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  • Airmen shoulder the load in remembrance of fallen comrade

    Special tactics operators from across Pope Field, N.C., took part in a six-mile walk around the flightline carrying a log dedicated to a fallen comrade March 15. The log, carved in honor of Staff Sgt. Andrew Harvell, has an estimated weight of 1,250 pounds. Harvell's nickname "Big Andy" is carved on

  • Congress reviews reserve forces equipment needs

    Senior Army and Air Force leaders for the Reserve and National Guard were on Capitol Hill to testify March 19 and answer questions about updating and replacing their combat-worn equipment.Chairman Michael Turner, R-Ohio, and Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., led the hearing at the House Armed Services

  • Honoring a Nation’s Promise

    While sequestration and budget cuts continue to garner the media's attention and leaves service members and civilians scratching their heads as to what's being cut next, the joint team of Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Central Command's Deployment and Distribution Operations Center

  • Sequestration impact to Travis

    As guidance from the Department of Defense flows to the base level, senior leaders at Travis Air Force Base continue to work through the mandatory budget cuts resulting from sequestration. The full effect of the $46 billion in cuts DOD must make before Sept. 30 and how Travis is impacted continue to

  • Mobility Airmen work together to move two Army Brigades

    More than 15 Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing recently played a crucial role working with mobility Airmen from multiple locations to assist in the exchange helicopters and equipment assigned to two large U.S. Army units.Beginning in mid-January, United States Transportation Command

  • C-130 maintainers keep 'em flying

    Every day, Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are performing essential repairs to C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft.C-130s generally spend a year here while crews rotate in and out.Tech Sgt. Michael Raver, 455th AMXS dedicated crew chief, said that the crews currently

  • Secretary Details Results of Sequestration Uncertainty

    Soldier and Marine training, Air Force flying hours and Navy steaming days are being curtailed thanks to the $47 billion in cuts DOD must make before Sept. 30, 2013, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today.The secretary stressed at the start of his first press conference as Defense Secretary that

  • Budget Cuts Threaten Defense Industrial Base, Official Says

    Large and sudden U.S. spending cuts and an unstable budget environment promise long-term damage to a critical segment of the defense industrial base, the Defense Department's top maintenance official recently told a congressional panel.John Johns, deputy assistant secretary of defense for

  • Scott AFB responds to Sequestration mandates

    Senior officials at Scott Air Force Base have been working hard to respond to mandatory budget reductions as a result of sequestration. As these plans are developed, the full effects of how it will impact Scott AFB are now starting to emerge.Immediate actions that have already begun involve the

  • U.S., Danish Air Forces make history with joint airdrop mission

    The U.S. and Danish Air Forces made history when the two nations came together for an airdrop over the skies of Southern Afghanistan Feb. 25.While airdrop missions have been going on from the beginning of operations in Afghanistan, this mission marked the first that U.S. and Danish aircraft flew