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  • MacDill honors Tuskegee Airman as distinguished guest

    The historic Tuskegee Airmen boasted approximately 14,000 African-American service members for the U.S. Army Air Forces during and after World War II – their faithless service garnered more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses and pushed the envelope in integrating the U.S. military.

  • Air Force Pilot Delivers a Smooth Landing for New Daughter

    When United States Air Force Lt. Col. Peter Hince joined the military, nobody ever said anything about delivering babies, but he quickly learned that it was a lot like landing a plane.  Hince, director of operations, 43rd Operations Support Squadron, arrived at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina in

  • AMC command team visits Joint Base Charleston

    Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of Air Mobility Command, her husband Alan Frosch, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, visited members of Joint Base Charleston, S.C., as part of their listening tour, Nov. 2-5, 2020. Their trip centered on meeting the service members and

  • Panther Storm 2: Advancing rapid global mobility

    Multiple C-130J Super Hercules crews from Little Rock Air Force, Arkansas, and Dyess AFB, Texas, partnered with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division for a Joint Forcible Entry exercise Nov. 3-6 at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina.

  • CR Airmen test new capabilities, enable joint forces

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing successfully tested new command and control concepts and sling load capabilities while participating in Green Flag Little Rock 21-01 recently at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.

  • Deployed Airman takes next STEP in career

    An Airman deployed to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa received a surprise Stripes for Exceptional Performers promotion to the rank of technical sergeant in a ceremony at the command’s headquarters, Oct. 22, 2020, on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Cable serves as the noncommissioned officer

  • Community partners with SAFB for storm water management

    Storm water management is an ongoing initiative under Scott Air Force Base’s Community Partnership P4 (public-public, public-private) Program. Base subject matter experts with the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron and federal agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife meet regularly with leaders in the