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  • Yokota Airmen Showcase Low-Cost, Low Altitude Airdrop at Cope South 14

    U.S. Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, demonstrated Low-Cost, Low Altitude airdrop techniques to Bangladeshi Airmen, during a subject-matter expert exchange at Bangabandhu Air Base, Bangladesh, Nov. 9 through 13, 2013. The exchange, a key part of exercise Cope South, was designed to show

  • Ground broken on second Fisher House

    More than 200 invited guests, Solano County dignitaries, Travis base leadership, news media, radio personalities and friends of the Travis Fisher House gathered Wednesday to witness history repeat itself. For the second time in two decades, ceremonial shovels dug into the ground to mark the breaking

  • PMEL prolongs equipment effectiveness

    There's no margin of error when lives are on the line making the Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory here such an integral part of Fairchild Air Force Base's mission."PMEL is responsible for calibrating equipment used in virtually every phase of maintenance for nearly every piece of equipment

  • Electric vehicle test program comes to JB MDL

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has been chosen as one of six military bases to take part in the Department of Defense Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Project.The one-year trial will determine whether the sedans, trucks and other non-tactical vehicles are not only more cost effective, but mutually beneficial

  • Every drop counts

    Standing atop a giant fuel storage container, Tech. Sgt. Tim Libey surveys the flightline stretching out below him and smiles."This is my domain,"he says, sweeping his arm out over the tarmac adorned with C-17 Globemaster IIIs,C-5 Galaxies and KC-10 Extenders.He's not referring to what's visible -

  • Public engagement once again affected

    Air Force community and public outreach was significantly impacted earlier this year as sequestration went into effect, and is now all but non-existent due to the partial government shutdown, with more than 800 events being canceled or withdrawn this year. As a result of sequestration and the

  • Memo prepares DOD employees for government shutdown

    Although Defense Department officials believe a government shutdown can be avoided when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, they want DOD employees to be prepared for the possibility, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a memo issued to the workforce Sept. 23. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30,

  • New program helps identify military-friendly communities, business

    On Patriot's Day, Sept. 11, 2013, partnering with area chambers of commerce, the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois kicked off a new campaign to help servicemembers and their families easily recognize military-friendly businesses and communities. Called the Scott Patriot Program, local

  • The flipside of an Airman’s unexpected journey with cancer

    "It doesn't look good" are four words no one ever wants to hear from a doctor. For Col. David Barnes, 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) senior director of operations, those words began a journey from cancer to passing a physical fitness test.Just two months after

  • KC-46 critical design review officially closed

    The Air Force officially closed the KC-46 Weapon System Critical Design Review (CDR) on August 21, one month ahead of the Sept. 24 contractual date. This formal closure of the July Weapon System Design Review represents the culmination of more than 10 months of component and sub-system design