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  • Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force tours Expeditionary Center

    "Can I scream?" asks Technical Sgt. Angenette Caballero, her bright smile negating any of the frenzy her question implies. Sergeant Caballero is 29 days into her new job as executive assistant to the command chief of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, and she is organizing her first big event:

  • Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force visits McGuire

    By anyone's forecast, it's been a good year so far for Senior Airman Brian Buhrer. At the end of January, he won Airman of the Year for the 305th Air Mobility Wing, a tribute in part to the Airman Buhrer's outstanding work ethic, his supervisor said.On Feb. 10, another bonus came when he received

  • Air refueling development lags

    Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles highlighting the history of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history. After the success of the Question Mark's Jan. 1929 aerial refueling flight, and the operational shortcomings of the

  • Joint basing efforts underway at three AMC bases

    Three Air Mobility Command bases are in the process of merging with two Army posts and a Naval Air Station as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission which identified that these military facilities could be combined to streamline operational efficiency and save tax-payer's

  • Tankers: From a Question Mark to Today's Fight

    Air refueling operations continue to be amazing aerial feats, especially for people who witness the process for the first time. As mobility Airmen, we consider it simply part of what we do but, in reality, it is quite remarkable to have two aircraft meeting less than 50 feet apart at more than

  • Flight of the 'Question Mark'

    Editor's note: This is the first article in a series of articles highlighting the history of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history.On Jan. 1, 1929, a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft with a crew of five climbed into the southern California

  • McChord Airman receives Purple Heart

    Wednesday in Iraq -- another routine day -- it would be hump day if it weren't for the seven-day work week the Airmen from the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Camp Bucca, Iraq, commit to.For one security forces .50 caliber Humvee gunner, Nov. 28, 2007 would be more than just another

  • McChord Airmen fuel Operation Deep Freeze

    Airmen from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings assigned to the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in support of Operation Deep Freeze completed the first operational C-17 Globemaster III airdrop to the Antarctic Gamburtsev Mountain Province Nov. 26. Thirty bundles of fuel and other supplies were

  • Help from Above: More than a slogan on a patch

    A warfighter has just been wounded on the battlefield. As seconds seem like hours they hear the whirl of a helicopter in the distance. The next thing they know, there is a medic treating your wounds and taking them to safety and treatment. Tech. Sgt. David Denton, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation