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  • Travis Active, Reserve EOD support local national parks, law enforcement

    Their name brings to mind the stories out of Hollywood blockbusters. Visions of deafening explosions and gun shots spin through the mind as one visualizes a service member crouching over a device, daring the sweat dripping from his forehead not to fall, praying he chooses the right wire to pull.

  • Mobility Airmen tests ability to advise, direct, project airpower

    TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.  --  621st Contingency Response Wing exercised their ability to advise, direct and project airpower during exercise Cerberus Strike from April 14 to 30.Cerberus Strike is a contingency response-centric mobility exercise occurring in locations throughout Colorado and

  • Phoenix Rally prepares leaders for future challenges

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.— A record 170 commanders and command chiefs representing Mobility Air Force active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units gathered at the 2017 Air Mobility Command Spring Phoenix Rally conference here, April 26 to 28.Throughout the week-long conference, AMC

  • Civic leaders: A total force contributor at Phoenix Rally

    Headquarters Air Mobility Command hosted a civic leader panel here April 28, 2017 to facilitate dialogue between military and civilian leaders while emphasizing the role civic leaders and honorary commanders serve as mission enablers. The panel was part of the 2017 Spring Phoenix Rally, a bi-annual

  • Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce wins Abilene Trophy

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — The Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce was announced as the recipient of the 2016 Abilene Trophy April 28, 2017 during Phoenix Rally — a week-long look at mobility air force priorities, roles, and missions— at the Global Reach Planning Center here.

  • Air Guardsmen keep C-130H flying downrange

    SOUTHWEST ASIA – Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are undergoing a transition during their deployment here. These Airmen deployed from the 103rd and 145th Airlift Wings, from Connecticut and North Carolina respectively, have come together to

  • Technology of the Future

    Looking much like a handheld vacuum cleaner attached to an extra-large Shop-Vac, the technology that may revolutionize the aircraft structural maintenance shop does not scream “innovation” on first glance. Despite appearances, the capabilities of the neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG)

  • Reserve defenders keep watch

    A group of Citizen Airmen from the 507th Security Forces Squadron here deployed March 31 to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to support the Afghan Air Force in their fight against insurgents in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission.

  • Travis earns DoD environmental restoration award

    Dedication to using green and sustainable remediation technologies and biological processes that breakdown contaminates in groundwater has earned Travis Air Force Base, California, its first Secretary of Defense Environmental Restoration Award for Installations.

  • MacDill host first AF Alpha Warrior event

    MacDill hosted the Air Force’s first stop for the Air Force Alpha Warrior Tour, April 18-19, 2017.The Air Force Services Activity, or AFSVA, partnered with the Alpha Warrior team to continue building Comprehensive Airman Fitness through the newly initiated Air Force Alpha Warrior program. The