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  • HBO Films visits McGuire

    HBO Films recently visited McGuire Air Force Base to film scenes for 'Taking Chance,' a made-for-TV movie based on true events of a fallen servicemember's final trip home. Several base agencies and Team McGuire members assisted in the filming process, including many who had on-screen roles as

  • Aeromedical teams provide care, comfort in the air

    The 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has not only made it possible for a speedier recovery by picking up injured and sick servicemembers, but are providing the care and comfort needed to put their patients at ease. Each time a crew from the 379th EAES flies on a mission to care

  • Team Dover takes possession of new C-17

    The first C-17 Globemaster III to be assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Del., is finally in the hands of a Team Dover crew and will arrive on base Monday.The Dover crew, along with delivery official Brig. Gen. Alfred Stewart, 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force commander, McGuire AFB, took

  • Dover AFB aircrew makes monumental California trip

    With much anticipation, a combined flight crew from the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings departed Dover Air Force Base Tuesday for Long Beach, Calif., where they will assume ownership of the base' s first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Boeing Thursday. After years of planning and preparation, the

  • Iraqi air force capabilities continue to increase

    The capabilities of the Iraqi air force continue to grow as they performed their first double patient transfer May 8 here. Two months the Iraqi air force conducted its first aeromedical transfer, a policeman transported from the American 28th Combat Support Hospital to an Iraqi treatment facility,

  • Dover stands up new C-17 maintenance squadron

    The 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stood up Monday in an assumption-of-command ceremony at the Air Mobility Command Museum here. The 736th AMXS will be responsible for maintaining the C-17 Globemaster IIIs, scheduled to start arriving this summer. "This is all very, very exciting, yet

  • Air Force hero remembered April 11

    April 11 was an important anniversary for all Airmen, as it marked 41 years since Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger, pararescue crewmember, distinguished himself by extreme valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam. The slogan 'that others may live' is the foundation of everything Air Force

  • 'That others may live' Air Force hero remembered Wednesday

    Wednesday was an important anniversary for all Airmen as it marked 41 years since Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger, pararescue crewmember, distinguished himself by extreme valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam. The slogan 'that others may live' is the foundation of everything Air Force

  • Air mobility keeps fast pace with war ops surges

    Squadrons across the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing have increased operations to enhance theater-wide support for the current surge of troops throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. One such example is the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, a 379th AEW tenant unit that links air mobility operations

  • End of an era: 3rd AS flies final C-5 flight

    The 3rd Airlift Squadron flew its final C-5 Galaxy flight March 14. In recognition of this historic flight, two 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department fire trucks provided an arch of water for the massive airlifter to taxi through. The 3rd is not standing down; it is transitioning into a new