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  • Scott AFB senior NCO receives Fred Archer Award

    Senior Master Sgt. Patrick Jones, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron Superintendent of the Civil Engineer's Operations Flight, was awarded the 2010 Chief Master Sergeant Fred Archer Military Award, July 15 by Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., an organization dedicated to honoring the accomplishments of African

  • 19th Airlift Wing lifts off with new commander

    A former C-130 pilot assigned to the base in 1994 has come home to command the world's largest C-130 wing.Col. Michael Minihan, a former 61st Airlift Squadron pilot, took command of the 19th Airlift Wing Black Knights in a change of command ceremony here Aug. 2."We are Combat Airlift," he told the

  • Little Rock Airman earns Tuskegee Airmen award

    A Little Rock Airman from the 48th Airlift Squadron was recognized July 28 by the Tuskegee Airmen for his excellence in professional and community service.Maj. James O'Brien, 48th AS scheduling flight commander, earned the Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Military Award in the Field Grade Officer

  • 305th AMW receives third new C-17 Globemaster III

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing received a new C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony here July 30.The C-17 is the last of three aircraft being added to the 305th AMW inventory as part of a congressionally-mandated increase in the number of Globemasters throughout Air Mobility Command."With aerial

  • One year later: JB CHS helps keep multinational wing operational

    "I never thought I'd be sitting in the airplane and it'd be me and a Bulgarian or Norwegian copilot with loadmasters from Sweden or Romania," said Maj. Brian Nicosia just after his simulator training here at Joint Base Charleston. Major Nicosia, a United States pilot and chief of tactics for the

  • Active shooter exercise keeps SFS ready for anything

    "Bang, bang, bang. Shots fired, shots fired." A group of security forces Airmen race down a hallway into a dark room to confront the unknown. While this was just a training exercise, the scenario is all too real. The shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, showed the possibility of an active shooter scenario

  • Fairchild couple make refueling a family affair

    For two Fairchild staff sergeants, air refueling isn't just the wing mission, it's the family business.Staff Sgts. Aaron and Leighann Ray are both boom operators with the 92nd Air Refueling Wing.  Aboard Fairchild's KC-135 Stratotankers, their job is to refuel planes while in flight, keeping Air

  • Successful mission downrange highlights Dover capabilities

    Working with other agencies in a hostile environment on a quick turn around rotation, four airlift crews managed to deliver more than 100 helicopters to Army units at three locations in Afghanistan.U.S. Army teams assisted the C-5 Loadmasters in Rota and 3 locations in Afghanistan."The Army was