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  • Mauritania hosts U.S. Airmen, leads multi-national event

    A total of 17 U.S. Air Forces Africa and Air Mobility Command Airmen arrived here Aug. 25 to 30 to participate in African Partnership Flight, co-hosted by the Mauritanian government and the U.S. Air Force. This event involves Airmen from the U.S. and six African countries including, Mauritania,

  • Nonprofit provides service dogs to veterans with PTS

    The experiences Behesha Doan has gone through during her 23 years of being a K-9 trainer have enabled her to build a program that gives back to veterans. Not only does the program thank veterans for their service, but it empowers them to take their lives back. "This Able Veteran" is a non-profit

  • McChord Airmen participate in Annual Swim to Live event

    The Bellingham Bay is located in northern Washington just 17 miles south of the Canadian border. Its waters are dark, murky and flowing with strong currents. The water temperature of the bay stays just below 50 degrees. The morning of Aug. 25, four Airmen from McChord Field jumped in and swam a

  • Airmen sharpen skills during Eagle Flag 14-3, 14-4

    For the second time this year, the 621st Contingency Response Wing completed Eagle Flag at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station here, Aug. 11-22.More than 200 621st CRW Airmen and 47 Soldiers from the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element (RPOE) from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, participated in the

  • McConnell Firefighters gain accreditation

    McConnell's Fire and Emergency Services Flight earned its accreditation, Aug. 13, 2014, from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. The unit is the only accredited fire department within Air Mobility Command and is one of 13 accredited units Air Force-wide."This [accreditation]

  • Fabrication flight keeps C-17s in the air

    Editor's Note: This is part one of a five part series on McChord's fabrication flight.Behind the scenes of the 62nd Airlift Wing, Airmen from the 62nd Maintenance Squadron fabrication flight work day and night to keep our McChord C-17 Globemaster III aircraft flying. Responsible for repair and

  • Spiritual resilience for today's leaders

    As a pillar of Comprehensive Airman Fitness, maintaining and strengthening individual spirituality is a primary component for one's overall well-being. Similar to a sine wave, everyone has ups and downs, but it's their spirituality that gets them to the next day.No matter the faith background, where

  • Children and teachers deploy in Operation KUDOS/TUDOS

    Children and teachers of Team Dover got the chance take a step in Airmen's boots as they deployed in Operation KUDOS/TUDOS, Kids/Teachers Understanding Deployment Operations Aug. 20, 2014, at the Youth Center.The event recreated the stresses of deploying and gave kids a better insight of what their

  • The C-130 celebrates 60 years and still going strong

    In 1954, the song "Rock Around the Clock" was playing on the radio, Oprah Winfrey was born and the first issue of Sports Illustrated appeared on newsstands. That same year, on August 23, the YC-130 Hercules made its maiden flight at the Lockheed Martin plant in Burbank, California, and the C-130 is

  • Under Secretary of Defense visits JB Charleston

    The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Jessica L. Garfola Wright, completed the first day of a two-day visit to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Aug. 22, 2014, to witness joint basing in action and observe the active duty and Reserve missions.Wright is the senior policy advisor to