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  • C-17s deliver largest OEF fuel resupply in Afghanistan

    Three C-17 Globemaster IIIs carrying 120 bundles dropped the largest resupply of fuel ever to a remote military outpost in Afghanistan.Throughout the span of two days, Jan. 29 through 30, Soldiers hustled to collect the pallets, store them and then prepare for the next C-17 pass."When these drops

  • Fire department -- split three ways -- protects Fairchild assets

    For the first time in their history, the 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department is protecting Fairchild assets in three different locations.Because of the Fairchild runway closure, KC-135 operations have been relocated to the Grant County International Airport, in Moses Lake Wash., and the

  • McChord Airmen participate in pilot panel at local middle school

    Three pilots assigned to McChord Field's 10th Airlift Squadron participated in Key Peninsula Middle School's annual pilot panel Jan. 24 in Lakebay, Wash. "Every year, we invite both civilian and military pilots to speak to the kids about their careers," said Kareen Borders, KPMS NASA Explorer School

  • 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