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  • Expeditionary aeromedical squadron creates mobile ICU

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The intensive care unit that the 455th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron operates out of the back of a C-130J Hercules is a different scene entirely. An intensive care unit is usually a sterile environment, white hospital walls, pristine floors, bright fluorescent

  • Fairchild kicks off 75th anniversary

    Fairchild Air Force Base kicked off its 75th Anniversary with a celebration event here with Spokane area elected officials, civic leaders, honorary commanders and others March 1, 2017. Col. Ryan Samuelson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander and Spokane Mayor, David Condon, both gave remarks about the

  • 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