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  • Communications Airmen inspire students

    The 92nd Communications Squadron partnered with Greater Spokane Inc. to hold a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math event here where for high school students Feb. 8th, 2018.This STEM event aimed to give local Spokane area students a better insight of the Air Force and show them how the

  • Refueling keeps Red Flag flying

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. –The Red Flag Tanker Task Force with air mobility assets from three bases descended on the Las Vegas skies in support the international training exercise, Red Flag-Nellis 18-1.The RFTTF consists of personnel, aircraft and equipment from McConnell Air Force Base, Fairchild

  • McConnell maintainers get a taste of deployed life during Red Flag 18-1

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – A team of McConnell maintainers support Red Flag 18-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, during the year’s first iteration of the Air Force’s premiere international combat exercise Jan. 26 to Feb. 16.The Red Flag Tanker Task Force Maintenance Team consists of 45 members

  • Airmen keep Little Rock AFB fresh

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. - Airmen from the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron Water and Fuels Systems flight maintain systems moving more than 500 thousand gallons of water daily through 56 miles of underground pipes enabling base personnel to shower and hydrate, while also up keeping separate

  • Red Flag provides refined boom instructor training

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – McConnell air crews are focusing on developing air refueling skills for their youngest boom operators at the Air Force’s premier air-to-air exercise, Red Flag 18-1, which kicked off at Nellis AFB nearly two weeks ago and continues through Friday.The crews are using the

  • Airmen, Soldiers keep airplanes flying in arctic climates

    TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing trained alongside Soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, during the Rapid Alaskan Airlift Week exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Jan. 19 through 26.The week-long exercise is designed to optimize exercise

  • Dover partners with AFRL to innovate in fuel efficiency

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, collaborated with Dover Air Force Base and private companies on programs to make the entire C-17 Globemaster III fleet lighter, safer and more fuel efficient for the future at Dover

  • C-17 crews help realign assets to Afghanistan

    A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, transports troops and equipment to forward operating locations through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

  • Mobility Airmen team-up for exercise Crescent Moon

    Airmen of the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, here, and 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey., combined capabilities and shared assets during Exercise Crescent Moon from Jan. 29 to Jan. 31.

  • AMC provides furlough survival guide

    On Jan. 19 an appropriation bill or continuing resolution was not passed by Congress, resulting in an emergency government shutdown. The lapse in appropriations caused some government employees subject to furlough to enter a non-duty, non-pay status while others continued working in a non-pay