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  • New airline security measures apply to AMC travelers

    Airline travelers are facing new security measures at the nation's airports today that promise to disrupt flights and cause a domino affect around the world. The Department of Homeland Security increased airport and air travel security measures in response to a foiled plot by extremist to blow up

  • Fairchild's KC-135 saves lives in Aeromedical evacuation mission

    While the KC-135 Stratotanker was originally designed to extend the length of other aircrafts' flight times, aircrews at Fairchild are also using the airplane for a completely different mission - to extend medical care to critically injured patients. Tanker aircraft began augmenting the Air Force's

  • Team Travis welcomes its first C-17 aircraft

    The much anticipated arrival of Team Travis' new C-17, the "Spirit of Solano," took place Aug. 8 at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony began with a flyover of all three major airframes home to Travis Air Force Base, the C-5, KC-10 and now the C-17. The crowd of 1,800 stood in awe and applauded as Maj. Gen.

  • KC-10 maintainers keep mission flowing

    KC-10 Extender maintainers work long days on the flightline with temperatures reaching nearly 135 degrees on the scorching concrete, and it is even hotter in the KC-10s parked on the ramp. These are the conditions facing the Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The

  • Fairchild Skyfest draws record crowd

    A record-breaking crowd estimated at 125,000 visitors turned out this weekend for Skyfest 2006, the base's air show and open house. Eclipsing the previous record of 123,000 set in 2004, this year's Skyfest featured Airmen from all professions from Team Fairchild representing the Air Force and its

  • 'Gateway to the West' embraces Air Force

    To honor the men and women of the U.S. Air Force, mayors, administrators and councils in the St. Louis metropolitan area are proclaiming the week of Aug. 7 as "Air Force Week" in their respective cities, villages and towns. St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay will sign a decree Aug. 7 proclaiming the week

  • St. Louis to host inaugural Air Force Week

    Air Force officials have announced the first-ever Air Force Week. It will begin Aug. 6 in St. Louis, culminating in an open house and air show at nearby Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Aug. 12 to 13, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. The St. Louis metro region was selected by Air Force

  • C-130s assist humanitarian relief efforts in Cyprus

    Two C-130 Hercules crews assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing delivered more than 10 tons of food and other relief supplies during two missions this past week to support American citizens leaving Lebanon. Both missions were no-notice taskings delivered by U.S. Central Command Air Forces'

  • ECST preps Airmen for deployments

    "Do not depend on the enemy not coming, but depend on our readiness against him." This principle, taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, written in the 2nd Century B.C., is being applied by the Air Force today to prepare Airmen for waging a new kind of war - the Global War on Terror. Expeditionary

  • Two refuelers, one squadron can handle any situation

    The only Air Force squadron that consists of both the KC-10 Extender and the KC-135 Stratotanker is supporting operations throughout Southwest Asia. "We have one-third of the air refueling assets as far as the aircraft and the crews go, but we provide almost 50 percent of air refueling in the area