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  • Air Mobility Command takes part in Tuskegee Airman convention

    Nearly 90 members of Air Mobility Command participated in the 35th Annual Tuskegee Airmen National Convention here July 31 to Aug. 4, celebrating the history of the first African-American combat pilots. The event was particularly memorable for one participant attending his first convention. "I found

  • Gateway Grizzlies honor Airmen

    Hundreds of servicemembers from all branches of the U.S. military and their families packed the GCS Stadium in Sauget, Ill., Tuesday evening for a special Gateway Grizzlies baseball game that paid tribute to Airmen as a part of the inaugural Air Force Week. Lasting from Aug. 6 to Aug. 13, Air Force

  • Team Travis welcomes its first C-17 aircraft

    The much anticipated arrival of Team Travis' new C-17, the "Spirit of Solano," took place Aug. 8 at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony began with a flyover of all three major airframes home to Travis Air Force Base, the C-5, KC-10 and now the C-17. The crowd of 1,800 stood in awe and applauded as Maj. Gen.

  • Proclamation declares Air Force Week

    St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay signed a proclamation Monday declaring Aug. 6 to 13 as Air Force Week in the city. "On behalf of the people of St. Louis, I want to congratulate and thank you for your role individually and collectively for those here now and for those that served in the past for

  • Air Force blue meets Cardinal red

    The first event in the inaugural Air Force Week kicked off Sunday in downtown St. Louis at the St. Louis Cardinals versus the Milwaukee Brewers baseball game. The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. T. Michael Moseley, selected St. Louis to host the first Air Force Week because of its tremendous

  • Fairchild Skyfest draws record crowd

    A record-breaking crowd estimated at 125,000 visitors turned out this weekend for Skyfest 2006, the base's air show and open house. Eclipsing the previous record of 123,000 set in 2004, this year's Skyfest featured Airmen from all professions from Team Fairchild representing the Air Force and its

  • Airman, family help evacuees

    It was meant to be a weekend at home with his parents in New Jersey. Airman 1st Class Daniel Reschke, 43rd Airlift Wing, and his family were going to take in a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game, but all that changed with the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. "My dad is a chief with the 305th

  • Ambassador, COMUSAFE welcome displaced citizens, thank Airmen

    As approximately 1,800 U.S. citizens passed through here via Air Force aircraft, the U.S. ambassador to Germany paid a visit to meet the transient Americans and to give thanks to the Airmen providing support. “My hats off first of all to General Hobbins and all the people that work with him, but

  • Ramstein Passenger Services aids U.S. citizens displaced from Lebanon

    Shortly after 2 a.m. July 23, the senior 435th Air Base Wing representative at the base passenger terminal surveyed the scene before him as more than 200 Americans displaced from Lebanon were stretched across seats, the floor and cots as they awaited transportation back to the United States. Then he

  • Americans fleeing conflict in Lebanon arrive at McGuire

    Team McGuire is taking an active role in the United States’ effort to evacuate American citizens from the conflict in Lebanon, as C-17s from McGuire, Charleston AFB, S.C., and McChord AFB, Wash., continue to land here bringing evacuees safely back to U.S. soil. “We are glad to be able to help our