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  • Pease Airmen shaping the future of refueling

    Master Sgt. Steven Warren recently completed a rotation to Boeing near Seattle, as part of the U.S. Air Force's Tech Order Certification and Verification Team, for the KC-46 Pegasus.Boeing is writing the technical orders for the new KC-46 weapon system. Warren, along with Master Sgts. Joel LaRose,

  • C-17 Drag Reduction testing aims at saving fuel

    From testing synthetic biofuels to "vortex surfing," Edwards AFB is on the forefront of finding new ways to cut fuel costs for the Air Force.The latest venture is currently underway at the 418th Flight Test Squadron where a test team of Air Force and Boeing personnel has just completed the first

  • First families arrive at Ramstein from Turkey

    The first group of families arrived at Ramstein Air Base at approximately 3 p.m. March 31 after the State Department and the secretary of defense approved the ordered departure of dependents of service members and Defense Department civilian personnel currently stationed in Adana, Izmir, and Mugla,

  • Crosstalks aimed at improving KC-135 service

    Experts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Air Force Reserve, National Guard Bureau and the Legacy Tanker Division conducted a customer support visit here and at two other bases March 14-18 to listen to unit concerns regarding KC-135 Stratotanker support and logistics.The team,

  • Medics transform C-17 into trauma center for presidential visit

    While the world watched President Barack Obama extend a hand of friendship to Cuba's leader Raul Castro and the Cuban people March 20, Air Force medics from the 59th Medical Wing stood ready to provide life-saving care."These specialists transformed a C-17 Globemaster III into a trauma hospital

  • Mobility Airmen march to remember Bataan

    This year, approximately 6,600 people participated in the 27th annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Marchers ranged in age from 10 to 98 years old and gathered from across the globe for the challenging event. Among the marchers were two teams of five Air

  • Comptroller airman wins big as bodybuilding competitor

    Each year, approximately 18,000 athletes representing more than 70 countries gather to compete in one of America's largest multi-sport festivals. But this year, one of those competitors was unlike any other.U.S. Air Force Capt. Tarah Mitchell, 19th Comptroller Squadron financial analysis flight

  • Mobility Airmen support largest U.S., Israel exercise

    Joint U.S. military personnel, including members of 22nd Air Refueling Wing, teamed up with Israel Defense Forces in a U.S. European Command exercise known as Juniper Cobra 16, which ran from Feb. 22 to March 3.Every other year, EUCOM sends a joint task force to collaborate with its Israeli ally to

  • MAF divisions create new process for maintenance inspections

    Recently, Air Mobility Command's Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection Directorate, A4, became the first Air Force Major Command directorate to meet Air Force Inspection System requirements for their function, while still complying with the spirit and intent of AFI 90-201, "The Air Force

  • MacDill delivers 'amazing' AirFest 2016 experience

    The colors red, white, and blue flew a little higher, and a lot faster, this weekend at MacDill.That's because America's Ambassadors in Blue, better known as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, flew their patriotically-colored F-16 Fighting Falcons over crowds of more than 120,000 people at Tampa Bay