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  • 18th Air Force Welcomes New Commander

    Lt Gen Carlton D. Everhart II assumed command of 18th Air Force during a ceremony officiated by Air Mobility Command Commander Gen Darren W. McDew at Scott AFB on June 20.Addressing the Airmen in his new command for the first time, Everhart affirmed the command's heritage of excellence. "18th Air

  • Scott Honor Guard serves near and far with dignity

    "Handpicked to serve as a member of the Scott Air Force Base Honor Guard, my standards of conduct and level of professionalism must be above reproach, for I represent all others in my service."  Each weekday, the ceremonial guardsmen of the Scott Air Force Base Honor Guard practice for any type

  • Airman's remains returned home 62 years after his death

    The remains of 17 servicemembers were recovered by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and Joint Task Force team from a 1952 aircraft crash site--and among them was Airman 3rd Class Howard Martin, of Elwood, Ind., who finally came home to rest July 10. Waiting at the Indianapolis International

  • Four WWII Vets awarded the French Legion D'Honneur

    Seventy years ago on June 6, 1944, U.S. and French forces led an invasion on German-occupied Western Europe in the invasion of Normandy, which led to the restoration of the French Republic and contributed to the victory of the Allies in the war.Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened

  • 18th Air Force welcomes new commander

    Lieutenant Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II assumed command of 18th Air Force during a ceremony officiated by Air Mobility Command Commander Gen. Darren W. McDew here, June 20. Addressing the Airmen in his new command for the first time, Everhart affirmed the command's heritage of excellence."18th Air

  • DOD recovers remains of 17 from 1952 aircraft crash in Alaska

    The remains of 17 service members have been recovered from an aircraft that was lost in Alaska more than six decades ago, Pentagon officials announced June 18.On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, from McChord Air Force Base, Washington,

  • Pope Airmen participate in D-Day jump at Fort Bragg

    Forty Airmen from the 18th Air Support Operations Group commemorated the 70th Anniversary of D-Day by parachuting onto Fort Bragg's Normandy Drop Zone from C-130 Hercules aircraft June 6.Tactical Air Control Party and Battlefield Weather Airmen jumped with more than 300 paratroopers from the 27th

  • Big plane lands on small runway

    Nearly 18 months of training, planning, and praying paid off in droves June 8 when a massive C-17 Globemaster from Travis Air Force Base, California, landed in the midday hours at Paso Robles Municipal Airport."This is the first time ever an aircraft this large has touched down at this airfield,"

  • 22nd STS Airmen rescue injured mountain climber

    Two Airmen from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord risked their lives to rescue an injured climber from Mount Rainier May 28, 2014. Second Lt. Ryan McQuillan, 22nd STS officer in charge weapons and tactics, and Master Sgt. Kim Brewer, 22nd STS NCO in charge of weapons

  • Exercise Turbo Distribution: establishing a port in a storm

    The port facility at Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, South Carolina, was temporarily located near the city of fictional city of Charliesport in the country of El Corona recently as part of a Joint Task Force - Port Opening exercise. Held May 15 through 22, U.S. Transportation Command's