Team Scott receives new aeromedical training simulator

The 375th AES held a ribbon cutting ceremony May 6 for a newly built simulator that alleviates training difficulties due to availability-limited airframes.The 375th AES Cargo Compartment Trainer (CCT) is designed to provide AE crew members a realistically simulated clinical experience to challenge

Aeromedical evacuation Airmen train Lebanese Armed Forces

The Defense Institute for Medical Operations sent a four-person team to Beirut, Lebanon to teach, mentor and learn from the Lebanese Armed Forces about various ways to provide assistance during a humanitarian crisis.Lt. Col. James Baldock, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Commander, and Capt.

McConnell Airman recognized for act of heroism

A 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief received the Distinguished Individual Safety Award from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, May 6, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.Staff Sgt. William Womack received the award for potentially saving a man's life, Sept. 15, 2014, after he

Airlift squadron's inactivation 'bittersweet'

For the fifth time in its 76-year history, the 10th Airlift Squadron at McChord Field was inactivated during a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, May 6, 2016. The squadron was most recently reactivated at McChord Field back in 2003.This inactivation was due, in part, to a provision of

First AFRC tanker goes digital at Tinker

The 507th Air Refueling Wing here is the first Air Force Reserve Command unit to receive the new KC-135 Block 45 upgrade, an improvement to the flight deck that provides flight crews with an updated autopilot and digital panels that eliminate analog instrument gauges by consolidating the outdated

McConnell AFB biologist partners with Boy Scouts

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, partnered with a local Boy Scout troop recently in support of a fish growth and habitat study.  Troop 364 helped Laura Mendenhall, a biologist working with the 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron, fish and set up

Mobility Airmen rapidly respond after Ecuador earthquake

The United States, in coordination with the Ecuadorian government, deployed eight Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing to Ecuador to support ongoing international relief efforts for victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that devastated the South American country April 16, 2016.U.S.

Folded Flag 2016 tests Team Dover's capabilities

Military Bishop visits Team Fairchild

Most Reverend Neal J. Buckon, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, visited Team Fairchild as part of an annual visit, May 4, 2016, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, and serves as the military Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the western region of the United

18th Air Force leadership visits Fairchild

Lt. Gen. Sam Cox, 18th Air Force commander, saw the hard work mobility Airmen are doing day in and day out during a visit to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 4-6, 2016.Cox was joined by his wife, Tammy, and Chief Master Sgt. Todd S. Petzel, 18th AF command chief. During his visit, Cox flew