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  • Joint exercise hones 615th CRW capabilities for real-world missions

    Soldiers and Airmen teamed up in a simulated deployed environment at Mackall Army Airfield approximately ten miles south of Pinehurst, N.C., in support of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division's joint operational access exercise from June 23 to 27. More than 100 Airmen from the 615th Contingency

  • JB MDL security forces members to participate in remembrance march

    As a memorial to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Air Force security forces members will participate in the Ruck March to Remember from July 12 to Sept. 11.Security forces members from 23 units will march 2,181 miles from the Air Force Security Forces Center in San Antonio to Ground Zero in New York

  • Team McChord Airmen recall support for Antarctic aeromedical mission

    Stepping into action after short notice, Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings, alongside Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Kadena Air Base aeromedical evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, successfully landed during the first ever C-17 Globemaster III mid-winter Antarctic

  • Youth learn about Air Force during seminar at Scott AFB

    More than 30 volunteers from across the base teamed up with the Scott Air Force Base Lewis Lynch Tuskegee Airmen Chapter to host a youth seminar the weekend of June 24 to 26 during which youth learned about aviation and even met an original Tuskegee Airman.The chapter welcomed 21 students from

  • 'Lieutenant Dan' tours C-17, plays Joint Base Lewis-McChord Freedom Fest

    Actor Gary Sinise has a long list of ties to America's military and its veterans. While he's never served, Sinise is probably best known for his role as Lt. Dan Taylor, a disabled Vietnam veteran in the Oscar-winning movie "Forrest Gump."However, the movie star did not visit Joint Base

  • Total Force Airmen successfully MEDEVAC Antarctic worker

    Utilizing night vision equipment and navigating around volcanic ash hazards, a C-17 Globemaster III and crew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, alongside aeromedical evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, successfully evacuated an ailing Antarctic government contractor June

  • Total Force Airmen successfully evacuate Antarctic worker

    Utilizing night vision equipment and navigating around volcanic ash hazards, a C-17 Globemaster III and crew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., alongside aeromedical evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, successfully evacuated an ailing Antarctic government contractor June 30.

  • McChord Field prepares to host Air Mobility Rodeo

    Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing, 446th AW and 627th Air Base Group have begun preparing 'Rainier Ranch' to host the multitude of United States and International teams when they arrive at the end of the month. The installation will host Air Mobility Command Rodeo 2011, and competition is set to

  • EC officer inducted into local high school's 'hall of fame'

    A 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron "Spartan" was honored by induction into his New Jersey high school's hall of fame June 24 in Plainfield, N.J.Capt. Sean Hoggs, the 422nd JTS's Air Expeditionary Group Staff Course director and Plainfield High School class of 1986 graduate joinedseveral other alumni

  • Joint Base Charleston Airmen participate in world-renowned air show

    Airmen from Joint Base Charleston returned June 28 after representing their airlift wing and the U.S. Air Force during the world-renowned Paris Air Show held June 20 to 26. The crew of 12 Airmen from both the 437th Operations and Maintenance Groups were selected several months ago by their