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NEWS

  • Flying Operation Restore Power at 35,000 feet

    On Nov. 1, more than 30 aircraft and hundreds of Air Force and civilian personnel converged on March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to help win a race against time and Mother Nature. In the aftermath of a storm that had been labeled as the big one - "Frankenstorm" - some 1.7 million people were left

  • SEAC brings inspiration to Scott AFB

    Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Scott AFB Oct. 28-Oct. 31.The SEAC, who is the principle advisor to the CJCS and the Secretary of Defense on all joint and combined total force matters, toured Team Scott and the

  • 62nd Port Dawgs do 'whatever it takes' to support hurricane relief efforts

    Airmen from the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron worked tirelessly through the night Nov. 2 and well into the afternoon Nov. 3 to process more than 20 vehicles and support equipment destined for the East Coast to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.The vehicles, sent from the Seattle City Light power

  • Support rolls onto Travis jets

    Six Department of Energy vehicles from Western Area Power Administration in the Sacramento area arrived at Travis Air Force Base Nov. 2 to start their journey towards New Jersey. The group is part of the growing number of utility vehicles being airlifted from the western regions of the United States

  • Humanitarian assistance, under the USTRANSCOM umbrella

    Members of the U.S military once again sprang into action over the past week, as Hurricane Sandy headed for, then devastated, the East Coast.While addressing a group of reporters and concerned citizens in Brigantine, N.J., Oct. 31, President Obama said, "And one of the things that we've been able to

  • Air Force flies relief supplies, power vehicles into New York

    Yesterday hundreds of Air Force active-duty, Reservists and Guardsmen worked day and night loading and flying 12 C-5 and C-17 airlift, bringing 636 short tons of badly-needed equipment and power support vehicles to areas of the East Coast ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.Airmen from more than 12 active

  • 62nd AW Airmen deploy in response to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts

    A C-17 Globemaster III departed early morning Nov. 1 in support of Hurricane Sandy response operations. Along with aircraft and crews from 11 active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve bases across the nation, McChord Field Airmen are flying to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to pick-up

  • Hungary-based Airmen write new chapter in mulitinational operations

    At this small, bare-bones, communist-era airfield located in the Hungarian countryside, midpoint between Vienna and Budapest, American Airmen are writing a dynamic new chapter in multinational cooperation and flight operations. Airmen assigned to the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa Air Base work side by

  • Through teamwork, Team Dover battles Sandy

    As a bad weather system gathered strength in the Atlantic, weather specialists with the 436th Operations Support Squadron briefed the leadership of Dover Air Force Base, Del., on the emerging threat; they had been watching the storm since Oct. 21. In the days that followed, preparations were made,