An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NEWS

  • Team Travis trains to save lives

    "One, two, three ... down!" Four members of the 60th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team prepare to lower, secure and stabilize a critically injured patient inside a KC-135 Stratotanker. This was the first training exercise of its kind that the CCATT participated in at Travis, and was an

  • Wranglers rope up hard work for Air Mobiliity Rodeo '07

    For the more than 200 "Wranglers" - the team of Airmen who bear the brunt of the work that goes into Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 - there are no shiny trophies or recognition at the event's closing celebration for a job well done. They're a group of mostly unsung heroes who work long hours at tough jobs,

  • MacDill Rodeo 2007 team ready to defend title

    The aim of Team MacDill's 2005 Air Mobility Rodeo champs is to repeat and bring the 2007 event trophy home. Training and teamwork developed over the last few weeks is what's going to make that possible, said Major Thomas Lee, 6th Air Mobility Wing Operations Group commander and Rodeo 2007 team

  • General McNabb enlists city's future heroes

    For 40 women and men at the Cardinals vs. Giants baseball game July 7, their thoughts may not have been focused on whether Barry Bonds would break Hank Aaron's lifetime home-run record. Right hands raised, this young group, standing at Busch Stadium home plate in front of a huge crowd, was sworn

  • OG Rodeo team ready to compete, win

    Editor's note: This is the final article in a four-part series highlighting McChord's Rodeo 2007 competitors. It's not every day that you see more dirt than sky when looking out of a cockpit's windshield, but the steep descents of assault landings are what all C-17 Globemaster III aircrews must

  • C-130 maintainers 'cowboy up' for Rodeo

    Although no one is wearing a Stetson hat and there isn't a steer in sight, the journey to the 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo promises to be a wild one as 10 Ramstein Air Base aircraft maintainers prepare to saddle up on a Hercules. Like an ornery old bull sitting in the chute waiting to be ridden,

  • Dover member wins AF Antiterrorism award

    Michael Mendoza, 436th Airlift Wing Anti-terrorism advisor recently won the 2007 Air Force Best Antiterrorism Program Manager. "I could not have received this recognition without the cooperation and commitment from the unit antiterrorism representatives and the Antiterrorism Force Protection and

  • SERE Challenge tests skills of Air Force's "Guardian Angels"

    A pair of water survival instructors assigned here earned the Col. Bud Day trophy Thursday as winners of the 2007 SERE Challenge -- a physically grueling and mentally exhausting competition among some of the Air Force's elite special operators. Staff Sgt. Michael Garcia and Staff Sgt. Matthew Zimmer

  • Maintenance prepares for Air Mobility Rodeo 2007

    Eighteen Fairchild Airmen are working some major overtime right now, all to show the world they're the best at what they do. Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 is fast approaching and local teams are training at their hardest. The biennial competition, which takes place July 22-28 at McChord Air Force Base,

  • New C-17 checklist reduces redundancies

    Team Charleston has once again made its mark in the C-17 community by reducing wasted motion and time in the preflight sequence of events. A Charleston AFB team has figured out a way to shorten C-17 preflight time by one hour and 30 minutes by focusing on reducing redundancies and eliminating