-wide to win the 2006 Air Force General Thomas D. White Environmental Restoration Award, one of the Air Force's most prominent environmental awards, Nov. 28. The award recognizes the installation

Army parachute team jumps from Charleston C-17 over Miami football game

Fairchild Airmen awarded Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal for heroism

Whether it is a meth lab in Spokane, Wash., booby trapped with grenades or an Improvised Explosive Device in Baghdad, every day brings something new for an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician. On the morning of Dec. 7, two of Fairchild's EOD technicians were awarded decorations for heroism in a