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  • RAF, USAF team up to fortify Royal Air Fleet

    The 436th Aerial Port Squadron and Air Mobility Command Museum teamed up with Royal Air Force St. Athan's Aircraft Recovery Transportation Flight to prepare, load and airlift a set of RAF C-130 wings here Feb. 23. The wings were transported aboard an Air Force C-5 to the United Kingdom and will be

  • Fight the base, Recover the base

    Fight the base. Recover the base. Win the war! Not only is this the new 'rally cry' for the 375th Mission Support Group, but it is also the concept behind a benchmark program at Scott Air Force Base aimed at changing the way the Air Force thinks, trains and operates. The idea for Fight the Base and

  • Feb. 28 airpower: Tankers provide air bridge

    U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Feb. 28. In Afghanistan Feb. 27, an Air Force B-1 Lancer provided close-air support to coalition forces receiving heavy machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire from enemies on a ridgeline near Energay. The B-1

  • Reserve wing welcomes C-40

    The skies above Scott Air Force Base got a new look Monday when the 932nd Airlift Wing welcomed the C-40C to its inventory. The wing, the only Air Force Reserve unit in the state of Illinois with a flying mission, received the first of three brand new aircraft to augment its mission of transporting

  • 18th AF commander visits Travis

    The 18th Air Force commander made an official visit here Feb. 15 to speak with Team Travis members. Maj. Gen. James Hawkins and his wife Linda made several stops throughout the base and discussed a wide variety of issues to include Travis' mission, AFSO 21 and Lean initiative improvements and

  • Base transitions to standardized emergency response system

    By 2009, all Air Force installations will respond to emergencies, both during peacetime and wartime, using the same system civilian agencies implemented more than 30 years ago. Fortunately, the base's close ties with the local community will expedite the transition and make it easier. Under the Air

  • Survival School Search and Rescue team rescues North Idaho man

    A nine-person Search and Rescue team from the United States Air Force Survival School here rescued a man near Kellogg, Idaho, Feb. 9 after a snowmobiling accident in which the man was injured after falling from a 25-foot cliff. The SAR team arrived at the Cemetery Ridge trailhead at 7:30 p.m. Feb.

  • Civilian historian deploys to Southwest Asia

    In 2005, the Air Force began transitioning historian positions from active-duty to civilian servicemembers. The transition ends with this fiscal year, and now that the turnover is almost complete, life for those civilian historians is starting to look more "active" than ever. Dennis Pinner, 336th

  • Airmen deployed to Eagle Flag build tents in tough conditions

    Nearly 400 Airmen deployed to support the fictional "421st Air Expeditionary Group" here for Eagle Flag 07-3 are simulating a real world war zone and being tested on their ability to conduct airfield operations and build an air base. Part of that effort is building the "tent city" for all the

  • 8th Ruck March honors vets

    The 436th Security Forces Squadron sponsored their 8th Annual Ruck March Saturday at the Air Mobility Command Museum to commemorate the Korean War's Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Teams of four rallied at the museum in their battle dress uniforms at 9 a.m., hoisted 30-pound backpacks on, and trekked a