June 24, 2004 Airman to open for Nashville Star tour A Charleston Airman will be the opening act Friday for the Nashville Star tour stop at the Charleston Performing Arts Center. Staff Sgt. Jayson Johnston, 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, secured the gig after he emerged the victor in a field of 100 competitors June 16 in
June 10, 2004 McChord Air Force Reserve pilot captures NAACP award Maj. Kimberly Scott, a C-17 pilot with the 728th Airlift Squadron, an activated Air Force Reserve squadron here, is the recipient of the 2004 NAACP Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award for the Air Force.The award will be presented June 10 during the NAACP 29th annual Armed Services and Veterans Affairs
June 10, 2004 Staying fit to fight TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AMCNS) - Capt. Beth Murchison, a KC-10 pilot assigned to the 9th Air Refueling Squadron here, swims breast strokes at the base swimming pool. (Photo by Master Sgt. Scott King, 60th Air Mobility Wing)
May 26, 2004 Pro baseball player spends day as an Airman Major League Baseball pitcher Al Leiter swapped his New York Mets uniform for an Air Force flight suit on Monday to became a McGuire boom operator for a day. While at McGuire, the left-hander who's played in three World Series and has 146 career wins, learned the ropes of refueling from Senior
May 21, 2004 McGuire AFB receives new weapon system trainer With the upcoming stand-down of the C-141 Starlifter and retirement of its training systems here, McGuire AFB begins a new phase in its aviation history with the C-17A Globemaster Aircrew Training System.The training system arrived at the C-17 simulator facility here May 19 and will be available to
May 17, 2004 Deployed boom operator completes 100th combat mission Completing 100 combat missions is a significant feat for any member of a flight crew. For Staff Sgt. Thomas Sinclair, deployed here with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, this accomplishment was even more special as he became the first boom operator to achieve 100 combat missions by
May 11, 2004 Fairchild helps AMC evaluate new Wing Maintenance Course Fairchild AFB is helping Air Mobility Command launch a new training course to strengthen the ties between those who fix airplanes and those who fly them. AMC developed the Wing Maintenance Course to meet the vision of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper to educate wing leaders on aircraft
May 6, 2004 National magazine honors Pope AFB flight nurse A flight nurse from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here will be spotlighted in the May issue of Nursing Spectrum for winning the magazine's southeastern U.S. Nurse of the Year award.Major Jacqueline Hayes-Hethington and other nominees were evaluated on practice, courage and compassion and
April 29, 2004 Fairchild team tackles 35-mile 'Ridge to River' relay Six members of a Fairchild relay team -- dubbed 'Your Worst Nightmare Dream Team' -- took their physical and mental challenge to the next level during the "Ridge to River" relay in Wenatchee, Wash., April 18.The Ridge to River relay was conceived in 1980 as a fund-raising event. Since then it has
April 29, 2004 Fairchild maintainers help Oregon Reserve unit with tanker task Members of the 939th Air Refueling Wing, an Oregon Air Force Reserve unit, departed Fairchild April 19 after two weeks of training on a major KC-135 maintenance task.Until 2002, the 939th ARW (formerly the 939th Rescue Wing) flew H-60 Pavehawks. With the new unit designation came a new mission.