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  • Detachment standardizes aeromedical qualification training for Total Force

    Airmen across the Air Force assigned to 31 aeromedical evacuation squadrons must complete vigorous training to provide life-saving in-transit care on fixed wing aircrafts.The 375th Air Mobility Wing’s newest Formal Training Unit, Detachment 4, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the

  • MacDill welcomes new commander

    Col. April Vogel assumed command of the 6th Air Mobility Wing from Col. Daniel Tulley during a change of command ceremony July 8 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

  • Mini C-17’s first trip abroad, big hit at European air show

    The 315th Airlift Wing’s mini C-17 made its first trip across the pond June 30 and was a huge hit at Yeovilton Air Day 2016.This is the 315th AWs second time visiting ROYAL Naval Air Station Yeovilton, England, and the mighty presence of the mini C-17 helped seal the deal for another “Best Static

  • Ramstein wife earns Spouse of the Year award

    Giving back to the local community is one of the duties that come along with service to one's country. There are some people, like Nicole Bridge, that don’t wear the uniform, but give back in an equally large way. After volunteering more than 1,200 hours to the local community, Bridge was awarded

  • Two Missions, One Fight

    Imagine for a moment, our ground and coalition forces in the throes of battle. Imagine them in less than desirable conditions in the middle of nowhere. Now imagine yourself in their boots and not having the vital supplies to survive and sustain that fight.The 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and

  • First USAF F-35A takes overseas flight to England

    The Air Combat Command F-35A Heritage Flight team accomplished America’s first transatlantic flight in an F-35A Lightning II, with refueling support from a KC-10 Extender, when it touched down June 30 at Royal Air Force Fairford, England.

  • C-130 Weapons Instructor Course celebrates 20 years

    The C-130 Weapons Instructor Course celebrates its 20-year anniversaryJune 24, 2016, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The course, as some say, is aleadership course disguised as a tactics course. Personnel from the 29th Weapons Squadron stationed at LittleRock Air Force Base, traveled to Nellis AFB

  • 37th AS lead joint airborne training, keep Airmen mission-ready

    The 37th Airlift Squadron carried approximately 300 Airmen from the 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron as well as a Container Delivery System in a C-130J Super Hercules and successfully dropped them over their destination during a Joint Airborne/Air Transportability Training exercise June 30, 2016,

  • New tool provides remote access for aircraft inspections

    Charles Buynak, a research engineer from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, recently completed an effort to develop a portable Surgical Nondestructive Evaluation tool. The tool will provide a supplemental field-level aircraft inspection capability for the