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  • Survey to determine quality of post-operational deployment health care

    A telephone survey of ill or injured Service members who have returned from operational deployment will begin May 1 to examine post-deployment health care experiences. This health care survey is being conducted in response to the Secretary of Defense's request to comprehensively assess the quality

  • Force Development Roadshow cruises into Fairchild

    The Force Development Roadshow from Air Mobility Command Headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., discussed current Air Force issues during two briefings Friday in the base theater here. The first briefing was for enlisted Airmen. Chief Master Sgt. Marcus Hadeed, AMC's chief of Airman

  • AMC leads the way in streamlining air refueling procedures

    April 1 was a significant milestone in coalition and international military interoperability when the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy adopted a single manual for fixed-wing air-to-air refueling procedures, replacing more than 17 separate weapon system-specific AAR manuals. More importantly, 24

  • Base anti-terrorism measures examined during conference

    The Department of Defense is committed to protecting its people and facilities by denying terrorists exploitable vulnerabilities. The intent of the anti-terrorism/force protection program is to reduce the likelihood of attack and to mitigate the effects if one should occur through assessment and

  • SNCO Board criteria to expand

    The Senior NCO evaluation board brief will soon be changed to reflect members' deployment and assignment history starting with the chief master sergeant board meeting in October. Information on the last six Contingency Exercise Deployments, at least 45 days long, completed before promotion

  • ACST requirement enhances Expeditionary Airmen Concept

    Air Mobility Command's Expeditionary Airmen Concept is advancing a new destiny for tomorrow's Airmen today. Aerospace Expeditionary Force operations, developed in the late 90s, successfully supported our garrison force. However, the non-linear threat of the contingency environment puts our Airmen in

  • Spokane community named best in AMC

    FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. - On behalf of the City of Spokane and Greater Spokane Incorporated, Col. Scott Hanson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, received notification of Spokane's selection as the 2006 Abilene Trophy winner, during Phoenix Rally at MacDill AFB, Fla., April 12, 2007. The

  • Team McGuire hosts AFPET team

    Team McGuire recently hosted the Headquarters Air Force Petroleum team here. McGuire AFB has been chosen to test a new piece of equipment to help save time, energy and money as part of recently being selected as a test base for the new energy initiatives pilot test program. The AFPET team was here

  • 818th CRG members ruck in Bataan Memorial Death March

    Two members of the 818th Contingency Response Group pushed themselves to their physical and mental limits in a 26.2-mile ruck march. Tech. Sgt. Michael Vendzules and Master Sgt. Bubba Beason participated in the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25. The Bataan

  • 'Sew Much Comfort' founder visits patients in Germany

    As wounded servicemembers were loaded onto stretchers in preparation for their medical evacuation mission to get underway, a special visitor provided pillows and blankets to make their journey a little more comfortable. One of the patients she attended to was a Soldier wearing a bulky metal halo