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  • Command presence: CMSAF visits Gateway to the Pacific

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody visited Travis to meet Airmen and thank them for their service, July 9 through 11. During the visit, Cody toured the base and hosted an Airmen's Call at the theater where he discussed the future of the Air Force and force management challenges. "We

  • Exercise tests Travis with earthquake scenario

    A base-wide exercise July 15 incorporated an earthquake emergency scenario on Travis Air Force Base that resulted in mass casualties, injuries and damage to facilities. Travis resides in Northern California, an area of the country prone to this type of natural disaster. "Yesterday's exercise was

  • Wanted: Airmen selfie videos

    Do you have a unique story about the path that led you to the Air Force? Are you proud of your job and how it impacts the bigger Air Force mission? Do you work in an exceptional unit? If so, the Air Force wants to hear from you!The 2014 American Airman Video Contest, which began July 1, is open to

  • Team Dover gets in tune at AMC Icon

    You're going to Hollywo... Scott Air Force Base! Well, sort of. Eight Team Dover contestants took to the stage to show off their singing talents in the 2014 Air Mobility Command Icon competition; an event loosely based on the "American Idol" television show, July 16, 2014, at the Landings Club on

  • Grand Forks AFB conducts annual firefighter training

    The 319th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters reunited with the Grand Forks City Fire Department for annual fire training here that lasted four days.Grand Forks City Fire Department offered to let the base fire department use their mobile fire training trailer simulator.Tech. Sgt. Byron Ball, 319th

  • Existing tools help users reduce PII breaches

    Members of 24th Air Force are refurbishing an old email tool to help Air Force users reduce breaches of personally identifiable information, or PII.The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool, or DSET, which currently prompts users to provide a digital signature when an email contains an active hyperlink

  • Airman's remains returned home 62 years after his death

    The remains of 17 servicemembers were recovered by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and Joint Task Force team from a 1952 aircraft crash site--and among them was Airman 3rd Class Howard Martin, of Elwood, Ind., who finally came home to rest July 10. Waiting at the Indianapolis International

  • Boy becomes an 'Airman for a Day'

    A boy from Walla Walla, Washington, who is being treated at the Shriners Hospital in downtown Spokane, Washington, visited Team Fairchild Aug. 11 and experienced what it was like to be an Airman on a day-to-day basis. Zayne Rutter was in a serious accident in May when he was hit by a vehicle

  • Airmen and Soldiers conduct joint training

    Airmen and Soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord participated in a water training exercise at American Lake here July 14 and 15, 2014. Airmen from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron's Red Team practiced helocasting alternate insertion and extraction training with Soldiers from the 160th Special

  • Four WWII Vets awarded the French Legion D'Honneur

    Seventy years ago on June 6, 1944, U.S. and French forces led an invasion on German-occupied Western Europe in the invasion of Normandy, which led to the restoration of the French Republic and contributed to the victory of the Allies in the war.Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened