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  • Air Force EOD defusing the threat of IEDs

    "Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!"That's the rally cry for an elite group of Airmen who are working day in and day out to save the lives of their fellow Airmen and those around them, regardless if they are in the area of responsibility or here at home.Who are these

  • Photo essay: McChord Airmen honor fallen

    McChord Field Base Honor Guard Airmen as well as nine volunteer Airmen honored fallen Tuskegee Airman 1st Lt. Eldridge Freeman on May 28, 2010. Among the volunteers was Major Gregory Kuzma, 62nd Aerial Port, Deputy Squadron Commander. "Being here today reminded me what it means to serve in the

  • C-17 brings global airlift capability to Southwest Asia base

    A C-17 Globemaster III deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., stopped at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on May 19, 2010, for a deployed airlift mission. The C-17 stopped at the base to deliver cargo and passengers for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing area of operations. According to its

  • Photo essay: C-21 crew brings airlifter to Southwest Asia base

    Aircrew members flew a C-21 airlifter to a non-disclosed base here as part of a mission May 19, 2010, for U.S. Central Command operations to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing.During its stop with the 380th AEW, the C-21 refueled and dropped off cargo and passengers.According to its Air Force and Air

  • KC-10 flight engineer reaches 400 combat missions in Southwest Asia

    It took 11 deployments of working on two different airframes and more than 1,900 flying hours to achieve, but Master Sgt. Clifford C. Hughes surpassed more than 400 combat missions as a flight engineer May 21, 2010, at a non-disclosed base here.Sergeant Hughes, a KC-10 Extender instructor flight

  • 375th ASF provides medical care for wounded warriors

    "Prepare to unrack.""Ready.""Unrack.""Prepare to move.""Ready.""Move."Members of the 375th Aeromedical Staging Flight repeated these commands nearly 20 times during the weekend while moving littered patients off of C-17 Globemaster IIIs and into buses that would take them to the ASF at the Scott

  • Youngest C-17 pilot joins 4th Airlft Squadron

    Kaylie Bergen, a 6-year-old from Federal Way, Wash., battling cancer, toured the base Tuesday as this month's participant in the Pilot for a Day Program. The purpose of the program is to give local children with serious illnesses a day completely devoted to them and their interest in aviation. The

  • 305th airpower gets lift with new Globemasters

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing will increase airpower capabilities with the addition of new jets to the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst flightline, the first of which were scheduled to arrive yesterday.Three new C-17 Globemaster III aircraft were assigned to the wing as part of a

  • Six-year-old experiences the excitement of the Air Force

    It was a long-distance flight from a small island over the vast open waters of the Pacific. Any pilot would need to be alert on a mission this important and know that failure isn't an option. If you looked around the dark cockpit of the KC-135, you would see five people all fixated on the view