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  • Delivery: Airman traverses the base with letters and parcels

    With a brown package in hand, Airman 1st Class Victoria Moore walks through the doors of an office building. Walking toward the receptionist behind the desk, Moore's green eyes become brighter as she greets her with a wide smile. Before handing the package to the recipient, Moore scans the barcode,

  • 43rd Airlift Group welcomes new commander

    Col. Kenneth E. Moss formally assumed command of the 43rd Airlift Group from Col. Daniel H. Tulley in a change of command ceremony today on Fort Bragg's Pope Army Airfield."There is no place in the world where the Army and the Air Force work more closely, more often, and gain more synergy than

  • McConnell member named 2013 CP Airman of the year

    A member of Team McConnell was recognized as the Air Force's 2013 Command Post Airman of the Year. Staff Sgt. Bryan Knehr, 22nd Air Refueling Wing senior controller, was shocked when he discovered that he was selected. Rather than accrediting his success to one year of excellent work performance,

  • Dyess C-130Js successfully evade F-16

    Two 317th Airlift Group C-130J Super Hercules successfully employed air-to-air tactics against an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a training exercise July 23, 2014, en route to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.This exercise demonstrated the C-130J capabilities that will be used

  • Feds Feed Families initiative

    McConnell Airmen, along with the base commissary, are participating in a large scale food drive this summer.The Feds Feed Families program was created in 2009 by the Department of Agriculture to support families in need. It starts in June and runs through the end of August each year."The local

  • Through Airman's Historian's Eyes

    As famed Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian, David McCullough, once said, "History is who we are and why we are the way we are." Academically and publically, this quotation easily applies to levels of history that are on the scale of general topics such as the world, Western Civilization,

  • AMC Commander visits JBLM

    Gen. Darren McDew, Air Mobility Command commander, and his wife, Evelyn, along with Chief Master Sgt. Victoria Gamble, AMC command chief, visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord July 23 through July 25.This was the first time Gen. and Mrs. McDew visited JBLM since he took command of AMC May 5, 2014.

  • A Day in the Life of a Ground Safety Manager

    The Ground Safety Manager (GSM) for any installation is one of the most important positions within the safety office. The safety program begins with us, as we are the foundation or rock of the program. Our schedule is packed with meetings, training, briefings, presentations, etc., and we are the