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  • Airman becomes father to triplets while deployed

    Deploying can be a disorienting experience in and of itself. Senior Airman Harley Wicks, 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Transportation at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., left for Afghanistan the day after Christmas last year knowing he was about to be the father of triplets.Wick's wife,

  • A 5,000-mile journey to recovery

    An active-duty Air Force crew aboard a C-17 Globemaster III made history July 10 while flying specialized medical teams and a patient requiring equipment never before used on board a trans-Atlantic mission. The spouse of an active-duty Army service member, who wishes to remain anonymous, was being

  • AMC commander visits Dover

    Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, visited here July 8-10, 2013, to get a first-hand look at Team Dover in action.The commander visited the flightline, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, The Center for Families of the Fallen, the AMC Museum and talked with many Dover Airmen in the

  • Every $398 million counts – airlift scheduling changes ring up big savings

    Analysts here took the spirit of "Every Dollar Counts" seriously - more than 395 million times over.Improvements to the way intra-theater airlift is done in Afghanistan are saving taxpayers between $300 million and $398 million a year after a team of air transportation professionals found a way to

  • From E.R. to Black Hawk helicopter, Air Force nurse 'returns' to Army

    Blood spurts from a gaping wound. Broken bones pierce through skin. Screaming, shock, chaos - some things never change for emergency medical personnel.But, for Air Force Maj. Sandra Nestor, a critical care nurse deployed with the 2-149 General Aviation Support Battalion, a typical day is very

  • Port Dawgs ship help

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron recently shipped more than 14,000 pounds of donated humanitarian relief supplies to Afghanistan as part of a Denton Program shipment.The Denton Program's objective is to put the empty space on U.S. military transport to good use by providing humanitarian relief

  • Globemaster crew perform Afghanistan airdrop

    Crewmembers on an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17A Globemaster III perform an airdrop over the outskirts of Ghorak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2013. The Globemaster crew is deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C.

  • MacDill pooch in running for 'Hero Dog'

    The catch phrase "man's best friend" takes a whole new meaning when it's applied to one dog in particular: MacDill Air Force Base military working dog Eddie.Recently, MWD Eddie and his handler at the time, Staff Sgt. Shannon Hutto, 6th Security Forces Squadron K-9 trainer, have been getting national

  • Fly-away security teams stay vigilant for mission-critical assets

    Rifle at the ready, eyes watchful and wary, sweat beads form on the brow and trickle down the chin, exhaust fumes and gritty sand fill the nose, words can barely be heard over the whine of engines, yet the airmen of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's Fly-Away Security Teams maintain

  • 376th EAMXS keep air refuelers flying

    Troops on the ground in Afghanistan are supported by pilots flying A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, F-16 Fighting Falcons, B-1 Lancers and more in the region, until the aircraft inevitably  uses its fuel supply. KC-135 Stratotankers, flying out of Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, are used to provide air