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  • AF initiates plan for CSAF Focus Area No. 2

    The Air Force is moving out on its top general’s number two focus area – Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams. In the fall of 2016, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein announced three areas he considers foundational to the Air Force: Revitalizing Air Force squadrons, Strengthening Joint

  • Airmen ensure safe, operational airfield at JBLM

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The 62nd Operations Support Squadron airfield management section is the go-to office here in the case of an airfield incursion incident.A runway incursion is considered as any unauthorized presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the safety protected area of a

  • C-130H aircraft receive tactical upgrade

    PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Pa. -- Five of the eight C-130 Hercules aircraft stationed here received Real Time In Cockpit modification throughout the month of February to boost operational flexibility and situational awareness.   RTIC is a system that shows the current

  • Iowa air refueling wing supports NATO AWACS missions

    NATO AIR BASE GEILENKIRCHEN, Germany -- This month, members of the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing based in Sioux City, Iowa, are refueling NATO Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft while assigned here.Approximately 40 members from the 185th are in Germany for two weeks

  • Fairchild awarded USSTRATCOM Omaha Trophy

    U.S. Strategic Command named Fairchild Air Force Base its annual Omaha Trophy winner in the Strategic Aircraft category Feb. 17, 2017.This year's win marks the second year in a row the 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings, as a fully-integrated Total Force partnership, have won the trophy. The

  • AMC Command Chief visits Ramstein

    Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, Air Mobility Command command chief, speaks to attendees of the a professional development seminar hosted by the 521st Air Mobility Wing’s 721st Aerial Port Squadron on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 14, 2017. Frey and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Redden, 521 AMOW command

  • Total Force aeromedical Airmen receive new trainer

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Scott Air Force Base Airmen recently began using a new ground aeromedical evacuation fuselage trainer here.Through coordination with Air Mobility Command, the 375th Air Mobility Wing secured a C-130H aircraft that was scheduled for decommissioning from Little Rock Air

  • Travis supports FEMA response to California flooding

    Due to historical rainfall and flooding across Northern California, Travis Air Force Base is supporting an incident management assistance team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with a staging area at the base.