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  • Area Army Air Corps vet receives French Legion of Honor medal

    Del Casper, Army Air Corps veteran who participated in 35 aerial combat missions over occupied Europe during World War II, was awarded the French Legion of Honor medal at the Spokane Veterans Center in Spokane Valley, Wash., July 15.The award, the highest honor given by the government of France, was

  • Mobility Airman support massive U.S.-Australian exercise

    Mobility Airmen, including C-17 and KC-135 aircrews from across the U.S., will join more than 28,000 of their fellow Airmen, Soldiers, and Sailors, and Australian counterparts in northern Australia for Exercise Talisman Saber 2013. Talisman Saber is a biennial training activity jointly sponsored by

  • Senator visits MacDill - announces he is satisfied with security

    Bill Nelson, Florida U.S. Senator, visited MacDill Air Force Base July 12 to address base security and announced he is satisfied that the base is protected from security threats.Recently an individual was found to have trespassed on base at least four times, once using a trash can to jump a fence

  • Fallen Air Force hero returns home

    A member of the Air Force team has finally returned home nearly 44 years after falling in combat. The remains of Maj. Larry Hanley arrived at the Spokane International Airport July 11 for a repatriation ceremony. Hanley, piloting an F-105D Thunderchief, crashed in Khammouan Province, Laos, while

  • A 5,000-mile journey to recovery

    An active-duty Air Force crew aboard a C-17 Globemaster III made history July 10 while flying specialized medical teams and a patient requiring equipment never before used on board a trans-Atlantic mission. The spouse of an active-duty Army service member, who wishes to remain anonymous, was being

  • Mobility leaders pay tribute to a former Air Mobility commander

    Air Mobility Command lost one of its own, Gen. Robert L. Rutherford, July 4, of natural causes at the age of 74 in San Antonio, Texas. "It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Gen. Rutherford," said Gen. Paul J. Selva, AMC commander. "'Skip' took our business very seriously and his

  • Every $398 million counts – airlift scheduling changes ring up big savings

    Analysts here took the spirit of "Every Dollar Counts" seriously - more than 395 million times over.Improvements to the way intra-theater airlift is done in Afghanistan are saving taxpayers between $300 million and $398 million a year after a team of air transportation professionals found a way to

  • Air Force firefighting aircraft repositioned

    The U.S. Forest Service, through the National Interagency Fire Center here, has directed the repositioning of military Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft from Colorado Springs, Colo., to Mesa, Ariz. "The weather and progress on the ground have helped us in the Four Corners region," said

  • From E.R. to Black Hawk helicopter, Air Force nurse 'returns' to Army

    Blood spurts from a gaping wound. Broken bones pierce through skin. Screaming, shock, chaos - some things never change for emergency medical personnel.But, for Air Force Maj. Sandra Nestor, a critical care nurse deployed with the 2-149 General Aviation Support Battalion, a typical day is very