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  • JB Charleston takes it to the air with large formation exercise

    On an early Thursday morning, all it took was one look to the sky to see the amazing airlift capability of the U.S. Air Force.One-by-one, nine C-17 Globemaster III's took off from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., March 27, 2014, in support of a large formation exercise dubbed "Raging Moose."The exercise

  • McChord Civic Leaders visit Travis AFB

    March 28 started as a normal day does for a flying wing with an aircrew brief given by a C-17 Globemaster III pilot, but instead of just briefing his crew, this time the aircraft commander had a special audience of 24 civic leaders from around the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., area.The civic

  • Maintainers of the night

    Maintenance Airmen work around the clock to keep McConnell Air Force Base's fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers running and ready to take off at a moment's notice. This notable amount of maintenance requires three separate shifts: days, swings and mids. The three shifts carry into the weekend with a

  • Travis trains with multiple bases, services in ACOT

    Travis Airmen, in coordination with Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fairchild Air Force Base, the 621st Contingency Response Group and Navy Carrier Wing 2, completed advanced combat operations training Monday and Tuesday from Travis AFB down the California coast to San Diego. "Essentially ACOT is the 60th

  • Airmen see importance of mission firsthand

    Airmen from across the base took part in an incentive flight March 26 designed as an opportunity for pilots and boom operators to show other Airmen the importance they play in fueling the fight for freedom."Incentive flights show how they helped us get to this point," said Airman Carrie Vaughn, a

  • Veterans mental health is topic of conference in Shiloh

    Twenty-two veterans commit suicide every day, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.These alarming numbers have brought psychologists and mental health professionals together to provide more resources to help struggling military members and their families.Operation Honor presented the No