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  • 700 Air Force Reserve jobs coming over next four years at Little Rock

    More than 700 new Air Force Reserve jobs will come open during the next few years as the new legacy C-130 training unit grows to its projected full strength of 706 Air Reserve Technicians, traditional Reservists and civilians with no military affiliation. The unit, most likely to be designated a

  • Scott AFB Honor Guard renders final honors at funerals

    While the notes of "Taps" are heard at many bases daily signifying the end of the day, it is also played during military funerals. The concept of military funerals began during the Napoleonic Wars when the dead were carried from the battlefield covered by a flag. Military funeral honors are now

  • Fairchild rescue team saves man with broken hip

    Airmen from the 36th Rescue Flight rescued a 65-year-old man Jan. 22 near Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho.Argyle Mydland was walking back to his house when he slipped on a patch of ice and broke his hip. He was able to use his arms to crawl back inside to call for help. Because of weather restrictions and

  • Air Force convenes court-martial for former command chief

    The Air Force convened its court-martial trial today against Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney, the former command chief for Air Force Materiel Command located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, who is charged with 19 violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.Chief Gurney pled guilty to 13

  • Little Rock maintainers put 'pride in the name of mission excellence'

    The crew chief shivers as he stands in the flightline on this cold January day. He watches the C-130 Hercules as it takes to the sky and says he remembers all the work he and his team recently completed on that very aircraft."That's my airplane and it's the best one around," he said.It's that level

  • McConnell's 22nd MDG picks up 21 AMC-level awards

    The mission at McConnell is supported by various groups, and through their efforts to support McConnell, the 22nd Medical Group recently won 21 Air Mobility Command-level awards for 2010. The awards are given annually to outstanding teams and individuals who stand out in their specialty. McConnell's

  • Comprehensive Airmen Fitness: Fairchild spouse group is 'key' to deployments

    Keeping a household together is no easy feat, especially when a member of that family is deployed.So, when the going gets tough, Fairchild Key Spouses lend a hand. "They're kind of the unsung heroes of the base," Ruth Sunde, Airman Family Readiness Center Key Spouse Program coordinator said.The key

  • 21st EMTF moves forward in JB-MDL change of command ceremony

    Brig. Gen. Scott Goodwin took command of the 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force from Brig. Gen. Michael Kim in a ceremony here, Jan 7. General Kim was given temporary command of the 21st EMTF in August 2010 when its previous commander, Brig. Gen. Timothy Zadalis, was deployed to Kabul,