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  • Combat zone controllers 'critical link' in deployed wing ops

    In the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Command Post, five Airmen manage a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week mission supporting the only wing in U.S. Central Command with KC-10 Extender, U-2 Dragonlady, E-3 Sentry and RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft."We are that critical link in managing information for our

  • Scott hosts information fair for parents with special needs children

    In an effort to help parents of special needs children feel less alone and educate them about the many resources available in the local area, Scott Air Force Base held its first special needs information fair Feb. 11."This area has tremendous resources available for parents and children," said

  • No time outs: McConnell members save a life

    With six minutes remaining on the game clock during of an intramural basketball game here Jan. 26, players and spectators expected to see hustling jump shots and free throws, not a referee lying on the ground.It was the longest game of Dwayne Lassiter's10-year career as a referee.However, luck was

  • JB MDL plows through winter blast

    Joint base maintenance crews were busy clearing streets and runways after one of the largest sets of snow storms hit the northeast in early February.The 87th Civil Engineer Squadron has 167 military, civilian and contract personnel assigned to ensure the runways, ranges, and streets are clear, said

  • AMC vice commander visits 380th AEW in Southwest Asia

    As part of a visit through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Lt. Gen. Vern M. "Rusty" Findley II, Air Mobility Command vice commander, stopped at a non-disclosed base here Feb. 10 to 11 to visit with deployed mobility Airmen of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing.Air mobility assets at

  • EC hosts Republic of Yemen Air Force student

    The United States Air Force Expeditionary Center, through its Mobility Operations School here, recently hosted an Air Force officer from the Republic of Yemen as part of the International Military Education and Training Program. The training is a component of U.S. Air Force's efforts to build the

  • JBC Airmen serve as liaison in Lowcountry repatriation effort

    A small team of officers at Joint Base Charleston was recently called upon to bridge the gap between South Carolina repatriation efforts and Air Force flights transporting Haiti evacuees to Charleston International Airport.For weeks, Air Force space available airlift had transported evacuees to

  • AMC delivers ‘rapid response’ to aid Haiti

    With the eyes of the world on Haiti after the small island nation was rocked by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Airmen and assets from Air Mobility Command quickly began mobilizing for the relief effort just hours after the call for assistance went out.On Jan. 14, a mere 13 hours after receiving the

  • Transition to return tower to Haitian controllers begins

    Two weeks after the earthquake devastated vast portions of Port-Au-Prince, Air Force air traffic controllers are working side by side with Haitian air traffic controllers to provide some sense of normalcy.Feb. 1 marked the first of many days that Haitian controllers will work side by side with