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  • 90 in 90 program changes

    Physical training testing can be a stressful event for military members. Multiple failures can end otherwise promising careers. This process can be even more stressful for Airmen who have fallen out of shape due to injury, childbirth or their own lack of motivation.Those Airmen may pass their tests

  • Travis opens Fisher House II

    Six months after ceremonial shovels first dug into the ground marking the start of new construction, more than 200 invited guests witnessed the handing over of ceremonial keys during a ribbon-cutting and housewarming to officially open a second, larger Fisher House here May 30. The new facility

  • Team Dover stars at Monster Mile

    Twice every year, NASCAR brings burning rubber, ear-piercing motors and tens of thousands of screaming fans to the Dover Air Force Base local area. When this transpires, Team Dover shows up at Dover International Speedway in force.The weekend of May 30-June 1, was no different, as more than 100 Team

  • American Airmen participate in annual RCAF Run

    American Airmen stationed in Canada recently represented their home country in a friendly competition with their northern colleagues.Six members of Detachment 1, 1st Air Force, ran in the sixth annual Royal Canadian Air Force Run May 25. This event included a 5K, a 10K and Canada's platinum

  • Extending the reach: refueling the air-policing mission

    The U.S. Air Force is executing the NATO mission of Icelandic Air Policing from Keflavik International Airport, Iceland, and a major part of the operation is aerial refueling.Among the Airmen deployed with the 48th Air Expeditionary Group are those specialized in operating and maintaining the KC-135

  • WASP veteran shows off her flying skills

    It is like riding a bike. Once you learn, you never forget. In the case of Betty Dybbro, Woman Airforce Service Pilots veteran, her bike is an airplane. Alongside 25,000 other women, Dybbro volunteered to fly for the Army Air Force during World War II. She was one of 1,074 women who passed the

  • SAPR down day focuses on Duty to Intervene

    Operations on McChord Field fell silent May 22, as Team McChord Airmen and civilians spent the day discussing how to combat sexual assault in the Air Force.The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response down day is a Department of Defense initiative to reiterate zero tolerance of sexual assault and

  • Study shapes future of commercial airlift augmentation

    The rules governing how airlines supplement U.S. military airlift are being revised, after years of consultation by the Air Force with the airline industry.According to officials, upcoming changes to the management of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet are meant to ensure the nation's capability to rapidly

  • Herschel Walker visits McConnell

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing received a visit from Herschel Walker, retired NFL player and CEO of Renaissance Man Food Services, May 22.His visit was part of the wing's sports day, an opportunity to participate in a number of sports and team building activities throughout the day with their unit or

  • USAFEC pursues excellence through Chief Learning Officers

    Seven chief learning officers from companies across the nation came together to exchange ideas about learning organizations and transformation plans here May 9, 2014.Dr. Darcy Lilley, Air Mobility Command's chief learning officer, hosted the event and discussion alongside members of the U.S. Air