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  • Air Force announces next tanker aircraft

    Air Force and Defense Department officials announced the award of an engineering and manufacturing development contract valued at more than $3.5 billion for the KC-46A aerial refueler to The Boeing Company today.Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said in the briefing that many factors were

  • Little Rock Airmen demonstrate massive airdrop, teamwork in joint exercise

    Nine Little Rock Air Force Base C-130s and twice as many aircrews, along with maintainers and planners from the base, participated in the most recent Joint Operation Access Exercise Feb. 9-12 at Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg, N.C.JOAX is a two-week exercise to prepare the Air Force and Army to

  • McConnell Airmen volunteer support for 'Extreme Makeover' show

    Braving erratic Wichita, Kan., weather, Team McConnell members recently volunteered to help build a new home as for a local hero as part of the ABC-TV series, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."More than15 McConnell members and hundreds of other volunteers from the community helped clear and prepare

  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord NCO helps Air Force bowling team take top honors

    Staff Sgt. Natasha Sanchez still remembers the day quite clearly.She was 19 years old and her brother was 15. Both were bowling in a tournament in their home state of Tennessee. Suddenly, two lanes down from Sanchez, loud cheering broke out around her brother's lane. He'd bowled a 300 -- a perfect

  • Exercise preps Travis 615th CRW for inspection, real-world missions

    Soldiers and Airmen teamed up in a simulated deployed environment at Mackall Army Airfield approximately 10 miles south of Pinehurst, N.C., in support of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division's Joint Operational Access Exercise, Feb. 9 through16. More than 100 Airmen from the 615th Contingency Response

  • Space-A travel: Did you know?

    Every day, around the world, hundreds of military and military-contracted commercial aircraft travel the world delivering troops and cargo. These missions allow hundreds of thousands of military personnel, retirees, family members, and other Department of Defense-eligible travelers to fly at almost

  • Air Force Honor Guard performs at McConnell

    Marching in unison while also performing gravity defying rifle maneuvers, seventeen members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team displayed their talent to McConnell members Feb. 14, 2011.The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, which currently consists of approximately 250 Airmen, annually performs

  • World War II hero receives medals after 65 years

    When Japan surrendered in 1945 and the "boys" came home, the last thing on these men's minds was how to receive their hard earned military decorations.Mr. Gordon Ballagh, a 90-year-old veteran and prisoner of war during World War II, is one of these men. With the efforts of Tech. Sgt. Wayne Herold,

  • Military Saves Week -- Helping Airmen 'save' for their future

    As a young adult with a steady paycheck, it's easy to chalk retirement up to something that won't affect you for many years.But many young adults may not realize that the failure to save now could come back to haunt them when they're of retirement age, and realize they don't have enough money to