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  • Air Force Surgeon General visits Travis

     Lt. Gen. Thomas Travis, Air Force Surgeon General, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Pace, Chief of the medical enlisted force, visited Travis Air Force Base and David Grant USAF Medical Center recently to meet with members of the 60th Medical Group and witness firsthand how they support the Travis

  • AMC command surgeon visits Fairchild Airmen

    Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, Air Mobility command surgeon, visited the base to tour the clinic and present command-level annual awards to Team Fairchild Airmen.Cornum visited a number of clinics including: physical therapy, public health, flight medicine and family health.During the visit, Cornum

  • Travis Airmen support music education through social media

    According to YouTube, people watch more than 6 billion hours of video every month. Many videos on the popular social media site are dedicated to instructional videos with topics ranging from changing a car tire to braiding hair. In August 2014, the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West began

  • Single Airman Initiative provides Airmen with fun, community

    In 2010, the 375th Force Support Squadron adopted a new Air Force program called the Single Airman Initiative.Funded by the Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, and administered by Headquarters Air Force Services Agency, the program provides trips and events for single enlisted Airmen, regardless of

  • MacDill hosts first of numerous '15 cross-service exercises

    The 6th Air Mobility Wing kicked off its first of numerous cross-service exercises, as they hosted a massive 300 sortie Navy F-18 pilot training exercise from Jan. 4-17, 2015.The F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet jet aircraft belong to the Strike-Fighter Squadron ONE ZERO SIX (VFA-106), a Navy training

  • "Cut Training" solving problems for McChord Airmen

    The saying doing more with less is not an option for members of the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. They are simply trying to do the same with less. Due to recent large cuts in their manning numbers the Airmen of the 62nd AMXS have been undermanned, especially in the aircraft hydraulics

  • 319th ABW adds another OUA streamer

    The Warriors of the North from the 319th Air Base Wing recently made their unit's guidon feel a little heavier, but even the person asked to carry it didn't seem to mind.Tech. Sgt. Marcus Young, executive assistant to the 319th ABW command chief, stood at attention on stage at the Northern Lights

  • Adventure in Alaska: Officer looks to mush dogs in Iditarod

    Snow and trees are all that can be seen for miles. The bitter cold nips at any piece of exposed skin. He can almost taste the frost touching his warm breath as he yells "mush," commanding his 16 dogs to trudge across the vast landscape and breaking the deafening silence of his surroundings.Maj.

  • Travis aircrew assists Rose Bowl flyover

    It was only fitting that one of America's greatest showcases of air superiority - the B-2 Spirit - headlined the pre-game festivities for the first game in College Football Playoff history on New Year's Day, in what was a matchup between two of the most prolific passers in college

  • 290th JCSS honors fallen with brick dedication

    "We are here, 33 years after Air Florida Flight 90 crashed, to honor those fallen JCSE leaders by dedicating the first brick in our unit brick garden to their legacy," said Master Sgt. Sean Abene, 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron Element NCO in charge, during the squadron's brick