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NEWS

  • 62 APS Airman awarded Bronze Star

    Master Sgt. Derek Thompson from the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron was presented a Bronze Star August 28 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Thompson earned his meritorious achievement as the aerial port superintendent for the 443rd Air Expeditionary Squadron while deployed to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq

  • MWD training takes flight

    Throughout the month of August, the 92nd Security Forces Squadron MWD section trained with the 36th Rescue Squadron to learn and become familiar with the components of a huey aircraft in preparation for deployment missions.

  • 621st CRG trains with West Virginia Guard

    Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Group spent four days training with and working alongside Airmen with the West Virginia Air National Guard Aug. 20-23 in Charleston, West Virginia.The three-day training at the Camp Branch Landing Zone enabled the 621st CRG Airmen to increase their

  • 62nd Airlift Wing makes it rain Soldiers in Predictable Iron

    Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing participated in a joint exercise with the 82nd Airborne Division to drop equipment and personnel at two drop zones during Exercise Predictable Iron from Aug. 20 to 24 at Army Pope Field, North Carolina.Airmen from the 7th and 8th Airlift Squadrons crewed two C-17

  • JB Charleston civic leaders tour MacDill AFB

    Joint Base Charleston civic leaders, along with base leadership, toured MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 16-17, 2018. Seventeen local civic leaders, who serve as conduits for leadership and advocates for the Air Force, flew on a JB Charleston C-17 Globemaster III to MacDill’s 6th Air Mobility

  • Advanced training prepares boom operators for future

    Within the past year, KC-10 Extender boom operators have been receiving cutting-edge three-dimensional simulator training and life-size cargo load training that are benefitting career field around the world. The training is a welcomed site since KC-10s, aircrews and maintainers have continuously

  • Painting partnerships to strengthen Air Force

    Renewing a paint job may not seem like an important task to some, but for aircraft it can be the difference between continuing to fly and being decommissioned. For the 60th Maintenance Squadron (MXS) from Travis Air Force Base, California, they are unable to spray paint to renew their C-17s’ paint

  • Tinker teachers experience MacDill military life

    For the first time ever, Tinker K-8 teachers, administrators and Hillsborough County School Board members participated in an immersion tour of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, August 7, 2018.

  • National robot rodeo at JB Charleston promotes STEM and safety

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C.—Members of the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal coordinated and hosted the 2018 Eastern National Robot Rodeo Aug. 13-17, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The ENRR, which was hosted here for the first time, showcased revolutionary robotics

  • CRW Airmen expand operational capabilities during Northern Strike

    GRAYLING ARMY AIRFIELD, Mich. -- The distinctive sound of aircraft propellers echoed over the airfield as dozens of aircraft arrived to take part in the joint and multi-national exercise called Northern Strike 2018 from Aug. 4-18.The 821st Contingency Response Group from Travis Air Force Base,