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  • Charleston aerial port bridges gap to Afghanistan

    Early August, rolling down miles of interstate highway from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., shipments of uniquely buoyant military cargo are due for a pit stop in Charleston, S.C.The destination is the 437th Aerial Port Squadron - a transfer point between land and air-based travel. Trucks arrive, the port

  • Single mom, deployed from Pope, flies through medevac deployment

    Fathers, sons, mothers and daughters serve in the U.S. Air Force in a number of different specialties throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. For varied periods of time, typically ranging from four months to one year, military families are separated during deployments that come with wear of the Air Force

  • McConnell to host Silent Drill Platoon

    Personifying McConnell's mission as Total Force, 40 members of the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon are scheduled to perform here Sept. 25-26, 2010.The platoon is scheduled to perform during the 2010 McConnell Open House and Air Show. The members of the platoon are hand-selected from infantry

  • Air Force Reserve C-130 unit supports diverse deployed ops

    There's practically no deployed mobility mission Southwest Asia's 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron isn't ready for, be it delivering life-saving supplies and equipment to ground forces in Afghanistan, transferring bombs to be put on target, providing aeromedical evacuation across the U.S.

  • McConnell Airmen host 'Big for a Day' event

    Despite originating from various backgrounds, cities and age groups, McConnell's Airmen bridged the gap and bonded with more than 60 boys and girls from the community Big Brothers Big Sisters program during a visit to the base Aug. 5, 2010.The annual event, "Big For A Day," was sponsored by the

  • Eagle Flag exercise expands, achieves new milestones

    Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center recorded a significant milestone this week as they hosted their first Defense Support to Civil Authorities exercise involving hundreds of federal, state, local and military participants at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J."The 421st Combat

  • Illinoisan of the Year supports military families

    When servicemembers deploy, most of them end up missing a major holiday with their family.To ease the hardship of missed holidays, local teenagers from "Speak Out for Military Kids" created "Holiday Walk," an event that allows families of servicemembers getting ready to deploy or returning from