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  • 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

  • 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