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  • AMC command chief visits Fairchild

    "It's a blessing to be known as Airmen," said Air Mobility Command's command chief during a visit to Fairchild Feb. 16-17. "I believe passionately as members of the United States Air Force we think of ourselves as Airmen first. As important as boom operators are, as important as medics are and as

  • Air Advisor Academy honors fallen comrades

    An Afghan Air Force lieutenant colonel walked into the Afghan Air Command and Control Center at the Kabul Air Command Headquarters and without warning or provocation opened fire, killing nine American air advisors on the morning of April 27, 2011. The killing of those eight Air Force servicemembers

  • Airman injured at Kandahar awarded Purple Heart

    In Kandahar, Afghanistan, where East meets West in a struggle to defeat the Taliban lies an air base that's home to 30,000 servicemembers tasked with the job to assist NATO and Afghan nationals in gaining and maintaining security.During 2011 alone, more than 400 U.S. servicemembers died and more

  • Afghanistan airdrops surpass record levels in 2011

    In 2011, mobility Airmen delivering airdrops reached a new annual record with 80,153,604 pounds of cargo delivered. That's nearly 16 million more pounds delivered than the previous record set in 2010 of 60,400,000.At more than 80.1 million pounds -- that's the equivalent of standing on a mountain

  • Memorial Service held for military working dog at Fairchild

    A memorial service was held at the Deel Community Center here Jan. 5 for a 92nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog."Lucky" died of cancer last September at age 10 after surviving five tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Lucky, a Belgian Malinois, was assigned to Fairchild

  • Joint Base Charleston officer becomes first dental advisor in Gardez

    In a remote valley of Afghanistan, a Joint Base Charleston Airman is playing a vital role enhancing the country's practice of dentistry.Maj. Courtney Schapira, from the 628th Medical Group at Joint Base Charleston, is currently assigned to the Medical Embedded Training Team at Forward Operating Base

  • Family, friends welcome 4th AS home

    More than 120 Airmen from McChord Field's 4th Airlift Squadron were greeted by family and friends Jan. 4 after a 60-day deployment in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, New Dawn and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.The 4th AS Airmen were deployed as the 817th Expeditionary Airlift

  • Travis Airmen honored with Purple Hearts

    Three Travis Airmen were awarded Purple Hearts in a ceremony today at the base theater. The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States armed forces who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy, or posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who were killed

  • CASF brings injured service members to higher-level care

    "Ten minutes out" is the message that propels the medical team into action. Knowing their predetermined roles -- CASF staff and volunteers arrive at the awaiting aircraft to quickly and carefully offload patients to the ambulance buses. For some patients, this is a place to receive quick treatment