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  • Westover airlifts 26 tons of aid to Nicaragua

    A training mission doubled as a humanitarian relief effort for Reserve Airmen from the 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, as 13 Airmen delivered 26 tons of cargo to Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport, Nicaragua, June 10. This Denton Amendment mission delivered one

  • Fairchild and Air Force Space Command Firefighters have an Intervention

     You and your best friend are blinded as your whole world comes crashing down around you. Through the haze, you hear loud sirens screaming as they speed closer. Temperatures rise higher than those in California's Death Valley and as you look around, slowly regaining your bearing, your only means of

  • AGE technician wins AMC maintainer of the year award

    Dallas Nickerson, 62nd Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment technician, was awarded Air Mobility Command's civilian maintenance professional of the year award and was recognized by Brig. Gen. Warren Berry, Headquarters Air Mobility Command director of logistics, at an awards ceremony June

  • Warriors of the North host first M.A.C.A. Civil Fly-in

    About a dozen aircraft lined the flightline here with occupants who were not Air Force pilots or crew, but they were here to do official Air Force business.  The 319th Air Base Wing Safety Office hosted the 2014 Mid-Air Collision Avoidance program, better known as M.A.C.A., June 14."The main purpose

  • Fishin' on the flightline

    An unusual occurrence happened on Fairchild, June 17, when a 92nd Operations Support Squadron Airman found a Koi fish lying on the flightline.The team was doing their daily airfield inspection to ensure safety on the flightline when Senior Airman Mary Olesky, the 92nd OSS airfield management shift

  • AF Academy cadets see operational mission firsthand

    Operation Air Force, a program sending groups of cadets to bases around the world, brought 15 U.S. Air Force Academy cadets to Fairchild in June.For three weeks, cadets are given the opportunity to experience firsthand everything an operational Air Force base has to offer."The value of Operation Air

  • 727th AMS ensures D-Day success

    Military units from across the U.S. participated heavily in events held throughout France June 6 to 8, 2014, to remember and honor the 70th anniversary of D-Day. As the only Air Mobility Command presence in the U.K., the 727th Air Mobility Squadron played a vital role for service members and

  • Saber Strike 2014 confirms U.S. commitment to Baltic States

    On the wall of the town hall building in the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius there is mounted a bronze plaque with a quote from President George W. Bush circa 2002. The statement reads: "Anyone who would choose Lithuania as an enemy has also made an enemy of the United States of America." Now,

  • Big plane lands on small runway

    Nearly 18 months of training, planning, and praying paid off in droves June 8 when a massive C-17 Globemaster from Travis Air Force Base, California, landed in the midday hours at Paso Robles Municipal Airport."This is the first time ever an aircraft this large has touched down at this airfield,"

  • McConnell Reserve pilots and KC-46: Ready for takeoff

    With the arrival of the new KC-46 Pegasus tanker on the horizon, many McConnell Air Force Base Reserve pilots are already well-acquainted with the new airframe.Several traditional Reservists within the 18th Air Refueling Squadron work regularly as commercial pilots and are already qualified by the